Senate Bill 151 adds additional resources for law enforcement to understand and investigate missing persons and murder cases involving Indigenous people.
School officials have cited declining enrollment as the cause for a proposed multi-year school closure plan, as the district has reportedly lost nearly 6,000 students since 2010, with fears that the trend will continue into the future.
A tornado known as a landspout was witnessed by storm spotter Geremy Clarion last Friday. Clarion captured the uncommon phenomenon while looking toward a remote area of the Chugach Range.
While spring weather warms up much of Alaska, there’s a bit of winter chill and wind hanging on over the far north. Southcentral days will be sunny and highs in the 50s. Over the north coast, it will be cold! Daytime highs from 8 to 12 degrees.
A final proposal detailing the future of the Eklutna Hydroelectric Project was sent to the desk of Gov. Mike Dunleavy this week, according to Chugach Electric officials.
Anchorage’s snow depth dropped to trace amounts on Thursday morning. With more sunshine and warmth in the forecast through the day, additional melting will occur in any areas still holding onto snow.
A man who police say walked into a Downtown Anchorage inn and shot two people, killing one, in 2009 has been charged with murder after turning himself in.
The Alaska Wildland Firefighter Academy is a state-funded program that teaches a lot more than just basic firefighting skills, and dozens of men and women are working hard this spring to play a role in fighting Alaska's wildland fires.
On Tuesday, ASD’s Superintendent Jharrett Bryantt spoke about what he calls the “rightsizing initiative” the school district will undergo in the upcoming years, which is being sought by the administration.
Warming temperatures are taking a spring bite out of Alaska’s accumulated winter snow. Southcentral Alaska sees a chance of showers move in Friday, along with increased cloud cover.
For the next two months, employees of Anchorage’s Parks and Recreational Department are cleaning up thousands of pounds of trash left behind after this season’s heavy snowfall.
New limits on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric plants are the Biden administration’s most ambitious effort yet to roll back planet-warming pollution from the power sector, the nation’s second-largest contributor to climate change.
Help grant wishes for Alaska kids like Tristan by donating airline miles to the Million Mile Challenge, a partnership with Alaska's News Source's Morning Edition and Make-A-Wish Alaska and Washington.
During the initial election, a candidate could win by securing 45% of the vote plus one additional ballot. In the runoff election, candidates need to secure a majority of the vote.
Inbound lanes of the Glenn Highway were closed for several hours Wednesday for a rollover crash near Eagle River that resulted in a man being ejected from his SUV.
In a narrow 20-18 vote Wednesday, state House lawmakers moved to send a judge reviewing a state appeal on homeschool funding constitutionality an official request to delay a decision until next summer.