West Valley erases early deficit, storms into semifinals
ANCHORAGE — With six minutes remaining in each team’s allotted halftime break, West Valley took the field.
May 30, 2026Open source
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Tom Begich selects Julia Hnilicka, former Biden USDA official, as running mate
A group of nearly 200 people welcomed former Anchorage state Sen. Tom Begich’s selection of Julia Hnilicka as his lieutenant governor running mate in the g...
May 30, 2026Open source
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, May 28, 2026
A summit focused on the issue of Alaska's Missing and Murdered Indigenous People gets underway in Anchorage.
May 30, 2026Open source
New birdwatching trail takes flight in Anchorage
The Anchorage Birding Trail is officially opening on Wednesday, according to Audubon Alaska, giving birdwatchers a detailed guide to the area’s best birdin...
May 30, 2026Open source
Anchorage teen raises over $20K for permanent memorial bell honoring fallen Alaska officers
A new bell rang last week during the annual Alaska Peace Officers Memorial Ceremony and will now have a permanent spot at the Alaska Law Enforcement Officer...
May 30, 2026Open source
Election 2026: State Sen. Matt Claman chooses Providence Alaska’s chief administrative officer as running...
State Sen. Matt Claman, D-Anchorage, announced Thursday that his pick for Lieutenant Governor is Sarah Skeel, Providence Alaska Medical Center’s chief admi...
May 30, 2026Open source
Southwest Airlines introduces nonstop flights from Denver to Alaska Last week, Southwest Airlines introduce...
Last week, Southwest Airlines introduced nonstop flights from Denver to Anchorage, Alaska.
May 21, 2026Open source
The Anchorage Weekender: Firefighters, farmers markets, food trucks and 7 more local events
While the city waits for warmer weather, there are several events to keep you busy.
May 14, 2026Open source
Two popular Anchorage trails to be connected in $15.6M project
Construction on a long-awaited connection between the Coastal Trail and Ship Creek Trail kicked off with a groundbreaking ceremony Saturday.
May 11, 2026Open source
Marine Corps announces larger Alaska presence
The “Campaign-Alaska” initiative includes the Marine Rotational Force-Alaska and the Supporting Arms Liaison Team, a logistics unit based at Joint Base E...
May 11, 2026Open source
Anchorage Daily News Archive
Explore Anchorage Daily News online newspaper archive. Anchorage Daily News was published in Anchorage, Alaska and includes 1,697,660 searchable pages from 1...
May 6, 2026Open source
Opinion: Anchorage chose to ban speed cameras. It’s time to reverse that mistake.
Speed cameras are not a cure-all, but they could give Anchorage one more proven tool to slow drivers and save lives.
May 6, 2026Open source
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Chugiak High School opens 50-year-old time capsule
First assembled in 1976 and entombed in the 1980s, a long-buried time capsule in the courtyard at Chugiak High School was finally opened Friday.
May 10, 2026Open source
Chugiak Class of 1976 set to open 50-year-old time capsule
A rusted, mud-covered time capsule buried by Chugiak High School’s class of 1976 will be opened Friday, revealing secrets sealed 50 years ago.
May 8, 2026Open source
‘Bodies may be found, but the trauma never, ever ends’: AK delegation announces MMIP task force
Today Sens. Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski were joined by the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Billy Kirkland to announce a new effort to “reinvigor...
May 6, 2026Open source
Six months after Halong, typhoon survivors tell senators Alaska villages need more than disaster aid
Testifying before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs about last fall’s deadly Typohoon Halong, Paul J. Paul, Chief of the Native Village of Kipnuk, rec...
May 8, 2026Open source
FPIs continue to exit Indian markets, sold Rs 60,847 cr worth equities in April
India Business News: Foreign investors continued their selling spree from Indian equities in April, pulling out Rs 60,847 crore from the market. This comes a...
May 3, 2026Open source
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Houston woman shot in trooper standoff charged for threatening officers with gun after making 17 calls to p...
A woman who was shot by an Alaska State Trooper last week has been arrested for allegedly pointing a gun at officers and threatening to kill a specific troop...
May 11, 2026Open source
June in the Bear Gallery: 'Horse' by Aldona Jonaitis and 'Out of Another' by Sara Tabbert
Two concurrent solo exhibitions featuring Alaska artists Aldona Jonaitis and Sara Tabbert are on view June 5-27 in the Bear Gallery. The Bear Gallery is mana...
May 30, 2026Open source
Our energy past, present, and future
Fairbanks is experiencing some of the highest energy costs in the nation and the highest of the four largest communities in Alaska. Working families, seniors...
May 30, 2026Open source
Congress to consider transferring a cultural site in Denali National Park to Doyon Limited
Alaska’s federal delegation has taken up a longstanding effort to transfer a cultural site in Denali National Park to an Alaska Native Corporation.
May 30, 2026Open source
Built for Alaska: Fencing solutions that work
Custom residential fencing to bear-proof enclosures, Southeast Fence’s Juneau team offers solutions in wood, PVC, concrete and metal Whether you’re keepi...
