Anchorage’s Polynesian community packs up thousands of pounds of donations for relatives in Tonga
The Polynesian Association of Alaska used money donations to buy sacks of sugar and rice, plus seeds for fruits and vegetables for gardens that were flooded last month after an underwater volcano exploded near Tonga.
Dunleavy offers bills to tighten criminal laws in Alaska
The bills would boost penalties for buying sex and exploiting victims of trafficking.
Jury hears closing arguments in Palin vs. NY Times trial
Jurors deliberated about two hours at the end of the day on Friday without reaching a verdict. They are to resume Monday morning.
COVID cases in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta are soaring as Alaska’s cases fall
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta case rate remains higher than both that of the state and the nation.
Anchorage School District proposes using federal funds to fill next year’s budget gap
While federal funding will allow the district to offset next school year’s budget deficit, there are concerns about the year following.
Former state Sen. Johnny Ellis has died
Ellis served more than three decades in the Alaska Legislature.
State Sen. Gray-Jackson becomes first Democrat in US Senate race
The Anchorage legislator says she would work to support access to abortion rights, voting and health care.
Fairbanks jury finds Downs guilty in Sergie’s 1993 murder, sexual assault at UAF dorm
Steven Downs was an 18-year-old first-year student at University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1993, and presumably had no connection to the victim, Sophie Sergie, who was from the village of Pitka's Point.
Ombudsman finds persistent problems at the Alaska Psychiatric Institute
The state’s only public psychiatric hospital failed to meet federal requirements for evaluating patients, didn’t provide adequate treatment and failed to investigate complaints about workplace harassment in 2020, according to a report released this week.
Glaciers are shrinking fast. Scientists are rushing to figure out how fast.
New research suggests that the world's glaciers are disappearing more quickly than scientists previously estimated.
Nation’s sole heavy icebreaker returns to Antarctica to resupply American scientists
Each year, the crew maneuvers the nearly 400-foot, 13,000-ton icebreaker to cut a channel to McMurdo Station, the U.S. Antarctic Program’s logistics hub.
Senators offer bill to renew Violence Against Women Act, with a section honoring an Alaska murder victim
Angelina Jolie lent her star power to a bill in the U.S. Senate to renew the Violence Against Women Act.
Alaska sees decline in COVID cases, more treatment options available
Previously, certain oral antiviral and monoclonal antibody treatments were only recommended for those who were immunocompromised, pregnant, or 65 and older with risk factors.
Iditarod loses support of Anchorage hotel that served as race headquarters
The Lakefront Anchorage Hotel will still be race headquarters for this year’s race and then step away.
Ketchikan’s school district is investigating allegations of racism at a basketball game against Alaska’s only Native reservation
Some Ketchikan High School students dressed up as cowboys during a basketball game against its rivals from Alaska’s only Native reservation. The Ketchikan school district is investigating.
Moose attacks mushers’ team during a training run near Fairbanks, injuring 4 dogs
Bridgett Watkins' injured dogs are on the mend, and she’s back training with the others.
Why NASA’s new space telescope is pointed at the Big Dipper
Hint: It has to do with calibrating the telescope's ultrasensitive mirrors.
Eielson pilot helps Air Force test bladder relief device for women
“This is really about the health and safety of the aircrew," she said. "So they can focus on the thing they need to focus on — which is the mission.”
Watch: Alaska ranked choice voting, explained
Alaskans will have a new way to vote in state elections starting in 2022. Here's how it will work.