2026 in Alaska

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The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in Alaska.

Incumbents

January 13 – A University of Alaska Fairbanks student is arrested for eating multiple pieces of AI-generated art at the university's Fine Arts building.^[1]
February 19 – The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detects several Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).^[2]
March 7 – The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is held in Anchorage.^[3]
March 15 – Two tugboat crew members are killed in an accident off the coast of Ketchikan.^[4]
May 27 – Four members of a seven-person Latvian climbing team fall while climbing near Denali. Three of the members die and one is rescued.^[5]

↑ Boucher, Brian (January 16, 2026). "Alaska Art Student Arrested for Eating Another Student's AI-Generated Art in Protest". Art News. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
↑ "Aviões militares russos são detectados no Alasca". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). February 20, 2026. Retrieved February 22, 2026.
↑ Thiessen, Mark (March 7, 2026). "What to know: Downtown Anchorage braces for a canine takeover as the Iditarod's 54th run begins". The Associated Press. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
↑ Santucci, Jeanine (March 19, 2026). "2 tugboat crew members killed on barge in Alaska, Coast Guard says". USA Today. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
↑ Bohrer, Becky; Seewer, John (May 29, 2026). "3 climbers who fell near treacherous pass on Alaska's Mount McKinley are dead, 1 rescued". The Associated Press. Retrieved May 29, 2026.
↑ Brooks, James (June 3, 2024). "At candidate filing deadline, seven Alaska legislators decline to seek re-election". Alaska Beacon. Archived from the original on June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 4, 2024.