Should Alaska Native Corps get COVID-19 funds intended for tribes? Answer hinges on comma, lawyers say
Hundreds of millions of dollars may be at stake, but at times the arguments turned on an age-old grammatical puzzle.
Musk ox don’t live in Manokotak. Why is there a musk ox in Manokotak?
A rare sighting of a bull musk ox has been caught on camera.
Federal resources on the way in search for missing Nome woman
The Federal Bureau of Investigations may become involved with the investigation.
Juneau suspends drinking in bars again as COVID-19 cases spike
In an evening emergency public health order, city officials raised the community alert level and mandated that all bars in Juneau must close to indoor service starting Saturday at noon.
Kodiak rocket launch ends in fiery explosion
The Astra rocket launch from Kodiak on Friday, Sept. 11, failed, sending the rocket spiraling back to earth where it exploded.
A newspaper requested the Alaska AG’s incriminating texts. The decision not to release them was his.
After Kevin Clarkson resigned, the Department of Law’s response to the newspaper has prompted two lingering questions: Did it fail to turn over records that the Anchorage Daily News was legally entitled to receive? And was Clarkson the right person to decide which records to release?
Murkowski’s take on Woodward revelations: ‘Very concerning’
“Some of the things I find quite surprising and quite concerning," Sen. Murkowski said, of revelations from a new book about President Trump.
When will the Anchorage School District reopen to students? Possibly mid-October, district says
Superintendent Deena Bishop says the decreasing number of covid cases in the city is a good sign for resuming in person learning.
LISTEN: Woman propositioned by former Lt. Gov. Mallott breaks silence in ADN report
The woman, former Village Public Safety Officer Sgt. Jody Potts, says she wants to set the record straight after false reports and rumors led to the harassment of her daughter.
With ‘baskets of love’ Anchorage woman marks 17th year of 9/11 memorial project
Donna Baker has become a familiar face at fire stations across the city with her annual appreciation effort.
Regents: If UAA skiing, hockey and gymnastics want to stay, they need to raise money
University of Alaska regents say the teams and their supporters will have to raise two years of operating expenses by February to save sports.
Feds to study impacts of potential oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Cook Inlet
It’d be the first federal lease sale in the Cook Inlet since 2017.
Alaska parks system stressed with new pandemic crowds and old funding shortages
Erosion, parking and trail access problems have worsened due to the pandemic as the park system copes with 5 years without capital funding.
Anchorage Planned Parenthood graffitied with threatening messages
Anchorage Planned Parenthood staff arrived to work Wednesday morning to find the outside of the building graffitied with threatening messages. Photographs posted on social media show the phrases “Quit or die,” and “Stop killing our kids” spray painted on the windows of the Lake Otis clinic location.
15 states sue to stop drilling plan for Arctic Refuge
Michigan, among other states, says birds that nest in the Arctic are important to their birdwatching and hunting industries. Others on the suit are West Coast states as well as New Jersey and New York.
Anchorage schools could lose millions due to enrollment drop
The Anchorage School District’s finances could be significantly impacted by decreased enrollment after many families enrolled children in home schooling programs instead of neighborhood schools.
3 Yellowstone bison arrive at their new home near Old Harbor, Alaska
The bison were brought from Yellowstone National Park in order to help ensure food security for the nearby tribe.
Anchorage School District principals to administrators: ‘We’re fed up.’
Anchorage School District principals expressed frustration and dissatisfaction about the way the school year has started at the ASD School Board meeting Tuesday.
After 9 people are infected, Juneau urges all bar-goers to get tested
Juneau officials say that anyone who has been in any Juneau bar over the last week should get tested for COVID-19.
New suit says Alaska’s absentee ballot witness law is unconstitutional during the pandemic
Civil rights groups are challenging the Alaska state law that absentee ballots be signed by a witness, saying it's an unconstitutional burden on voting rights during the COVID-19 pandemic.