Anchorage’s shelter at Sullivan Arena housed hundreds of vulnerable residents during the coronavirus pandemic. Nonprofit Bean’s Cafe managed the shelter under a federally reimbursed contract with [...]

In order to grow, Darrin Chiaverini had to step back a bit. On Monday, the former Colorado receiver and assistant coach announced that he has accepted a job as the [...]

Children grab for goodies attached to a pabatin at Ketchikan’s Fil-Am Festival on Oct. 15. (Eric Stone/KRBD) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [...]

LAKEWOOD — Undoubtedly the MVP for Fairview girls soccer’s offense, senior striker Claire Silverman has been a goal-scoring machine in her final season with the Knights. And, unlike Joel Embiid, [...]

Sen. Bert Stedman (R-Sitka), co-chair of the Senate Finance Committee, before a meeting on Thursday. (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) State lawmakers have just five days remaining in this legislative session, [...]

Physics is more than just math, and it is never too young to start learning about the world. The Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce St., hosted Renee Gurganus, a physics [...]

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About 100 mostly refurbished bikes found new homes Saturday at the Longmont YMCA’s annual bike giveaway. Ten scooters and 98 bikes of various brands, sizes and colors filled the parking [...]

Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, speaks about the budget at a news conference on Thursday. Pictured with him are Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, and Sen. Bill [...]

THORNTON — An exhausted Gavin Keogh, Monarch’s uber-fast sophomore swimmer, slammed the pool’s bulkhead repeatedly in the closing moments of the Class 5A boys swimming finals, trying to will teammate Ethan [...]

Drone imagery captures an avalanche that stopped just short of Thane Road in Juneau. (Photo Courtesy of Pat Dryer/Alaska Department of Transportation) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news [...]

The Boulder City Council heard an update Thursday on potential ballot measures for the November election, including three proposed by the city and two initiated by residents. The city is [...]

The seal of the Municipality of Anchorage on a podium at City Hall. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) The Municipality of Anchorage’s chief fiscal officer is resigning.  CFO Grant Yutrzenka’s last [...]

Students in a conservation data science class at St. Vrain Valley’s Innovation Center are working to shepherd about 400 northern leopard frog tadpoles to maturity so they can be released [...]

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The Longmont City Council adopted the city’s 2023/2024 Water Supply and Water Shortage Implementation Plan during its regular session Tuesday. The council approved the plan as a consent agenda item [...]

Judy Eledge, then acting library director, at a special Anchorage Assembly meeting on Oct. 14, 2021. The Assembly is considering a resolution Tuesday calling on Eledge, now the deputy library [...]

ERIE — The town of Erie is poised to extend multi-year support to the operators of the Boulder Valley Velodrome. The town board has an item on its consent agenda [...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM2tLh3tWOY Anchorage’s emergency homeless shelter at the Sullivan Arena slashed its capacity on May 1, leaving many people experiencing homelessness without a clear place to [...]

Bird-watching allows people to see eagles flying high above looking for their prey, or to see a family of geese have surprisingly polite trail manners. Linda Lee leads a bird [...]

The Sullivan Arena in Anchorage is no longer Alaska’s biggest homeless shelter. Capacity was slashed on May 1, down to a quarter of what it had been for much of [...]

In its 20th year at Roosevelt Park, the Longmont Celebrates Cinco de Mayo festival encompassed the lively energy of the community with a full day of music, dance and embracing [...]

Federal and state researchers in Kodiak hope work being done in the lab will provide more information about how Bering Sea crab populations handle climate change. [...]

ERIE — If heartbreak really is necessary in the quest for athletic gold, the fifth-year boys lacrosse program at Erie High School is built strong in the pain and tears. [...]

Ketchikan’s state courthouse stands at 415 Main Street on Dec. 8, 2020. (Eric Stone/KRBD) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments [...]

The Boulder City Council on Thursday voted 5-2 to accept a special investigator’s recommendation to remove Lisa Sweeney-Miran from Boulder’s Police Oversight Panel, despite pushback from the selection committee and [...]

