Two bowpicker fishing vessels, and the MV Aurora pass by the Cordova harbor” (Corinne Smith) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and [...]

Petersburg’s South Harbor at the beginning of the summer, 2024 (Photo: Hannah Flor/KFSK) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [...]

Buck Laukitis’ boat, the Oracle, sits in Homer in May before unloading its catch of halibut. (Photo by Nathaniel Herz/Northern Journal) HOMER — On a brilliant spring morning, Buck Laukitis, [...]

Attorney Maeve Kendall, at podium, represents supporters of ranked choice voting. Her co-counsel are on left: Samuel Gottstein and Scott Kendall (no relation). At the other table are Assistant Attorney [...]

The Indiana State Prison is shown Tuesday, July 26, 2005, in Michigan City, Ind. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond) Serial killer Joshua Wade, who claimed responsibility for the deaths of five people [...]

Aerial view of Ambler and the Kobuk River in the summer. (National Park Service) U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan said he’s added an amendment to an annual defense bill that would [...]

Aerial view of Ambler and the Kobuk River in the summer. (National Park Service) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to news@alaskapublic.org. Follow Alaska [...]

Air Force Col. Mark Sletten, seen during a 2021 visit to Colony Glacier during ongoing recovery efforts for remains from a 1952 military cargo plane crash. [...]

A voter fills out their ballot at the Alaska State Museum on Aug. 16, 2022 in Juneau. (Paige Sparks/KTOO) On Friday, supporters of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. turned in more [...]

A sign directs voters to a polling location in Unalaska, AK on Tuesday. (Photo by Hope McKenney/KUCB) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, [...]

Subaru Takeda, Genya Takenaka, and Toranosuke Nagayama take a selfie while climbing a route on Denali. (Courtesy of Subaru Takeda) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. [...]

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia What do intermittent fasting, paleo, and keto all have in common? These are fad diets that offer rapid weight loss and a [...]

(Courtesy of Alaska Jazz Workshop) The Alaska Jazz Workshop and Anchorage Downtown Partnership have teamed up to present a free, weekly summer concert series at Peratrovich [...]

Community members celebrate pride on June 8, 2024 in Bethel, Alaska (Gabby Salgado / KYUK] Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and [...]

Charlie Soderstrom waits in line to purchase her recent finds at Beauty and the Book in Anchorage on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) [...]

A detail of Lily Hope’s first full size Chilkat Robe. (Photo by Annie Bartholomew/KTOO) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments [...]

Twelve-year-old Janna Wilcox stands at the Anchorage Assembly chambers with a copy of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Wilcox was behind the effort to name an Anchorage street [...]

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A hospital hallway is seen on April 7, 2020, in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/KTOO) Just days into his life, Sierra Ott’s infant son Liam took a turn for [...]

Anchorage police chief-designee Bianca Cross speaks at a press conference on June 3, 2024. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage Assembly leaders want to postpone the new police chief’s confirmation until [...]

Shiloh Sanidad dances during a processional and grand entrance for Celebration in Juneau on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. [...]

Rick Goodfellow ran Ghost Tours of Anchorage for 20 years before deciding to close this year. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. [...]

Anchorage Police chief designee Bianca Cross speaks at a press conference at APD headquarters on June 5, 2024. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on [...]

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline runs alongside the Dalton Highway near the Toolik Field Station on June 9, 2017, in the North Slope Borough. A proposed gas pipeline would follow much of [...]

Nancy Dahlstrom, Mary Peltola and Nick Begich III are running for U.S. House in 2024. (Alaska Public Media) The major Republican group dedicated to U.S. House races is planning a [...]

Valerie Lake / Alaska Public Media) One man was killed early Saturday in a downtown Anchorage shooting, and responding officers shot and wounded another man who witnesses said had been [...]

Canoes wait to come ashore in Petersburg on May 29, 2024. The support boat Deer Harbor II is in the background. (Hannah Flor / KFSK) Stories [...]

Former President Donald Trump sits in a courtroom at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 21 for his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments. (Justin Lane/Pool/Getty Images) NEW YORK [...]

City crews begin installation of the protected bike lane in downtown Anchorage early Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (Kenny Friendly/Municipality of Anchorage) Most of Anchorage’s iconic Sixth Avenue is a three-lane, [...]

Anchorage Election administrator William Northrop at the Anchorage Election Center on May 28, 2024. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage voters cast more than 80,000 ballots in this year’s mayoral runoff [...]

Local children’s book author Brook Hartman has written stories including “The Littlest Airplane” and “All Aboard the Alaska Railroad.” (Courtesy of Brook Hartman) With two kids [...]

A chinook salmon. (Ryan Hagerty/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) A petition to list many Alaska king salmon stocks as endangered has cleared its first hurdle. As first reported by the [...]

Lance McMullan loads the disassembled generator into Brian Delay’s boat for a test in October 2023. (Photo by Anna Canny/KTOO) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. [...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxFcXxPGyes The challenges of funding Alaska government services, education and the Permanent Fund dividend have become more intense as the state’s fiscal situation grows tighter. [...]

Robin and Susan Beesley ascend a ridge near Hope, Alaska. (Annie Feidt/Alaska Public Media) The possibilities for adventure during the brief period of time we call [...]

The Alaska State Capitol in Juneau, pictured May 6, 2024. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) State lawmakers passed several energy bills this session aimed at updating the Railbelt’s electrical grid and [...]

A group sings on the steps of the Alaska Capitol in Juneau for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day on May 5, 2022. (Paige Sparks/KTOO) One of the bills [...]

Kenai City Hall (Sabine Poux/KDLL) The City of Kenai on Wednesday repealed three pieces of code that prohibited public sleeping and begging. Police Chief David Ross brought forward the ordinance. [...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhdNGLD0-JA The Anchorage Hillside is at high risk of wildfires, and between the abundance of flammable materials and the low number of roads, residents of [...]

Katie Scoggin was the student commencement speaker at UAA’s recent graduation. (Caitlin Pobieglo) When Katie Scoggin addressed her fellow students at UAA’s recent commencement ceremony, it [...]

Researchers and city officials work to inform Hillside communities of wildfire risks - Alaska Public Media [...]

(Paul Twardock) It is time for boating! After a long winter kayaks and canoes are finally appearing from beneath piles of snow, rivers are running, lakes [...]

Coen Niclai on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, two days before his graduation from Anchorage’s Service High School. (Valerie Lake/Alaska Public Media) It’s high school graduation season across the state, as [...]

Incumbent Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson and former Anchorage Assembly chair Suzanne LaFrance have advanced to the city’s mayoral runoff. The last day to vote is May [...]

Isaac Ward (right) with his sister Primose (left) and mother Miriam (center) at the UAA Fine Arts Building in Anchorage on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) 16-year-old [...]

A heavy equipment operator collects one of 18 secure drop boxes from the Anchorage Election Center on March 7, 2024. The drop boxes are deployed across the city for local [...]

Incumbent Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson and former Anchorage Assembly chair Suzanne LaFrance have advanced to the city’s mayoral runoff. The last day to vote is May [...]

An Alaska State Trooper SUV (Joey Mendolia/Alaska Public Media) An employee of a Wasilla bingo hall is accused of following a winner to her home Wednesday night and stealing the [...]

Studies suggest that up to 40% of women and 30% of men report dysfunction during intimacy at some point in their lives, but conversations on the [...]