Alaska is one of the states that does not have a single central online state repository for searching historical newspapers, but now they use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as the main site for searching old newspapers. There are several online newspapers on other sites and collections available on subscription sites. Below is a list of where the titles are stored and the link so that you can access them.
There are over 750 newspapers that have been published in The Last Frontier – certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are several that are indeed available. So go for it – find your Alaska ancestors and all the interesting articles that capture the stories of their lives.
Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also, I suspect that some of these links may change over time – so if there is a dead link – please use your favorite search engine to find their new location.
(Updated July 2023; recently added links are in BOLD)
Alaska Historical Newspapers
Free Sites:
Statewide Collections:
- Adak, Alaska, 19??-1954 – The Adak daily sun.
- Adak, Alaska, 1955-1976 – The Adak sun.
- Anchorage, Alaska, 1915-1916 – Cook Inlet pioneer and Knik news. [volume]
- Anchorage, Alaska, 1915-1916 – Cook Inlet pioneer. [volume]
- Anchorage, Alaska, 1916-1917 – Anchorage daily times and Cook Inlet pioneer. [volume]
- Anchorage, Alaska, 1916-1917 – Anchorage weekly times and Cook Inlet pioneer. [volume]
- Anchorage, Alaska, 1917-1918 – Anchorage weekly times and Alaska labor news. [volume]
- Cape Prince of Wales [i.e. Wales], Alaska, 1893-1902 – The Eskimo bulletin.
- Cape Prince of Wales [i.e. Wales], Alaska, 1905-1906 – The midnight sun.
- Chilkoot Barracks [i.e. Port Chilkoot (Haines)] Alaska, 1923-19?? – The Chilkoot post.
- Chitina, Alaska, 19??-19?? – Ghost town gazette.
- Chitina, Alaska, 1910-1928 – The Chitina leader.
- Chitina, Alaska, 1931-1933 – Weekly herald.
- Cordova, Alaska, 1914-1947 – The Cordova daily times.
- Dillingham, Alaska, 1950-1952 – The beacon Dillingham news.
- Dillingham, Alaska, 1952-1955 – The beacon of Dillingham.
- Douglas City, Alaska, 1898-1921 – Douglas Island news.
- Douglas, Alaska, 1896-1897 – The Douglas miner.
- Douglas, Alaska, 1911-1911 – The Alaska sourdough.
- Eagle City, Alaska, 1898-189? – Eagle City tribune.
- Fairbanks, Alaska, 19??-19?? – Tanana Valley socialist.
- Fairbanks, Alaska, 1910-1917 – The Alaska citizen.
- Fairbanks, Alaska, 1913-19?? – The Alaska socialist.
- Fairbanks, Alaska, 1914-1914 – The free press.
- Fairbanks, Alaska, 1914-1916 – The Socialist press.
- Fairbanks, Alaska, 1915-19?? – The Fairbanks herald.
- Fairbanks, Alaska, 1916-1920 – The daily Alaska citizen.
- Fairbanks, Alaska, 1917-1920 – The weekly Alaska citizen.
- Fairbanks, Alaska, 1942-1968 – Jessen’s weekly.
- Fairbanks, Alaska, 1962-1997 – Tundra times.
- Fort Seward [i.e. Port Chilkoot (Haines) Alaska], 1921-1922 – The Fort Seward news.
- Fort William H. Seward [i.e. Port Chilkoot (Haines)] Alaska, 1922-1922 – The Chilkat post.
- Fort Wrangel, Alaska, 1898-1898 – Fort Wrangel news.
- Fort Wrangel, Alaska, 1898-1899 – Stikeen River journal.
- Glennallen, Alaska, 1962-1967 – Copper River current.
- Homer, Alaska, 194?-19?? – The Homer homesteader.
- Homer, Alaska, 1950-1955 – Homer news.
- Homer, Alaska, 1955-195? – The Kenai Peninsula pioneer.
- Hot Springs, Alaska, 1908-1909 – Hot Springs post.
- Hydaburg, Alaska, 1919-192? – The new native.
- Hyder, Alaska, 1919-1923 – Hyder Alaska miner.
- Hyder, Alaska, 1923-1924 – Hyder weekly miner.
- Hyder, Alaska, 1924-1934 – Hyder weekly herald.
- Iditarod, Alaska, 1910-19?? – Iditarod pioneer.
- Juneau, Alaska, 1912-1926 – The Alaska daily empire.
- Juneau, Alaska, 1916-1919 – The Gleam.
- Juneau, Alaska, 1921-1931 – The Stroller’s weekly and Douglas Island news.
- Juneau, Alaska, 1923-19?? – The “J” bird.