A display at the Ketchikan Public Library celebrating Pride Month in June 2022. (Eric Stone/KRBD) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and [...]

Boulder Community Health announced it has launched a new health care program whose goal is to increase access to services and reduce health inequities for vulnerable patients. The new program, [...]

Eric Trevino brings the Peninsula Clarion’s printing press to a stop for the last time early Saturday morning. (Photo Courtesy M. Scott Moon) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send [...]

Louisville resident John Lawton created the first avalanche rescue transceiver, escaped Vienna after Kristallnacht, fought with the U.S. Army during World War II and will turn 100 June 3. U.S. [...]

Two homeless residents walk away from the Sullivan Arena shelter on May 1, 2023, when capacity was slashed to a quarter of its winter capacity. Before the scale-down, the Alaska [...]

Just over two weeks after a special investigator recommended Lisa Sweeney-Miran’s resignation or removal from Boulder’s Police Oversight Panel, an attorney representing her has alleged that the City Council has [...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyZI9ICOsNo The Biden administration has proposed strict new pollution limits requiring up to two-thirds of new vehicles sold in the U.S. to be electric by 2032. The proposal could [...]

The WOW! Children’s Museum in Lafayette celebrated Día del Niño Sunday. Día del Niño is a Mexican holiday every April 30 that celebrates kids and promotes their wellbeing. To celebrate, [...]

An AH-64D Apache like these crashed Thursday near Healy, returning from a training flight. (File/DVIDS) The U.S. Army has grounded aviation units for training after 12 soldiers died within the [...]

Courtesy photoFormer Longmont High student and baseball player Dagin Renck has found a career in baseball after graduating for the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. (Photo provided by Dagin Renck) Compared [...]

Officials with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Housing and Urban Development and the Denali Commission toured Newtok by snowmachine, following government-to-government meetings with the Newtok Village [...]

Former U.S. Rep. Bob Beauprez was awarded this year’s Boulder Distinguished Citizen Award on Friday evening, putting him in the company of prominent Boulder figures spanning more than four decades. [...]

Trista Wassily, Harmony Larson and Alora Wassily were recognized at an awards ceremony in the Dillingham High School Gym on April 14, 2023. The students won [...]

The Boulder City Council discussed the impacts of methamphetamine in the community at a Thursday study session, including hearing about the many challenges of addressing addiction in the homeless community. [...]

A group of St. Paul Island northern fur seals. (John Ryan/KUCB) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to news@alaskapublic.org. Follow [...]

The St. Vrain Valley school board approved new elementary and middle school science curricula at its Wednesday meeting, following a committee review and teacher pilots of the new materials this [...]

A digital simulation of what the proposed Pebble Mine’s foundation would look like, if federal authorities allow it. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will [...]

Home Rule Charter Commission members presented their plan for the future of Erie on Tuesday night. Commission Chair Ashraf Shaikh and Vice Chair Brian O’Connor presented the proposed home rule [...]

A fisherman washing fresh-cut sockeye filets. July 13, 2021. (Brian Venua/KMXT) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to news@alaskapublic.org. Follow [...]

Louisville announced Monday it has named Rafael Gutierrez as the city’s new Chief of Police. Rafael Gutierrez Gutierrez is currently Deputy Chief of Police with the Greeley Police Department, where [...]

Three moose rest on a lawn in a Midtown Anchorage neighborhood on Oct. 14, 2022. More than 1,000 moose live in or travel through Anchorage, and many of them are [...]

Fairies, elves and those who believe in them gathered on Pearl Street on Sunday. Hundreds of people attended the Tulip Fairy and Elf Festival. The festival started in 2013 as [...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbeI0SeOVWY The Bering Sea snow crab season was canceled this year after billions of crabs disappeared – devastating a commercial fishing industry worth $200 million [...]

The Longmont combined schools drumline placed sixth at the Winter Guard International World Championships, the first time the group has made it to the finals of the competition in over [...]