Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks to reporters ahead of the open house. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and [...]

Wrangell Swim Club members who attended the 2023 First City Invitational. From left: Jack Roberts, Chandler Roane, Delilah Roane, Stella Buness, coach Jamie Roberts and Piper Roane. (Maria Dudzak/KRBD) Six [...]

An empty classroom at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé in Juneau, Alaska, on July 20, 2022. (Photo by Lisa Phu/Alaska Beacon) Alaska’s Board of Education has approved a draft report that’s a [...]

The 907 Initiative put up signs like this one on 14th Avenue in Anchorage, pictured here on Dec. 11, 2023, in late October and early November. The organization has been [...]

Alaska’s Department of Public Safety commissioner James Cockrell (left) and the department’s interim head of the Village Public Safety Officer program Joel Ward (right) at a Nov. 8, 2023 town [...]

Alaska Airlines planes taxi to and from various Seattle-Tacoma International Airport gates on Jan. 5, 2022. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) Abby Query learned early on how to make the most [...]

Students in a second grade classroom at Ptarmigan Elementary School in Anchorage receive instruction from student teacher Erisa Koci on Sept. 29, 2023. (Tim Rockey/Alaska Public Media) Alaska spends a [...]

Fr. Michael James Oleksa is seen while giving an interview at St. Innocent Russian Orthodox Cathedral on July 5, 2021. (Simon Scionka/Sacred Alaska Film) Stories are [...]

People filled vases with flowers at a vigil in honor of those affected by domestic violence on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023 in Bethel. (Sunni Bean/KYUK) Alaska has some of the [...]

Husband and wife Denis and Bentha Otieno at their home in 2017, calculating their monthly budget shortly after they began receiving a monthly grant from the charity GiveDirectly. Researchers are [...]

Anchorage City Hall on a sunny day. (Hannah Lies/Alaska Public Media) The Anchorage Assembly has overridden all of Mayor Dave Bronson’s line-item budget vetoes for the city’s operations in 2024. [...]

Solar panels in Dillingham (Dave Bendinger/KDLG) It’s not easy starting a business in Alaska. The distance from lower 48 supply chains, customers, and investors can create [...]

Hawaiian Airlines and Alaska Airlines planes, seen in 2005 at Kahalui Airport, Hawaii and in 2021 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport respectively. (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni, Ted S. Warren) Another proposed airline [...]

Mason Vallarma is the interim manager of the City and Borough of Wrangell. The deadly Nov. 20, 2023 landslide happened on his first day on the job. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public [...]

Mason Villarma is the interim manager of the City and Borough of Wrangell. The deadly Nov. 20, 2023 landslide happened on his first day on the job. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public [...]

Members of Eielson Air Force Base’s 354th Civil Engineering Squadron Explosive Ordinance Disposal unit excavated 98 blocks of TNT — 49 pounds of explosives — from a September 2023 cache [...]

Gay rights activists carry rainbow flags as they march during a May Day rally in 2013 in St. Petersburg, Russia. (File/AP) TALLINN, Estonia — Russia’s Supreme Court effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ [...]

A growth of Japanese knotweed in Ohio’s Cuyahoga Valley National Park. (From National Park Service) It comes from Japan, and it can’t be stopped. You can’t burn it, drown it [...]

The front doors at Petersburg High School and Mitkof Middle School are now locked after 8:05 a.m. (Hannah Flor/KFSK) The front doors of Petersburg’s middle and high schools will be [...]

The Wells Fargo branch in Bethel, Alaska. Nov. 21, 2023. (MaryCait Dolan/KYUK) A wave of victories in recent months by major American unions like the Teamsters, United Automobile Workers, the [...]

Tevita Paletua, a volunteer for Food Bank of Alaska, gives a plate of food to a child at the Mountain View Community Center on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. (Matt Faubion/Alaska [...]

The deactivated Fort Greely nuclear reactor’s vapor containment structure is seen in this screenshot of an Army Corps of Engineers video. (From U.S. Army Corps of [...]

A Nov. 21, 2023 view of the Wrangell landslide looking north. (Courtesy Calib Purviance via State of Alaska) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments [...]

A grower holds psilocybin mushrooms in growing medium. (Casey Grove/Alaska Public Media) Health professionals discussed the potential of psychedelic therapy in Alaska Nov. 2. The panel was hosted by the [...]

An Anchorage resident blows snow off his driveway on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Over the last two weeks, many Anchorage residents have been frustrated by snow-clogged [...]

Shoppers walk past sale signs at the Avalon shopping center in Alpharetta, Ga., during Black Friday in 2022. (Jessica McGowan/Getty Images) If you’re reading this, Black Friday deals are already [...]

The gathering at Covenant House Alaska’s annual candlelight vigil in downtown Anchorage on Thursday heard a somber message Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023 about the unprecedented numbers of drug overdoses at [...]

Alissa Pili shoots a layup at basketball practice for the University of Utah at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage’s [...]

Gil Jacko stokes a fire for coffee at camp near Ship Creek in Anchorage on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage is expecting temperatures to dip to [...]

Kaiser Health News illustration. (Getty Images) Monthly bills for Alaskans using the federal health insurance marketplace are set to rise some 16% in 2024 — coming on top of an [...]

Army veteran Raymond Queen stands with his wife Rebecca Queen outside their home in Bartlesville, Okla. (Michael Noble Jr. for NPR) A group of U.S. senators is asking the Department [...]

The view across Cook Inlet from Nikiski. (Riley Board/KDLL) A massive federal grant will fund a project to run a 50-mile undersea cable through Cook Inlet, to better connect Railbelt utilities and [...]

Lieutenant Governor Nancy Dahlstrom. (Elyssa Loughlin/Alaska Public Media) Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom announced Tuesday that she’s running for the state’s sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, challenging [...]

Jusdi Warner, Executive Director of the Trust Land Office, walks on a piece of land up for auction through the fall land sale auction. (Rachel Cassandra/Alaska Public Media) Note: Alaska [...]

Ian Wahl shovels snow off his car, after a heavy overnight snowfall in Anchorage on Thursday, November 9, 2023. (Matt Faubion/Aaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send [...]

The Anchorage Education Association Building on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) The Anchorage Education Association and Anchorage School District have come to a preliminary agreement on teachers’ [...]

Editors Shane Hawk and Ted Van Alst compiled an Indigenous horror anthology, “Never Whistle at Night.” (Photos courtesy of Shane Hawk and Ted Van Alst) It started with a tweet [...]

Mary Peltola at 2022 forum in Anchorage. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola voted Wednesday night in favor of defunding the new White House Office of Gun Violence [...]

The U.S. Supreme Court heard argument Tuesday in its latest gun-rights case. (Saul Loeb /AFP via Getty Images) The Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in a case that could invalidate [...]

Robin O’Donoghue holds his PrEP prescription bottle and pills. He uses an online prescription service to avoid incorrect charges he frequently received when getting his prescription through an in-person clinic. [...]

Sarah Palin greeted well-wishers at a campaign rally in Anchorage on June 2, 2022. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media) SARAH PALIN In a race this crowded, name recognition matters. Sarah [...]

  The Juneteenth Citywide Celebration will be marked with a  celebration, guest speaker, picnic and family gatherings. It is a time for reflection and rejoicing. It is a time [...]