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A Singapore Airlines Cargo plane taxis for departure on Runway 32 at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on April 27, 2013. At the time, the airport ranked fifth in the world for the most air cargo to go through it in 2017. (Creative Commons photo by BriYYZ)

Anchorage economic and airport leaders pitch new cargo shipping initiative to ease supply chain disruptions

he Alaska Economic Development Corporation, in partnership with the Ted Stevens International Airport has released a feasibility study for a project called Anchorage Pacific Air-to-Sea Service, or ANC PASS.

A photo of Thom Leonard (middle) and his siblings in Bethel in the 1970s. (Photo courtesy of Thom Leonard)

ANCSA at 50: Who will be included in the next generation of shareholders?

Video: Corporations formed under ANCSA are slowly opening up to new generations of shareholders, allowing younger Alaska Native people to have a voice in shaping the future.

Winds whip up volcanic ash from 1912 eruption in Alaska

Volcano scientists issued an alert Wednesday, warning that a cloud of ash — from an eruption more than century ago — was headed toward Alaska’s Kodiak Island.

People pull canvas over a steel frame in front of a large brown building

Tumult within Anchorage’s homelessness response team continues with another firing

Nicole Lebo, who oversaw federal housing grants and childcare and shelter permitting for the city, was fired from the health department on Monday.

Shipping containers stacked on top of one another.

The pandemic economy's latest victim? The lowly shipping container.

Delayed containers are a symptom of and contributor to global supply chain problems. But imagine a world without them.

A photograph of a smiling man, with a flower border around it.

Man killed at Fairbanks store 'doing nothing more than walking outside with his groceries,' says mayor

“It was so unexpected and so tragic," says City of Fairbanks Mayor Jim Matherly.

Joe Gerace talks with people in front of dumpsters in front of the Sullivan Arena shelter

Anchorage Assembly confirms Bronson's pick for health director

Joe Gerace was appointed by Bronson in September after his first pick for the position, David Morgan, resigned shortly before his confirmation hearing.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, leaves the chamber during a vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. Senate leaders have announced an agreement to extend the government's borrowing authority into December, temporarily averting an unprecedented default that experts say would have decimated the economy, (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Murkowski voted to convict Trump. Now she'll run against a candidate he backs

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who voted to convict former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial last February, announced Friday she is running for reelection.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced she's running for re-election. This is a still from a campaign video.

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski announces re-election bid

Lisa Murkowski has so far raised $4.6 million for her '22 campaign. Trump has endorsed her conservative challenger.

Snow piled high on top of a birdhouse after a snow storm in Anchorage dropped over a foot of snow in some areas on November 11, 2021. (Julia O'Malley/Alaska Public Media)

How Anchorage's 'flufftastic' snowfall exceeded forecasters' expectations

National Weather Service climate researcher Brian Brettschneider -- back for our Ask a Climatologist segment -- says there are a couple reasons for that.

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