The Skinny Raven Shamrock Shuffle shuffled through downtown Anchorage on Saturday, marking the start to both St. Patrick’s Day weekend and the busier running season
The madness that is March has taken over the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage.
48 boys and girls basketball teams from over 30 villages are in town, vying for bragging rights and a first place trophy.
Wednesday the Alaska Volcano Observatory notified the public of the higher likelihood of an eruption from Mount Spurr. While an eruption is not certain, preparations are underway.
After residents expressed concerns over a tree containing an eagles nest that had been cut down in Anchorage’s Sand Lake neighborhood, the Anchorage airport has claimed responsibility for the disappearance.
The city plans to close three emergency winter shelter sites in Anchorage by the end of April, and according to the city’s shelter occupancy dashboard, more than 300 people are currently staying in the non-congregate shelters.
Alaska’s working group, Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit, held a vigil on Friday at Hostetler Park to shine light on the tragic story of a 14-year-old San Carlos Apache teenager who was found dead in Arizona last month.
The state of Alaska is still facing a significant budget deficit despite a revised state revenue forecast published Wednesday by the Alaska Department of Revenue, according to the Alaska Beacon.
Gatorade announced its 2024-25 Alaska Girls Basketball Player of the Year Thursday as Colony High’s Hallie Clark, the second Colony High student-athlete to obtain this title.
Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance said city officials are closely watching the mounting activity at Mt. Spurr volcano which scientists said Wednesday is likely to erupt in the weeks or months ahead.
A snowmachine rider is alive after falling nearly 60 feet deep into a glacial crevasse, necessitating a rescue by a group of good Samaritan riders last weekend.
The games are meant to celebrate Alaska Native culture through activities, some just for fun, others involving skills that help with survival in the Alaskan bush.
As the Alaska Volcano Observatory continues to monitor volcanic gas emissions from Mount Spurr, the uncertainty of what to expect can put a damper in travel plans, especially when it comes to air travel.
Both the state veterinarian and a Fairbanks livestock expert say it is key to understand ashfall’s potential impact for pets and livestock, if Mt. Spurr’s likely eruption happens in the coming weeks or months.
The Fairbanks Memory Museum project is being put on to honor the semiquincentennial, or the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
The four-person group aims to use unmanned aircraft to go inside the crater of the volcano for samples of gas. If successful, this would mark the first time ACUASI flies a drone into an active volcano.
Many eagles call the area around Kincaid Elementary School home but one nest mysteriously vanished this week after neighborhood residents discovered the tree it inhabited was cut down, with no nest in sight.
The controversial education funding bill to increase the base student allocation by $1,000 passed through the state House on Wednesday in a 24-16 vote. The bill now advances on to the state Senate.
The Alaska legislature is considering a bill that would update the current safe surrender law to allow for a “baby drop box” where people could surrender newborns anonymously to help ensure that newborns aren’t left abandoned to die.
Anchorage Police Department recruits are burning rubber on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson as part of a weeklong Emergency Vehicle Operations Course in collaboration with JBER Security Forces.
A widely discussed education funding bill, HB 69, was extended to a third straight day of dialogue on the House floor Tuesday, after lengthy discussions and proposed amendments.
SB 119 has been a year in the making as last year a former homeless man turned activist, TJ Beers, brought the message of protecting the civil liberties of homeless Alaskans to the capitol, meeting with various lawmakers, telling his story.
An Anchorage Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline as incompatible with the state constitution, according to James Brooks with Alaska Beacon.
After the Tanana Valley State Fair Association board decided to cancel a planned Fairbanks summer drag show over what the fair’s executive director has characterized as threats to staff, Alaska News Source spent weeks examining last month’s decision.
For now, the economy appears to be stable, but fears of a downturn are rising as investors, economists, and business executives are realizing that Trump’s import taxes are much more at the forefront of his economic policy this time than his last term in the White House.
When Shannon Nelson received a call the evening of Oct. 15, 2024, she said fear raced through her head. The call was to inform her that her sixteen-year-old son, Kenneyon Baker, had been shot.
When rookie musher Brenda Mackey scratched in Tanana last Wednesday, Iditarod officials released a now-retracted statement saying she arrived with 14 healthy dogs in harness, but that wasn’t true.
Last month, Emily Robinson cemented her legacy in the youth dog mushing world as the only person to win the Jr. Iditarod four straight years. Now, just a few weeks after making history, she is on another unprecedented journey for a junior musher by taking on much of the famed Iditarod Trail.
