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Opinion: Public media is a lifeline in Alaska and rural America. The Senate needs to stop the proposed cuts.

Opinion: Public media is a lifeline in Alaska and rural America. The Senate needs to stop the proposed cuts.

Molly of Denali. (PBS Kids) We are writing as fellow rural residents of this country, asking you to save one of the most critical lifelines all rural Americans share: public media. As Alaska Native writers for “Molly of Denali,” we’ve had a front...

Honoring the Fallen Below Freezing Point: The 962nd Quartermaster (Mortuary Affairs) Company Sets the Standard in Cold-Weather Operations

Honoring the Fallen Below Freezing Point: The 962nd Quartermaster (Mortuary Affairs) Company Sets the Standard in Cold-Weather Operations

Honoring the Fallen Below Freezing Point: The 962nd Quartermaster (Mortuary Affairs) Company Sets the Standard in Cold-Weather Operations By Captain Naomi S Pomele, February 28, 2025 In the relentless pursuit of operational excellence, the...

Amid a child care crisis, Anchorage officials are set to vote on loosening day care regulations

Amid a child care crisis, Anchorage officials are set to vote on loosening day care regulations

Early Learning For Everyone South on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. (Bill Roth / ADN) The Anchorage Assembly is weighing a proposal to eliminate and modify several municipal regulations affecting in-home nurseries and day care centers for kids. The...

Opinion: Megabills didn’t break the economy before and won’t now

Opinion: Megabills didn’t break the economy before and won’t now

President Donald Trump holds up the "One, Big Beautiful Bill" Act that was signed into law as during on July 4. (Alex Brandon/Pool/Getty Images/TNS) Opinions of the One Big Beautiful Bill tend toward the extreme. One of its main authors calls it...

Opinion: We’re not going to stop pushing for better Alaska student outcomes

Opinion: We’re not going to stop pushing for better Alaska student outcomes

Gov. Mike Dunleavy and education commissioner Deena Bishop earlier this year. (Sean Maguire / ADN) For the past two years, Alaskans have been engaged in a robust discussion about the future of education in our state. At the heart of this...

Opinion: Alaska education reform doesn’t start with budget cuts

Opinion: Alaska education reform doesn’t start with budget cuts

Children at Pearl Creek Elementary, one of the Fairbanks schools targeted for closure. (Morgan Dulian) Gov. Mike Dunleavy is defying state law and the will of Alaskans on education funding. When the Legislature overrode the veto of House Bill 57,...

FBI asks for public’s help finding downtown Anchorage bank robbery suspect

FBI asks for public’s help finding downtown Anchorage bank robbery suspect

The FBI's Anchorage Field Office shared these photos of a person they described as a suspect in a robbery Friday afternoon, July 11, 2025, at the Wells Fargo Bank location in the Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall. (Photos provided by the FBI) The FBI is...

Crypto Market Recap: Bitcoin Hits Price Record as Crypto Week Kicks Off in the US

Crypto Market Recap: Bitcoin Hits Price Record as Crypto Week Kicks Off in the US

Here's a quick recap of the crypto landscape for Monday (July 14) as of 9:00 p.m. UTC. Get the latest insights on Bitcoin, Ethereum and altcoins, along with a round-up of key cryptocurrency market news. Bitcoin and Ethereum price update Bitcoin...

Golden Dome Expected to Supercharge Space Economy, Development Challenges Ahead

Golden Dome Expected to Supercharge Space Economy, Development Challenges Ahead

President Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" approved in early July allocated $25 billion for Golden Dome, a missile defense system that could bring a windfall of investment to Colorado's space economy. U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank, R- Colorado Springs,...

Slog AM: ‘Heat Kink’ Worries on Sound Transit, Seattle’s Proudest Bank Robber, Protests at South Lake Union’s Palantir Office

Slog AM: ‘Heat Kink’ Worries on Sound Transit, Seattle’s Proudest Bank Robber, Protests at South Lake Union’s Palantir Office

Good Morning! We’re getting a break from the heat today. Highs in the mid-70s, partly cloudy. The kind of perfect Seattle summer weather that convinces innocent bystanders to move here on a whim. Today’s the day to do all of the things you...

