The father of Army Spc. Shane Woods, a Palmer High graduate who was killed in Iraq in 2006, placed a flag atop Lazy Mountain the next year to honor him. Volunteers ensure it keeps flying.
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The father of Army Spc. Shane Woods, a Palmer High graduate who was killed in Iraq in 2006, placed a flag atop Lazy Mountain the next year to honor him. Volunteers ensure it keeps flying.
A retreating glacier revealed a new island in Alaska this summer, as lake water filled in to surround a land mass that was once hugged by ice.
UPDATED: The tsunami advisory for a portion of the Aleutian Islands was canceled just after 1 p.m. in Alaska.
Columnist Jeff Lowenfels reminds local gardeners to not get upset when they see lesser houseflies flitting about windowsills.
A tsunami advisory is in effect for a portion of the Aleutian Islands in the wake of a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck off the coast of Eastern Russia on Thursday.
University of Alaska Fairbanks officials estimated cuts of $8.8 million for a variety of programs and student services. Via @alaskabeacon.com
Online voting for the fattest juvenile bear begins Thursday.
A 33-year-old woman from Western Alaska died Tuesday after being injured by a boat propeller on a slough in Napakiak, Alaska State Troopers say.
Unalakleet and St. Paul Island leaders are urging federal transportation officials to award contracts to Aleutian Airways in a bid to restore reliable air service after months of uncertainty and missed flights.
The Anchorage Assembly could soon vote on a measure that would let residents add more taxes to companies like Airbnb that connect customers with short-term rental properties.
One man is dead and another was injured after falling from a trail in the mountains above downtown Juneau, authorities said. Both men were cruise ship passengers.
Anchorage Assembly member Scott Myers, who represents Eagle River and Chugiak, will not run for a second term.
Police say they have arrested a 19-year-old man accused of killing a woman in a drive-by shooting over the weekend near downtown Anchorage.
Mat-Su’s public bus service will come under borough oversight this fall, but riders are unlikely to see any changes as officials collect data and study potential updates as part of the transition. via @matsusentinel.bsky.social
Former Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor announced he is running for governor, becoming the 10th Republican to enter the race.
A letter from the U.S. Department of Education told the Anchorage School District that “continuation of this program is not in the best interest of the federal government.”
Waters off Sitka were warm enough to lure tuna from the south, and local anglers recently took advantage of conditions to harvest species that make rare appearances in Alaska. via @alaskabeacon.com
A woman who was wounded in a shooting near downtown Anchorage over the weekend has died, police said. No one had been arrested in connection with the shooting as of Tuesday.
Anchorage’s Kikkan Randall is the third Alaska legend in less than a month to be named to a sports hall of fame.
The state is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up its fight with the federal government over salmon management on the Kuskokwim River in Southwest Alaska.
The chief of Girdwood Fire and Rescue said there were no reports of injuries to the pilot or passenger, nor to any motorists.
The state is fighting the largest electric utility in Alaska over a program that could soon round up electric bills to the next dollar to collect money for charity.
Mayor Suzanne LaFrance’s administration is preparing a pair of new ordinances aimed at easing the red tape around building new low-income and alternative homes, in an effort to address Anchorage's housing shortage.
Hundreds of people in Anchorage tried to call 911 but couldn’t get through during a nearly 30-hour emergency call outage this weekend, but an alternate method allowed dispatchers to call them back.
A second glacial outburst flood is underway in Juneau, but only minor flooding is expected, according to city officials and the National Weather Service.
The second largest mining deal in world history, announced this month, could hand one of Alaska’s largest mines — and a linchpin of the economy of Northwest Alaska — to a new operator. (via Northern Journal)
Searchers on Sunday found a Kodiak man missing from an island campsite dead from “injuries sustained during a fall,” the Alaska State Troopers said.
Workplace advice: How do you keep the peace when loved ones share your work space at home?
As Anchorage boomed following the development of a new Army base, the issue of the city's borders and civic services became more pressing, writes Alaska historian David Reamer. www.adn.com/alaska-life/...
From the Southeast rainforest to the Arctic tundra, warming conditions are creating a variety of Alaska landslide hazards, some of them posing extreme hazards to human safety and others creating expensive problems for important infrastructure. (via Alaska Beacon) www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
A partnership between the state's radio stations and the Alaska Community Foundation seeks to fill a $15 million funding gap created by Congress. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
Regulators are considering whether to continue permitted heli-skiing operations in the mountains near Valdez mostly as they have occurred over the past decade, or make some changes. (via Alaska Beacon) www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
Several kinds of apples are ripe for picking at Fire Apple Orchard and Gardens near Big Lake, a “u-pick” orchard that also grows various cherries, plums, pears and more. www.adn.com/alaska-life/...
