Independent U.S. House candidate Bill Hill brings 'Alaskans first' pitch to Petersburg

Independent U.S. House candidate Bill Hill brought his campaign to Petersburg last week, fielding questions at a Q&A session hosted at the Harbor Bar and later sitting down with the Petersburg Pilot to make his case for unseating first-term Republican Rep. Nick Begich III.

Hill, a lifelong Bristol Bay commercial fisherman and retired school superintendent from Naknek, is running as an independent in a race he now frames as effectively two-way, after Democrat Matt Schultz ended his campaign and endorsed Hill in late July. He told the Pilot he is building "the largest coalition possible" to beat...