Les Gara picks teacher Jessica Cook as running mate in Alaska governor’s race
Jessica Cook teaches 6th Grade at Alpenglow Elementary School in Eagle River.
Mercury levels in Stellar sea lion pups are rising. Researchers look to the past to find out why.
A new research project is building a timeline of mercury levels in the Aleutian Islands over the last few thousand years.
Judge to dismiss Sarah Palin’s defamation suit against ‘New York Times’
A federal judge will dismiss Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against The New York Times even as the jury continues to deliberate.
Bethel-raised Yup’ik artist Qacung Blanchett receives two big national awards
Bethel-raised musician and Pamyua frontman Stephen Qacung Blanchett has been creating music for almost three decades, but 2022 may be his biggest year yet.
Coronavirus FAQ: What’s the best way to protect school-age kids from COVID?
Even as case rates are plunging in some areas, multi-layered strategies are still necessary.
Fate of Alaska’s new legislative map hangs in the balance as parties close arguments
Much of Friday was taken up by whether the board treated residents of Valdez and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough fairly when it put them in the same district.
Students speak out about allegations of racism at Ketchikan-Metlakatla basketball game
Students spoke out Wednesday about allegations of racism in the stands at a recent Ketchikan High School basketball game.
The school district has launched an investigation...
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.