Opinion: Alaska lawmakers heard the call for change on education

Votes are displayed as a joint session of the Alaska Legislature overrode a veto by Gov. Mike Dunleavy on the education bill on May 20. (Marc Lester / ADN) Dear members of the Alaska Legislature: On behalf of the Anchorage School District, we offer our …

WA Alaska Air Bomb Threat Hijacker Gets Federal Prison Term

A 40-year-old man will spend 22 months in prison for his role in diverting an Alaska Airlines flight with a bomb threat.    The man hijacked the plane July 5, of 2023 Richard R. Barker was sentenced in Spokane Federal court, and also given 3 years of …

Lawsuit challenges permit for mine site construction on west side of Alaska’s Cook Inlet

Conservation groups and a Tribal government have sued to overturn a permit that allows a mining company to build a road and expand an airstrip at a site important to endangered whales. At issue is the permit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted in …

Alaska House votes to raise age of sexual consent — but with a caveat

The Alaska Legislature is on pace to raise the state’s age of sexual consent to 18 next year, after the state House voted 39-0 to approve House Bill 101 on Monday. The bill now goes to the state Senate, which is expected to take it up in January, when …

‘Just getting started’: ICE ramps up Alaska operations with Anchorage arrest of Mexican charged with theft

On Friday, federal agents from the Blaine, Washington Sector of US Border Patrol assisted Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the US Marshals Service in arresting Delia Medina-Rodriguez in Anchorage. Medina-Rodriguez, a Mexican citizen, had overstayed …

Biden adviser Anita Dunn’s Alaska ties surface amid autopen pardon investigation

Anita Dunn, a senior Democratic campaign strategist and longtime political advisor to President Joe Biden, has become a central figure in a growing controversy over the use of an autopen to sign official presidential documents, while Biden was obviously …

Plane that crashed in San Diego was registered to Alaska-based company

Information is coming to light about who owns the Cessna that crashed into 15 residences in San Diego’s Tierrasanta neighborhood early Thursday morning. According to Federal Aviation Administration, the aircraft is a 1985 Cessna Citation with the tail …

Alaska city reaches $2.1M settlement with family of a 16-year-old fatally shot by a police officer

Alaska city reaches USD 2.1M settlement with family of a 16-year-old fatally shot by a police officer

Anchorage settled for USD 2.1 million with the family of Easter Leafa, a 16-year-old fatally shot by police last August. Leafa was holding a knife when confronted by officers responding to a call from her sister. Prosecutors declined to press charges …

Ukrainian refugees are building homes that Alaska badly needs

Denis Khatman is the owner of Prudent Builders, a small construction company in Delta Junction. He immigrated to the United States decades ago from Kazakhstan, by way of Latvia, and he's deeply embedded in the area's Slavic culture. Khatman takes a …