The start of the fifth week in the 2025 high school football season featured several close games that went down to the wire on the final possession, with multiple matchups decided by three points or fewer. www.adn.com/sports/high-...
Closely monitored Barry Arm is a test case in a region where melting glaciers, steep slopes and narrow fjords set up conditions for dangerous tsunami-generating slides. (via @alaskabeacon.com) www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
The U.S. Department of Education is terminating about $350 million in funding for Title III grant programs aimed at serving minority university students, impacting millions in funding for the University of Alaska. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
The late Lewis Shapiro, a sea-ice expert at the Geophysical Institute at UAF, covered a lot of ground during his 90 years, including bringing clean water to villages in Ghana.
You can find hydrangeas at local box stores, but make sure you look for particularly hardy varieties that can survive Alaska's weather, says gardening columnist Jeff Lowenfels.
There's plenty to do this weekend, including theater, a pirate festival and live comedy. Plus, the Sitka Music Festival comes to Anchorage.
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Thursday the amendment, proposed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, came as a surprise, and she voted against it for procedural reasons, not because she opposes the idea of a release. Via @alaskabeacon.com
Gas purchase agreements like the ones announced this week are believed to be a key first step in showing the Alaska gas line project is economical and worth investment. Via @alaskabeacon.com
A 22-year-old Utah man is in custody in the killing of Charlie Kirk, authorities say.
New statewide standardized test results show minor growth in reading and math scores overall for Alaska third to ninth graders. The scores rekindled a debate over school funding from lawmakers and education department officials.
The Alaska Legislative Council voted to approve litigation against the administration of Gov. Mike Dunleavy over an executive order he issued to establish an agriculture department.
With new talent on the ice and a familiar face as head coach, the Anchorage Wolverines hockey team expects to keep competing at a high level.
A Palmer school bus struck and killed a 48-year-old Wasilla woman who was walking in the road early Thursday morning, the Palmer Police Department said.
The state Office of Children’s Services is defending its practices in a federal court case. A national organization brought the class-action lawsuit hoping to force court-mandated reforms to a system it says is failing Alaska kids. via @alaskapublic.org
A group of Alaska Republicans has filed a ballot initiative seeking to clarify a requirement that only U.S. citizens be allowed to vote in state elections. Alaska statute already states that to vote here, a person must be a citizen.
The Anchorage Police Department identified three people shot death in two separate incidents across the city on Tuesday.
The FBI released two photos of a person of interest in the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The shooter remained at large and unidentified nearly 24 hours into the investigation.
Glenfarne now has “preliminary commercial agreements for more than half of Alaska LNG’s available third-party LNG offtake capacity,” the company said in a statement. Via @alaskabeacon.com
The city is moving ahead with plans to add outpatient treatment services inside a former Midtown Anchorage hotel that now provides transitional housing, without displacing the people living there.
A Sand Point fishing boat captain who was wounded by a police officer last week has been arrested on assault and drug charges at the Anchorage airport, Alaska State Troopers said.
Isaac Updike of Ketchikan feels ready to compete against the best from around the globe at the 2025 World Track and Field Championships this weekend.
Republican candidate for governor Bernadette Wilson has chosen lieutenant governor candidate Mike Shower, a Republican state senator from Wasilla, as her running mate.
Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, died Wednesday after being shot at a college event, Trump said.
UPDATE: Charlie Kirk was in critical condition at a Utah hospital Wednesday after being shot at a college event, a law enforcement official said. A suspect was in custody, according to the college where he was speaking. www.adn.com/nation-world...
Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was shot Wednesday while speaking at an event at a Utah college.
Anchorage police say a 20-year-old man shot an acquaintance during a fight at a Spenard residence.
Construction needed to support a major housing development has begun in Girdwood as crews cut a road, walkway and utility lines through a rainforest overlooking Glacier Creek.
The writer, editor and founder of a conservative political website influential in Alaska’s Republican circles resigned earlier this week, saying her departure was spurred by a dispute with the website’s owner over a story about the state’s former attorney general.
The Mat-Su Borough issued a disaster declaration this week after heavy rains earlier this month washed out parts of a road near Trapper Creek and damaged a Susitna River revetment in Talkeetna. via @matsusentinel.bsky.social
A 27-year-old crew member died last week after he was fatally injured while working aboard a commercial fishing vessel in the Aleutian Islands.
Anchorage officers found a man and woman dead at the Mountain View park early Tuesday morning, according to the police department.
Several units were impacted and one person was taken to the hospital in the wake of a fire at an apartment complex Monday evening in Midtown Anchorage, a fire official said.
An Alaska judge is backing the state’s decision to repeal a longstanding rule that was meant to keep down health care costs in the state.