May 30, 2026Open source
Manokotak woman sentenced in sprawling Alaska drug trafficking case tied to fentanyl distribution
A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Twyla Gloko for her part in a sweeping drug trafficking case that federal prosecutors said moved fentanyl and other dr...
May 30, 2026Open source
Dan Sullivan vs. Dan Sullivan: Petersburg candidate enters race against incumbent with same name
Dan Sullivan, a Petersburg candidate who bears the same name as Alaska’s sitting U.S. senator, is entering the race for the senate seat.
May 30, 2026Open source
Cruise traffic in Haines could skyrocket under potential deal with major cruise port operator
Global Ports Holding wants to lease Haines’ large cruise ship dock, in a move that could boost cruise passengers to 300,000 per year.
May 14, 2026Open source
Juneau middle school students learn traditional Lingít carving ahead of Celebration
This semester is the first time students at Thunder Mountain are carving full-size paddles in the class.
May 13, 2026Open source
It’s bill-passing season. Here’s what to expect in the final days of the Alaska Legislature’s session.
With all bills set to die at the end of the session on May 20, lawmakers are racing against the clock, and it’s not clear a subsidy for the Alaska LNG proj...
May 13, 2026Open source
Juneau jury indicts man for attempted murder
Juneau police arrested 45-year-old Pharoah Akhenaten on April 27
May 11, 2026Open source
1 charged in connected Mendenhall Valley residential assaults
Juneau Police Department says investigation is ongoing, with possible additional charges
May 9, 2026Open source
Navy Announces the Future USS Ted Stevens to be Commissioned in Whittier
The U.S. Navy will commission the future Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128) in Whittier, Alaska.
May 8, 2026Open source
Murnane case community conversation emphasizes awareness and action on violence against women
Nearly seven years after Anesha “Duffy” Murnane’s disappearance, and three months after Kirby Calderwood pleaded guilty to her murder, the Homer commun...
May 8, 2026Open source
‘Be safe, have fun, do good and pass it on’
The 33rd annual Safe and Healthy Kids Fair will be held Saturday, May 16 at Homer High School.
May 8, 2026Open source
Walking in the garden of earthly delights
This year’s Homer Wearable Arts Show was themed after the triptych painting by Hieronymus Bosch and featured seven local fiber artists.
May 8, 2026Open source
Human remains found in burned trailer in Big Lake area; Firefighters decline to respond to scene outside de...
Human remains were found inside a burned travel trailer in the Big Lake area Wednesday morning, according to the Alaska State Troopers.
May 7, 2026Open source
Alaska National Guard to deploy 25 service members to Washington DC
Alaska will deploy 25 National Guard soldiers and airmen to Washington D.C. this month, according to a Friday update from the Alaska Department of Military a...
May 6, 2026Open source
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99501, 99502, 99503, 99504, 99507, 99508, 99509, 99510, 99511, 99513, 99514, 99515, 99516, 99517, 99518, 99519, 99520, 99521, 99522, 99523, 99524, 99529, 99530, 99599, 99695
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A Rural Alaska School Asked the State to Fund a Repair. Nearly Two Decades Later, the Building Is About to...
Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds...
May 30, 2026Open source
Alaska Ignored Warning Signs of a Budget Crisis. Now It Doesn’t Have Funding to Fix Crumbling Schools.
Lawmakers only budgeted $40 million of the nearly $800 million that districts say is needed to fix and maintain schools to keep them safe and operating. Gov....
May 30, 2026Open source
Alaska’s Deteriorating Schools Could Receive More Than $148 Million for Repairs. It’s a Fraction of Wha...
Following reporting by KYUK, ProPublica and NPR, lawmakers tripled the funding the state would allocate toward school construction and maintenance. The budge...
May 30, 2026Open source
Alaska's Senator Dan Sullivan Has a New Challenger: Dan Sullivan
Credit: Ward Clark/RedState Here in the Great Land, we kind of have our own way of doing things. I'm fond of saying that you don't have to be a little bit cr...
May 30, 2026Open source
3 climbers who fell near treacherous pass on Alaska’s Mount McKinley are dead; 1 rescued
Three climbers on Alaska’s Mount McKinley who fell near a treacherous pass on North America’s tallest peak have died, a Latvian mountaineering group anno...
May 30, 2026Open source
June in the Bear Gallery: 'Horse' by Aldona Jonaitis and 'Out of Another' by Sara Tabbert
Two concurrent solo exhibitions featuring Alaska artists Aldona Jonaitis and Sara Tabbert are on view June 5-27 in the Bear Gallery. The Bear Gallery is mana...
May 30, 2026Open source
Our energy past, present, and future
Fairbanks is experiencing some of the highest energy costs in the nation and the highest of the four largest communities in Alaska. Working families, seniors...
May 30, 2026Open source
Becoming an Outdoors Woman upcoming classes
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has multiple Becoming an Outdoors Woman classes scheduled in the upcoming months to develop outdoor, hunting, and shoo...
May 30, 2026Open source
Built for Alaska: Fencing solutions that work
Custom residential fencing to bear-proof enclosures, Southeast Fence’s Juneau team offers solutions in wood, PVC, concrete and metal Whether you’re keepi...
May 30, 2026Open source
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