Fighting the pandemic takes an army. At the Bortz Virology Lab at UAA, some of the youngest troops send important data about the virus around the world.
The Anchorage Police Department explained its decision to retire a long-running social media campaign in a lengthy Facebook post Wednesday morning, claiming the events described in the posts were all real, despite releasing previous statements this month suggesting otherwise.
A local artist is raising money for MyHouse, a Mat-Su Center for homeless youth. Portraits of Hope features youth who have received services through MyHouse.
Alaska registered 175 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, with no new deaths. Much of the state's alert level remains high based on a daily average over the past 14 days.
The state addressed the allocation, clarified additional Alaskans who may be covered under the state's eligibility tiers and the timeline for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which is still in the approval stage.
If you are still feel bummed out about the 2021 Yukon Quest not happening, its time to turn that frown upsdie down because the Yukon Quest has just announced its 2022 race start.
Alaska epidemiologists say the state's first case of the P.1 variant of the novel coronavirus has been detected in Alaska in a person who had not recently traveled out of state.
CEO Rob Gillam says the money through the lending program is meant for businesses that aren't small operations, but also aren't giant corporations. This money is for the companies in the middle.
Wednesday it was announced that CEO Garvin Federenko will be the ANTHC acting president and Bernice Kaigelak, Arctic Slope Native Association, will be board chair.
Lawmakers and health care providers are reviewing the governor’s 106-page executive order that would split the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services in two.
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and other republican senators from western states pressed President Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of the Interior, Rep. Deb Haaland, on her stance on fossil fuels and energy producing jobs in a confirmation hearing in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Tuesday.
There could soon be three different COVID-19 vaccines available to Alaskans, as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to meet Friday to consider whether to recommend a vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson for emergency use authorization.
A webinar exploring cottage food production sponsored by the Alaska Food Policy Council, Alaska Farm Bureau and Alaska Farmers Market Association is available for people interested in selling homemade goods.
KGW reports the family of Bernice Kekona of Spokane, Washington, filed a wrongful death suit against Alaska Airlines in 2017, alleging neglect at the airport contributed to her injuries.
Alaska last hosted the Arctic Winter Games in Fairbanks in 2014. The next AWG expected to take place is the 2022 games in Wood Buffalo, Canada. The games go from March 6 to 12.
Anchorage's emergency order limits how many students can be in the classroom. It's a struggle for some charter schools that don't have extra room to spread students out.
Food insecurity in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough is expected to have increased to 17 percent in 2020 during the pandemic, according to Feed America. Food banks in the Valley say they've seen increased demand and are now serving people who say they've never had to use the food bank's services before.
Dozens of Alaskans have shared their photos of the aurora borealis with Alaska’s News Source over the last two weeks when prime days for aurora activity coinciding with two weekends this month and clear skies for many.
Former state lawmaker Katie Hurley, who also served as Chief Clerk to Alaska's Constitutional Convention, and held a variety of other positions in Alaska's formative statehood and territorial years, has died at age 99.
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is isolating and working from home after finding out he was in close contact this past weekend with someone who has since tested positive for COVID-19.
