Line One: Pediatric chronic pain
Because chronic pain in children is a unique combination of biological, psychological and social factors in each child, the source of chronic pain can be complex.
Anchorage budget director returns to retirement
Longtime public servant Cheryl Frasca said after wrapping up the bulk of the first quarter budget revisions for the Bronson administration, she's returning to retirement.
Delta is resuming year-round service to Juneau (again)
Delta’s booking site shows flights will continue after Labor Day with a somewhat smaller, lower capacity Airbus plane.
Alaska’s biggest electric utility fired new CEO less than a month after hiring him
According to a document Chugach Electric Association’s lawyers filed in federal court Wednesday, the company’s board terminated its employment agreement with Halpern “for cause” a little more than three weeks after both sides signed it.
New facility aims to improve options for Alaskans with memory loss
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Caring for someone with memory loss can be exhausting both physically and emotionally. The number of people with Alzheimer’s or dementia in Alaska is...
J.R. Myers
J.R. Myers is a candidate in the 2022 U.S. House special election. (Photo provided by candidate)
US panel to focus on Native American missing, slain cases
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said the committee’s creation means that for the first time, the voices guiding the effort will include people most affected by the epidemic.
An Anchorage boy is waiting for a life-saving stem cell transplant, but Alaska Native donors are scarce
It’s harder for Alaska Native and mixed-race people to find donors because they’re underrepresented in the donor database.
Bronson submits lengthy records request to city clerk for information about April election
A critic called the move a ‘perpetuation of the Big Lie’ of former president Donald Trump’s unfounded claims of election fraud from 2020.
Alaska lawmakers struggle with dividend debate
Alaska lawmakers are running out of time this session to pass legislation aimed at resolving the annual debate over what size dividend should be paid to residents from the state’s oil wealth fund.
Rangers search for solo climber on Denali
Matthias Rimml is the first registered climber to attempt Denali this season, and is alone on the upper part of the mountain, according to the National Park Service.
As Alaskans age, what options are there for staying in the state? | Alaska Insight
Lori Townsend speaks to David Washburn from the Older Persons Action Group and Jessica Parks from RurAL CAP to learn what's being done to address the increasing demand for elder care across Alaska.
How a 150-year-old Lingít robe is inspiring Alaska’s next generation of engineers
The robe was recently given to Alaska Native Heritage Center but is in such fragile condition that extreme care must be taken anytime it’s handled.
David Hughes
David Hughes is a candidate for the 2022 U.S. House special election.
Robert Lyons
Robert Lyons is a candidate for the 2022 U.S. House special election.
Jo Woodward
Jo Woodward is a candidate for the 2022 U.S. House special election.
Alaska cartoonist draws his experience with Parkinson’s | INDIE ALASKA
Peter Dunlap-Shohl was living his lifelong dream, as an editorial cartoonist for the Anchorage Daily News. But in 2002, when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
Ketanji Brown Jackson will not headline Alaska lawyers’ convention
Jackson had committed back in December to headline the bar association’s annual convention.
Shipping a gondola system from Austria to Juneau will cost more than double the initial estimate
On Wednesday, the Juneau Assembly narrowly approved spending an extra $500,000 to bring the gondola to Juneau.
Two years after Anchorage police and fire departments commit to improving diversity, data shows little change
Police and fire officials say they’re hampered by a tight labor market, limited budgets and recruitment barriers that extend outside of their departments.