Amid new efforts on mental health and public safety, several in downtown Anchorage say issues are on the rise
Several changes and new programs coupled with more arrests could help tamp down some of the downtown mayhem, city leaders say.
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Lawsuits against Anchorage provider now working with city allege thousands in unpaid bills, fraud
Anchorage Recovery Center, a behavioral health provider working at the Willow Commons microunit community, is set to expand its operations to the renovated Golden Lion Hotel this fall.
Letter: A modest proposal from the United States of Vespucci
Isn’t it marvelous that America was named after the Italian Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512), a Florentine navigator, explorer and cartographer who participated in voyages to the New World between 1497 and 1...
Letter: It’s not a war, it’s just $37.5 billion in small potatoes
Vice President JD Vance took a page directly from Vladimir Putin’s playbook when he said, “I wouldn’t call it a war,” when asked about the Iran war at a White House press briefing. Putin deflects and...
Opinion: The Navy is no place for a presidential vanity project
Shipbuilding decisions should answer to strategy, engineering and fiscal discipline, not one man’s architectural preferences.
Opinion: I’m voting to retain ranked choice voting and you should, too
The measure bundles changes to primary elections, general elections and campaign finance into one yes-or-no question.
Opinion: To protect Alaska’s old-growth forests, the Roadless Rule must be kept in place
Decades of research show that protecting intact old growth is essential for Southeast Alaska’s fish, wildlife and communities.
As Social Security fund runs dry, some Republicans say it’s time to raise taxes
Raising the payroll tax is emerging as a popular fix — even in the anti-tax GOP — to fend off deep cuts in retirement benefits.
State-owned gasline corporation says it will continue to pursue Alaska LNG pipeline in 2027
The corporation’s president says the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. will seek funding to sell shares of the pipeline to Alaskans.
Antimony plant offloaded at Port MacKenzie; up to 40 jobs planned
Equipment for a pilot plant at Port MacKenzie that will process antimony ore and employ about 40 people over the next two years was unloaded Sunday from a barge.
Searchers look for missing St. Lawrence Island fishing boat with 3 on board, officials say
The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday that crews were searching for an 18-foot fishing vessel and its three-person crew after the boat didn’t return from a trip on Sunday morning.
Alaska Department of Law finds possible errors in 91 candidates’ financial disclosure forms
The department’s review led Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom to reinstate Treg Taylor onto the governor’s race ballot.
Trump suggests renaming New Mexico amid torrent of online memes and taunts
The suggestion came as the president unleashed dozens of social media posts. He lacks authority to rename New Mexico or any other state.
‘Nannies for Millionaires’? This state’s free childcare program had a rocky start.
A year into New Mexico’s first-in-the-nation universal childcare experiment, demand is outpacing slots and costs are soaring.
Deadly Iran wedding strike likely due to U.S. bomb missing a nearby target
Six bombs dropped by Navy jets targeted a communications complex in the coastal town of Kuhestak. One missed.
Mt. Edgecumbe High School starts school year with more optimism — and funding
The state, which runs the Sitka boarding school, will soon receive recommendations from a committee examining concerns about Mt. Edgecumbe’s future after more than 120 students disenrolled last year.
Adnan Sami says it was never difficult to find work in India as Pakistani: 'A lot changed after I got India...
Singer-composer Adnan Sami has spoken candidly about the shift in his life and career after officially becoming an Indian citizen. He shared his thoug.
Opinion: The 82% pollock claim leaves out what matters to Alaska
An ownership statistic cannot capture the full reach of a fishery that supports thousands of Alaska workers and dozens of communities.
Opinion: Alaska LNG’s gas price promise banks on industrial-scale unknowns
The promised household savings begin only after pipeline demand reaches a threshold that current projections cannot meet.
Opinion: The Roadless Rule is a promise that should never be broken
Rescinding federal protections would put millions of acres, salmon runs and an Indigenous way of life at risk.
These teachers fight AI cheating with classes that force students to show they are learning
Instead of relying on AI detectors or going back to pen and paper assignments, educators said they redesigned classes to make students prove they are learning.
Federal government transfers ownership of Alaska Native Medical Center to tribal consortium
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, which has co-managed the hospital for years, took over ownership from the Indian Health Service after a yearslong effort.
Attempting to deliver gold rush news, a dozen carrier pigeons were once dispatched from the SS Portland
The experiment by Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter Samuel Weston mostly failed, as the only pigeons that arrived were particularly delayed.
Tlingit opera to bring 1800s Tlingit-Russian battles to the stage in Juneau
The opera, performed entirely in Tlingit, draws on accounts of the conflict passed down through the generations, as well as written historical records.