- Juneau, Alaska, 1923-1932 – The Alaska fisherman.
- Juneau, Alaska, 1926-1964 – The Daily Alaska empire.
- Kenai, Alaska, 1960-1985 – The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news.
- Kennecott, Alaska, 1937-1938 – The Kennecott star.
- Ketchikan, Alaska, 1907-1907 – The Ketchikan mining news.
- Ketchikan, Alaska, 1907-1915 – The Ketchikan miner.
- Ketchikan, Alaska, 1915-1919 – The daily progressive-miner.
- Knik, Alaska, 1914-1915 – The Knik news. [volume]
- Kodiak, Alaska, 1899-1907 – The orphanage news letter. [volume]
- Kodiak, Alaska, 1907-19?? – The news letter.
- Kodiak, Alaska, 1940-1976 – Kodiak mirror.
- McCarthy, Alaska, 1916-1916 – The Copper bee.
- McCarthy, Alaska, 1916-1917 – The avalanch.
- McCarthy, Alaska, 1917-19?? – The McCarthy weekly news.
- McGrath, Alaska, 1921-19?? – The Kusko times. [volume]
- Moose Pass, Alaska, 1938-194? – Moose Pass miner.
- Nenana, Alaska, 1916-1918 – The Nenana news.
- Nenana, Alaska, 1918-1921 – The Nenana daily news.
- Nenana, Alaska, 1921-1923 – The Nenana news.
- Nome Alaska, 1910-19?? – Mining-dredging edition Nome daily nugget.
- Nome, Alaska, 1899-1905 – Nome gold digger.
- Nome, Alaska, 19??-19?? – The Nome nugget mining edition.
- Nome, Alaska, 19??-1918 – The daily Nome industrial worker.
- Nome, Alaska, 1900-1919 – Nome weekly Nugget.
- Nome, Alaska, 1901-1904 – The Nome nugget.
- Nome, Alaska, 1904-1905 – The Nome semi-weekly nugget.
- Nome, Alaska, 1905-1907 – The Nome tri-weekly nugget.
- Nome, Alaska, 1905-1910 – The Nome daily gold digger.
- Nome, Alaska, 1906-1918 – The Nome daily nugget.
- Nome, Alaska, 1907-19?? – Nome industrial worker.
- Nome, Alaska, 1918-1918 – Tri-weekly Nome industrial worker.
- Nome, Alaska, 1918-1919 – Nome tri-weekly nugget.
- Nome, Alaska, 1918-1919 – Weekly Nome industrial worker.
- Nome, Alaska, 1919-1934 – The Nome nugget.
- Nome, Alaska, 1934-1934 – Federal Emergency Relief Administration bulletin.
- Nome, Alaska, 1934-1934 – The Nome nugget.
- Nome, Alaska, 1934-1938 – The Nome daily nugget.
- Nome, Alaska, 1938-???? – The Nome nugget.
- Palmer, Alaska, 1935-1936 – Matanuska Valley pioneer.
- Palmer, Alaska, 1937-195? – The Valley settler.
- Palmer, Alaska, 1947-1952 – Valley frontiersman.
- Palmer, Alaska, 1952-2005 – The frontiersman.
- Petersburg, Alaska, 1926-1932 – The Alaskan.
- Rampart, Alaska, 1900-1906 – Alaska forum. [volume]
- Rampart, Alaska, 1904-1907 – Yukon Valley news.
- Seldovia, Alaska, 1946-19?? – The frontiersman.
- Seward, Alaska, 1904-1905 – Seward gateway.
- Seward, Alaska, 1905-1905 – Daily gateway. [volume]
- Seward, Alaska, 1905-1914 – Seward daily gateway. [volume]
- Seward, Alaska, 1905-1914 – Seward weekly gateway.
- Seward, Alaska, 1914-1917 – The Seward gateway.
- Seward, Alaska, 1917-1918 – The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume]
- Seward, Alaska, 1918-1920 – The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post.
- Seward, Alaska, 1920-1923 – The Seward gateway.
- Seward, Alaska, 1923-1933 – Seward daily gateway.
- Seward, Alaska, 1933-1943 – Seward gateway.
- Seward, Alaska, 1947-1948 – The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news.
- Seward, Alaska, 1948-195? – Seward seaport record.
- Sitka, Alaska, 1908-1912 – The Thlinget.
- Sitka, Alaska, 1950-1957 – Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press.
- Sitka, Alaska, 1958-1958 – Baranof banner.
- Skaguay [Skagway] Alaska, 1898-1898 – The morning Alaskan.
- Skaguay [Skagway] Alaska, 1898-1899 – The daily Alaskan. [volume]
- Skagway, Alaska, 1899-1904 – The daily morning Alaskan.
