The U.S. Department of Transportation is sending Alaska a total of $80 million for safety and capital improvements in the first year of the five-year infrastructure program, approved by Congress last month.
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Alaska aurora photographer celebrating 25 years of nocturnal lifestyle
It’s the darkest time of year in Alaska, which means plenty of hours for aurora hunting.
Details remain scarce about Anchorage’s mayor turning off the fluoride in the city’s water
The union that represents water plant workers says it never heard any safety concerns, and the utility’s manager says the administration told him he can’t speak to reporters to clarify what happened.
Alaskans we’ve lost to COVID: Elizabeth Ketah, family matriarch
Elizabeth Ketah was born in Seldovia, met her husband while in boarding school at Mt. Edgecumbe and then moved to Ketchikan.
Alaska detectives turning to genetic genealogy to catch cold case killers
Alaska’s first homicide case built on genetic genealogy is set to go to trial next month.
Miss Alaska makes history with win at Miss America
Broyles, 20, is a Service High School graduate and currently in her junior year at the Honors College at Arizona State University.
An Anchorage man’s magic mushroom sales led authorities to swastika stickers, charges say
The stickers, along with a black-and-white swastika flag, were allegedly found in the man’s possession — but so far are not part of the criminal allegations against him.
ANCSA made only Alaska Natives born before December 1971 corporate shareholders. Those born after want change
Some Alaska Native leaders say that issuing shares to descendants is an obvious choice to help preserve Native corporations’ Indigenous character and distinguish them from traditional capitalist businesses.
Lack of law enforcement in rural Alaska led to promises of more police. 2 years later, they haven’t been kept
Reporting by the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica has found the state has mostly failed to follow through on those promises, and a tiny fraction of the federal dollars dedicated to addressing the problem has actually been put to use in villages.
Rep. Young votes against contempt charge and lifting debt limit
The select committee is investigating what led to the Jan. 6 riot, what Trump did that day and why the government response failed.