Alaska Senate prepares to vote on public education funding boost as Dunleavy vows veto

The Alaska Senate will vote as soon as Friday on legislation that seeks to permanently increase K-12 public school funding, but Gov. Mike Dunleavy has vowed to veto the bill if it passes as currently written. On Thursday morning, the Senate Finance …

Alaska lawmaker says now is the time to use LNG as major trade negotiation

Whether a ‘pickle’ or a ‘crisis,’ the Alaska House is struggling with a deficit budget

The Alaska Legislature’s quest to pass a viable state budget before the end of the legislative session in mid-May isn’t getting any easier. “Ladies and gentlemen, we're all in a pickle,” House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, told reporters on …

Alaska charges 10 American Samoans with voter misconduct, widening a legal dispute

The state of Alaska has charged 10 Whittier residents with voter misconduct, asserting in a series of indictments filed April 3 that they voted illegally in a variety of recent elections because they were born in American Samoa and thus are American …

‘Wormhole’ Spotted Over Alaska Was Actually a Science Experiment

Vapor tracers from a rocket, launched March 29, 2025, formed a halo visible over central Alaska. | UAF photo by Eric Marshall A giant “wormhole” that appeared in the skies of Alaska a couple of weekends ago may have worried some folks on the ground. They …

Opinion: Trump’s threat to the Alaska economy

President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Washington. (Pool via AP) Stock markets are in free fall, oil prices are cratering and the Trump Republican budget would eliminate …

Opinion: I’m worried about the future of the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts

The Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, at left, in downtown Anchorage on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. (Bill Roth / ADN) In the past few weeks, I’ve received two letters from the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (ACPA)’s president and COO about …

Opinion: Why the University of Alaska Anchorage needs to save Native Student Services

Buildings on the campus of the University of Alaska Anchorage, photographed Tuesday, March 31, 2020. (Loren Holmes / ADN) This was initially sent to leadership of the University of Alaska Anchorage and state lawmakers, and is being republished here …

ORPC files license application for tidal energy project in Alaska’s Cook Inlet

Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC), a developer of marine energy solutions, announced its filing of a draft pilot license application with the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to develop the East Foreland Tidal Energy Project in Cook Inlet, …

Alaska Sports Hall of Fame nominates Homer football player for leadership award

Homer High School cornerback Jackson Snaric has been nominated for the Trajan Langdon Award. According to the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame, the Trajan Langdon Award is awarded annually to “a person or group of people who have demonstrated leadership, …