- Skagway, Alaska, 1904-1924 – The daily Alaskan.
- Tanana, Alaska, 1909-1909 – Yukon Valley news.
- Tanana, Alaska, 1909-1910 – Tanana leader.
- Tanana, Alaska, 1910-1913 – Yukon Valley news.
- Treadwell, Alaska, 1918-1919 – The Alaska Juneau-Douglas Island news.
- Unalakleet, Alaska, 1913-1917 – Northern light.
- Valdez, Alaska, 1902-1908 – The Alaska prospector.
- Valdez, Alaska, 1905-1911 – Daily prospector bulletin.
- Valdez, Alaska, 1905-1918 – Valdez daily prospector.
- Valdez, Alaska, 1908-1912 – Valdez weekly prospector.
- Valdez, Alaska, 1950-1951 – Valdez news.
- Wasilla, Alaska, 1917-1917 – Sunny Knik news.
- Wasilla, Alaska, 1917-192? – Wasilla news.
- Wrangell, Alaska, 1902-1909 – Alaska sentinel.
- Wrangell, Alaska, 1909-current – The Wrangell sentinel.
Google News Archive
- Prince of Wales Island – Southeast Alaska’s Island News
Alaska Newspapers Index (1901–1999) (Index only)
- Alaska Citizen (1912–1920)
- Chena Herald (1904–1905)
- Fairbanks Daily News (1904–1975)
- Fairbanks Daily News Miner (3/23/1909)
- Fairbanks Daily Times (1904–1916)
- Fairbanks Weekly News (1903–1908)
- Hot Springs Echo (1907–1912)
- Juneau Empire (1992–1999)
- Nenana News (1916–1972)
- Northern Light (1906–1907)
- Rampart Miner (1901–1902)
- Tanana Daily Miner (1902–1906)
- Tanana Daily Star (1910–1915)
- Tanana Leader (1909–1910)
- Tanana Tribune (1907–1909)
- Yukon Press (1905–1906)
County and Library Collections:
Alaska Media Newspapers (In Library only)
- Arctic Sounder
- Artic Sounder
- Bristol Bay Times
- Homer Tribune
Alaskan Newspapers (In Library only)
- Arctic Sounder
- Bristol Bay Times
- Homer Tribune
- Kodiak Daily Mirror
- Nome Nugget
- The Arctic Sounder
- The Bristol Bay Times And The Dutch Harbor Fisherman
Kodiak Daily Mirror (In Library only)
- Kodiak Daily Mirror
- The Bristol Bay Times And The Dutch Harbor Fisherman
Petersburg Public Library (1913–1931)
- Petersburg Herald
- Petersburg Pilot
- Petersburg Press
- Petersburg Weekly Report
- The New Petersburg Press
- The Petersburg Herald
- The Petersburg Press
- The Progressive
Student Collections:
Alaska Bible College – Palmer
Alaska Pacific University – Anchorage
A. J. Dimond High School – Anchorage
Matanuska-Susitna College – Palmer
University of Alaska – Anchorage
University of Alaska – Fairbanks
University of Alaska – Southeast
Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:
Independent Voices – Alternative Newspapers
- Anchorage troop
- Arctic Arsenal, The
- FID Amchitka
- Green Machine, The (Fort Wainwright)
- Southeast Alaska’s Island News Thorne Bay, Alaska
Old Fulton Postcards
- Cape Prince AK Eskimo Bulletin
- Cape Prince AK Midnight Sun
- Dora Bay AK Roadsides Thoughts
- Fairbanks AK Alaska Socialist
- Fairbanks AK Free Press
- Fairbanks AK Tundra Times
- Juneau AK Daily Empire
- Ketchikan AK Miner
- Kodiak AK Mirror
- Nome AK Daily Nugget
- Polk Inlet AK Mining News
For Obituary Indexes, transcriptions, and other death/obituary information from historic newspapers, please check out the Obituaries page.
Other Free Sites:
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Juneau
Wrangell
Subscription or Pay Sites:
Ancestry.com:
There are currently 26 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Ancestry – Alaska Newspapers
Genealogy Bank:
There are currently 15 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank – Alaska Newspapers
Newspaper Archive:
There are currently 61 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive – Alaska
Newspapers.com:
There are currently 28 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com – Alaska.
And Finally:
You also need to visit the Alaska Newspaper Project site from time to time, which can tell you what is occurring in the state with regard to online newspaper availability.
Please note – even more may be available via a local or state library where a library card is required. And of course, there is always microfilm for those that have not been made available online as yet.
For more links for different states, provinces, and countries – please see the Newspaper Links page on this website.
For all Free Alaska Links, click on the category of interest:
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