Ongoing drop in childcare providers since COVID-19 Pandemic across Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Across the state, Alaska is continuing to see a dwindling childcare sector. According to Thread, a non-profit focusing on improving access to affordable and high-quality childcare, the state has lost 25% of its childcare …

‘It is big and it is bold’: safety upgrades could improve flying in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska is getting much-needed upgrades to improve the safety of flying in Alaska. That news was hailed as a major win for a state with the highest crash and fatality flying rates in the country. “It is big and it is bold and it …

Alaska Trauma Conference expands knowledge to professionals across the state

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU/KTVF) - The 2025 Alaska Trauma Conference began on Friday as 150 medical professionals from across the state gathered to learn and share their skills and expertise. “We want to be ready for whatever kind of trauma, because we …

Alaska Airlines set to debut Seattle-Tokyo nonstop flight

Former Alaska Nanooks Join Team Latvia for 2025 Ice Hockey World Championship

Former Alaska Nanooks players Gustavs Davis Grigals and Markuss Komuls have been named to Team Latvia for the 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship to be held in Herning, Denmark, and Stockholm, Sweden. They are among 63 NCAA men's ice hockey players …

Alaska poll: 87% say ‘only U.S. citizens’ should vote in AK elections

Alaskans overwhelmingly oppose allowing non-U.S. citizens to vote in Alaska elections, according to a new poll. Conducted April 27-30, the poll asked 616 likely voters the following question: “Do you believe that only U.S. Citizens should have the right to …

3 Alaska men arrested as part of national operation against child sex abusers

The U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Alaska announced, on May 8, the results of Operation Restore Justice, a coordinated enforcement effort to identify, track and arrest child sex predators. The operation resulted in the rescue of 115 children and the …

McKinley wanted in on Alaska LNG export project

Anchorage financial firm McKinley Alaska Private Investment made an effort to take over the Alaska liquefied natural gas export project — a bid that the state agency leading the development ultimately “tossed aside,” said McKinley’s chief executive, Rob …

Alaska’s Dale Guthrie was an influential paleontologist who opened the door to a lost world

Dale Guthrie stands over the remains of Blue Babe, a steppe bison at least 50,000 years old discovered by gold miner Walter Roman in 1979. (Photo by Mary Lee Guthrie) Sometimes — but not very often — a door creaks open to a lost world. Sometimes the right …

Opinion: Why Alaska education funding and policy need to go hand in hand

Education Commissioner Deena Bishop speaks at a news conference with Gov. Mike Dunleavy in 2024. (ADN archive) The Alaska Superintendents Association, or ASA, issued a statement this week responding to the governor’s recent meeting with superintendents …