A recently introduced proposal would let Anchorage voters decide whether they want a 1% tax on retail purchases, with revenues split evenly between infrastructure, housing and behavioral health resources.
A man was shot and wounded at the entrance to a Carrs grocery store in West Anchorage over the weekend, police said.
Winona Fletcher, the youngest female convicted of murder in Alaska, is going to be released from prison after a judge reduced her sentence.
The 21-year-old was a passenger in a car that clipped a semi-truck while the driver was trying to pass another vehicle, Alaska State Troopers said.
Workplace advice: Don’t let weaponized incompetence corrode office culture and employee trust.
The Alaska Division of Public Assistance is set to rely on out-of-state contractors to process food assistance applications amid a yearslong staffing shortage. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
The West High football team's defense pitched a second-half shutout while the offense stayed hot to secure a 35-16 victory over Colony on Friday, with more gridiron action happening over the weekend across the state. www.adn.com/sports/high-...
A small Texas firm is gearing up for a $150 million search for oil beneath the Arctic Ocean (via Northern Journal) www.adn.com/business-eco...
The documentary "Blood & Myth" delves into violent crimes in Northwest Alaska that a convicted man blamed on an encounter with Iñukuns, sinister beings well-known and long-feared by the Iñupiaq people. www.adn.com/arts/film-tv... (via ICT)
Hilcorp Alaska plans to build a new development in a western corner of Prudhoe Bay that will produce 40,000 barrels of oil daily, a company representative said. www.adn.com/business-eco...
Unable to wall itself off from the Pacific Ocean, the Malaspina Glacier in Southeast Alaska is losing 20 to 30 feet per year in surface elevation.
An Anchorage judge heard arguments about whether Winona Fletcher should be released from her 135-year prison sentence early in an all-day resentencing hearing that ended without a ruling.
Fall is a great time for locals to travel around Alaska. And if you’d rather fly south than stay in the state as autumn descends, many airfares are cheap right now.
Skiers from the APU Nordic Ski Center’s University Elite Team trained on snow this summer, 5,700 feet above Girdwood. There are few places like it in the world.
The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a $137 million contract for the first phase of a project intended to allow its Seattle base to host two new heavy icebreakers. via @alaskabeacon.com
Almost two years after an off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot tried to shut off a plane’s engine mid-flight, he has pleaded guilty to related charges in Oregon as part of a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. via @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social
Alaska State Troopers said they found nine rabbits, three goats and a dog dead in a fetid garage.
The Coast Guard said both Chinese vessels were operating within the "Extended Continental Shelf” claimed by the U.S. as an extension of traditional territorial boundaries.
The nonprofit Seawolf 5th Line is helping bring the UAA hockey team back to Sullivan Arena for the last games of this season, and hope to see an expanded state-of-the-art facility built on campus.
Illegal voting cases against 10 Whittier residents from American Samoa moved forward this week, despite what defense attorneys and advocates say are compelling reasons for the state to halt the prosecution.
A pedestrian was killed and several others were injured after a vehicle jumped a curb in downtown Ketchikan and plunged into a creek Thursday morning.
A former Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit has reached plea agreements with state and federal prosecutors, his attorney said.
Alaska State Troopers say they cited an Anchorage man this week for allegedly poaching a moose near the Powerline Pass Trail in one of the most heavily traveled parts of Chugach State Park.
Anchorage's mayor is putting a veteran city administrator in charge of the Don Young Port of Alaska on an interim basis, after the director who oversaw the port for nearly two decades retired.
Windy days can leave our lawns covered in twigs and small branches. By chipping them up, you can make your own super-potent mulch, writes Alaska gardening columnist Jeff Lowenfels.
The summit left the city of Anchorage with more than $200,000 in expenses, largely for law enforcement workers, according to a spokeswoman for Mayor Suzanne LaFrance. (Via Northern Journal)
House Republicans on Wednesday night voted to repeal land management plans adopted in the closing days of the Biden administration that restricted development in large areas of Alaska, Montana and North Dakota.
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough must repay nearly $6 million in federal transit grants used for the defunct Knik Arm ferry project, according to a debt order federal officials sent to the borough. Via @matsusentinel.bsky.social
The Anchorage School District has introduced new protocols for emergencies, and some students on Thursday will begin walking through metal detectors as they enter school buildings.
Former East-side rink legend Scott Gomez is the first Alaskan to be immortalized in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.
Rents rose faster than normal in Anchorage and statewide last year, continuing a trend that started during the pandemic, according to a new state report.
A man from Italy is missing after being swept into a hole in the ice on Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska State Troopers said.
Former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson left his job this week as manager of Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, a position he’s held for a little more than seven months.
State officials say a grounded fishing vessel leaking diesel from a beach near Kodiak has prompted a commercial fishing closure as well as precautions at a salmon hatchery.