Anchorage School District announces superintendent finalists
Jharrett Bryantt, Mathew Neal and Frank Hauser will tour the district, participate in town halls and have final interviews with the school board on Monday and Tuesday.
Alaska high court finds Senate district unconstitutional
The pairing had drawn intense discussion among Alaska Redistricting Board members last fall as they worked to finalize new maps.
The FDA is expected to authorize 2nd boosters for people 50 and up
The Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize the additional booster shots without holding a meeting of its independent vaccine advisors.
Iditarod punishes 3 mushers for sheltering dogs in windstorm
Mille Porsild of Denmark, Michelle Phillips of Canada and Riley Dyche of Fairbanks were penalized for taking dogs inside shelter cabins to ride out the storm with winds so strong, they whipped up white-out conditions.
Independent Al Gross to run for US House seat in Alaska
Gross made an unsuccessful bid for U.S. Senate in 2020.
It’ll likely take 2 weeks to clear snow from Eagle River road after massive avalanche, officials say
By Monday, no residents had been reported injured or missing, and power had been restored to most impacted homes. City officials had also carved a path so residents can travel in the area by snowmachine.
Misinformation is derailing renewable energy projects across the United States
Misinformation about solar power and wind farms is leading local governments across the country to restrict — or even reject — renewable energy projects. It's a threat to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, researchers warn.
22 photos of the Cama-i Dance Festival’s return to Bethel
After two years of COVID-related cancellations, the much-celebrated Cama-i Dance Festival is back.
Free COVID tests and treatments no longer free for uninsured, as funding runs out
Some clinics have already started to turn away people without insurance who come to get tested and can't afford to pay for it.
An Alaska politics recap, from redistricting lawsuits to a Capitol COVID outbreak
The Alaska Supreme Court ruled on redistricting last week, the House plans to take up the budget in a few days — and there's yet another conflict about mask-wearing on the House floor.
Cut off by avalanche, Hiland Road residents lean on snowmachine shuttle and each other
Now that residents are feeling less at risk of further slides, some say they’re enjoying their temporary isolation.
There’s never been such a severe shortage of homes in the U.S. Here’s why.
Home prices rose nearly 20% last year, in large part because the U.S. is several million homes short of demand. Builders say the pandemic is partly to blame, but the problem goes deeper than that.
Don Young, never one to stand on ceremony, lies in state in US Capitol
“Don was strong in his faith and strong in his language,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said. “And we’ve got to be honest: Don was as rough as Alaska’s wild.”
Tensions flare in Alaska House over masking, floor sessions
Legislative leaders last month voted to end a policy that required masking, regardless of vaccination status, in legislative facilities and regular COVID-19 testing.
In one Interior Alaska village, ‘a way of life’ comes to a bittersweet close
“There’s not going to be basketball here,” said high schooler John Erhart Jr. “This is like a basketball community.”
Legislators are divided over what to call state payments to Alaskans and the message it would send
House majority members say describing the entire $2,550 payment as a dividend would set expectations that PFDs would be that size every year.
The more contagious BA.2 version of omicron is now the most common in the US
The CDC estimates that the BA.2 strain now accounts for more than half — 54.9% — of coronavirus infections nationwide.
How to help people understand the complexity of mental health
An Anchorage teenager made major shifts in his approach to life and is about to graduate high school. He never saw a therapist, never thought about mental health. But mental health is tied to all of it.
2 Anchorage School Board candidates drop out of the race, endorse their like-minded opponents
In both school board races on this year’s ballot, candidates supported by conservative groups are attempting to unseat two incumbents.
Advocates plan rally to mark 3-year anniversary of Anchorage police killing of Bishar Hassan
Advocates for police accountability are holding a rally this Friday to mark the third anniversary of the fatal shooting of a 31-year-old Black man by Anchorage police. The rally comes as the police department continues to sort out a body-worn camera policy.