Lawsuit claims Homeland Security officer sexually assaulted woman at Anchorage Museum in 2017
The allegations are detailed in a suit filed in federal court Aug. 26, nearly three years after the woman says Chris Heitstuman, who is described in the suit as a Department of Homeland Security employee, sexually assaulted her on two occasions in her office at the museum where she was head of security.
LISTEN: U.S. House incumbent Don Young is here to answer your questions
Alaska has only one U.S. House seat and Congressman Don Young is seeking his 25th term in that position. What does he want to accomplish in the next two years if he is re-elected?
Anchorage high school sports OK’d to tackle games next week
That applies to cross country, swimming, diving, tennis, volleyball, gymnastics, football, flag football and cheerleading.
Alaska jobs haven’t bounced back as well as other states’
Alaska’s job losses weren’t as steep as the national average, but the state’s recovery is lagging behind nearly every other state.
How districts are working to meet distance education needs in rural Alaska | Alaska Insight
Most schools are underway across the state. Do rural students have better options for online instruction now than they had in the spring?
Anchorage police: homicide, assault and property crime calls are down
The Anchorage Police Department reported this week that calls for police assistance appear to have decreased in the city this year, compared to the last three years. Reports of assault, thefts and property crimes are all trending somewhat down, according to Chief Justin Doll, who presented the statistics to the assembly’s Public Safety Committee on Wednesday.
LISTEN: Bering Sea ice at lowest extent in at least 5,500 years, study says
While it's notable that there's less sea ice now than thousands of years in the past, study co-author Matthew Wooller from UAF says the research provides a deeper understanding of the context and mechanisms of change over those years.
12 COVID-19 cases reported at Anchorage’s largest shelter
Managers of the emergency mass shelter at the Sullivan Arena say that they were able to isolate the cases quickly.
COVID-19 outbreak among Anchorage’s homeless points to gaps in testing strategy
Experts say the lack of a national testing strategy has led to unnecessary deaths of people experiencing homelessness.
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.
Alaska Native women rally to search for missing Nome woman
A 33-year-old Alaska Native woman went missing last week, and some think the official response wasn't as fast as it should have been.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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?