How many H-1B petitions were made by Alaska employers during 2024?

How many H-1B petitions were made by Alaska employers during 2024?

Tammy Meckley, Associate Director, Immigration Records and Identity Services Directorate for USCIS | https://www.dhswatchlist.com/ Tammy Meckley, Associate Director, Immigration Records and Identity Services Directorate for USCIS |...

‘It’s still hard to believe I was the person who did that’: 40 years after a notorious Anchorage triple murder, Winona Fletcher shares her story

‘It’s still hard to believe I was the person who did that’: 40 years after a notorious Anchorage triple murder, Winona Fletcher shares her story

Winona Fletcher talked about her life during an interview at the Hiland Mountain Correctional Center near Eagle River on June 30. Fletcher was sentenced to life in prison as a juvenile for the 1985 murders of Tom Faccio, 69, his wife and Ann...

As the Market Holds, Here Are Four Trends Keeping Advisors Busy 

Despite constant noise from consumer and social media debating whether a recession is or is not imminent, the travel agency industry hasn’t seen much of a slowdown. With the exception of a four-to-six-week timeframe immediately after the U.S....

How a dashed dream in Anchorage helped inspire ESPN journalist Seth Wickersham’s 2nd book

How a dashed dream in Anchorage helped inspire ESPN journalist Seth Wickersham’s 2nd book

ESPN senior writer and New York Times bestselling author Seth Wickersham, is a 1995 Service High School graduate who played football for the Cougars. Photographed on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (Bill Roth / ADN) Seth Wickersham was born in Boulder,...

Alaska ranks 37th in total VA home loans during Q1

Alaska ranks 37th in total VA home loans during Q1

Denis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Official websiteDenis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Official website Alaska ranked 37th in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 738 loans issued, according...

Alaska’s ‘Nazi Creek’ is no more as federal board approves Unangan name

Alaska’s ‘Nazi Creek’ is no more as federal board approves Unangan name

Little Kiska Island (Tony DeGange/US Geological Survey, 2010) A small creek on Alaska’s Little Kiska Island has been renamed, more than 80 years after it was named after Germany’s Nazi Party by World War II soldiers fighting in the Aleutians. Nazi...

Alaska Bristol Bay, Russia’s Far East H&G sockeye prices surge despite strong run

Alaska Bristol Bay, Russia’s Far East H&G sockeye prices surge despite strong run

Processors in Alaska's Bristol Bay and Russia's Far East have begun officially offering headed-and-gutted (H&G) sockeye salmon to major international market buyers at prices well above last season's opening levels, as the harvest season gains...

Alaska AG touts LNG project potential amid concerns from skeptics over cost, viability

Alaska AG touts LNG project potential amid concerns from skeptics over cost, viability

Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor has high hopes for the proposed 800-mile Alaska LNG pipeline, crediting former President Trump’s first-day executive order on “unleashing Alaska’s resource potential” for drawing renewed attention to the...

Alaska’s ‘Nazi Creek’ is no more, as federal geographic names board approves traditional alternative

Alaska’s ‘Nazi Creek’ is no more, as federal geographic names board approves traditional alternative

A small creek on Alaska’s Little Kiska Island has been renamed, more than 80 years after it was named after Germany’s Nazi Party by World War II soldiers fighting in the Aleutians. Nazi Creek was the last landmark in the United States to bear the...

Pilot forced into 'aggressive maneuver' to avoid military bomber as passengers panic

Pilot forced into 'aggressive maneuver' to avoid military bomber as passengers panic

'The Cyberguy' Kurt Knutsson weighs in and shares his tips for avoiding new email 'unsubscribe' scams. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. Air Force says the B-52 bomber that had a near miss with a Delta Airlines flight over North...

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