Anchorage Daily News

The interim executive director of the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness said a lack of drinking water is a real problem for the city's homeless population.

The issue of abortion access has taken a back seat to affordability in Alaska’s congressional campaigns, despite pointed contrasts between candidates on reproductive rights.

Starting in May, Alaska Airlines travelers will be able to fly nonstop from Anchorage to Tokyo. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Alaska Workplace: Things to consider if your company is doing something dangerous or unethical. www.adn.com/business-eco...

Alaska election officials filed a motion to dismiss a DOJ lawsuit that would block the results of the Senate race if incumbent GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan loses. www.adn.com/politics/202...

The Department of Natural Resources could soon decide whether to transfer a large swath of land at no cost to a state development agency for a Mat-Su industrial park with less than two months before a new governor is sworn in.

The final week of the high school football postseason saw the top seed fall to the reigning state champs. Plus, the Anchorage Wolverines fed off the energy of a huge crowd to beat the Kenai River Brown Bears.

During the project’s first six months, 27 residents have completed substance use treatment at Anchorage’s new tiny home community, and beds have stayed consistently full.

An effort to rewrite surveillance and technology rules around policing in Anchorage is bogged down in the city’s Assembly.

Democrats and outside watchdogs are planning a massive presence at the polls, driven by concerns that President Trump will leverage the resources of the federal government to interfere with the midterm.

Histories of Alaska: In the late 19th century and early 20th century, mirror games were played to both petrify the players and predict the future, and romantic Halloween tales were an annual staple. www.adn.com/alaska-life/...

The 15-mile Cooper Landing bypass project is years from opening but has made progress, including construction of one of the state’s tallest bridges. “I think it’s going to make Cooper Landing a lot better, a lot safer place,” said a state project manager. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the Trump administration’s lawsuit over Alaska's U.S. Senate race, arguing that the legal challenge was a necessary step to avoid confusing voters. www.adn.com/politics/202...

U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola and her family suffered minor injuries Saturday in a car crash, her campaign said, prompting events slated for Fairbanks and Bethel to be rescheduled. www.adn.com/politics/202...

The federally subsidized “Homelessness to Housing” program will provide two-year vouchers to people who are unhoused, under a new partnership between Anchorage and the Alaska Housing Finance Corp. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

If Democrat Mary Peltola defeats GOP U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, she wants to stop the Iran war to help lower prices, and eliminate income taxes for many Alaskans. Elements of her economic plan will be challenging to accomplish, if they can be done at all. www.adn.com/politics/202...

Mary Peltola and national Democrats filed a motion to stop the Trump administration from blocking Alaska’s election results if Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan loses. www.adn.com/politics/202...

With bears denned down, it’s the time of year when bird feeders come out of storage all around Alaska. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Book review: Two debut poetry collections welcome fall with thoughtful inquiries about how we live with two varieties of grief. www.adn.com/arts/books/2...

Through efforts like voter education, providing passport services and an early-voting push, the Alaska Federation of Natives is seeking to turn the tide on years of flagging turnout in rural communities. www.adn.com/politics/202...

Soaring energy prices and bills are voters’ top concern, polls show, leaving Republican U.S. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan potentially vulnerable as the incumbent in a tight race with Democrat Mary Peltola. www.adn.com/politics/202...

An Anchorage judge sentenced a former U.S. Army soldier to nearly 60 years in prison in the 2023 killing of his wife.

A particular birch tree helps alert gardening columnist Jeff Lowenfels to changes in the season, like when it's time to bring plants indoors.

A judge ruled that Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom erred when she allowed a legislative candidate to run for office despite failing to disclose his financial interests. The ruling could have implications for Alaska’s governor’s race.

During AFN's 60th convention in Anchorage, about a dozen individuals were honored for exemplary contributions to their communities and Alaska Native causes.

A spokesperson for Democrat Mary Peltola asserted that the lawsuit was a political machination by the incumbent while Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan’s campaign representative said claims that Sullivan was involved were “categorically false.”

Alaska’s North Slope probably holds enough undiscovered natural gas to fuel the nation for nearly three years, according to a new federal report. via @alaskabeacon.com

Alaska’s U.S. Senate race is the most expensive on record for the state, as Democrat Mary Peltola raises record sums in her effort to defeat Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan. www.adn.com/politics/202...

The Trump administration filed a lawsuit to block certification of the Alaska Senate race if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses while another candidate with the same name is on the ballot. www.adn.com/nation-world...

In Division I high school football, the reigning champion Wolverines like their odds against the Eagles heading into a highly anticipated title tilt.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski is one of just a few Republicans to vote with Democrats on measures to check the Trump administration’s war in Iran, something she highlighted when discussing rising fuel costs.

Political groups have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars highlighting that the top vote-getting Democrat on the ballot in Alaska’s U.S. House race is serving a prison sentence in New York.

Anchorage School Board members have come out in opposition to an Anchorage Assembly member’s proposal to change the way the board's members are elected.

One person died in a fire at a large condominium complex in the Midtown Anchorage area on Thursday morning.

The Anchorage Fire Department is responding with multiple units to a large structure fire in Midtown. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

The AFN convention, a ski swap and live music highlight weekend events in Anchorage. www.adn.com/arts/2026/10...

In a yearlong debate over where the municipality should allow denser housing, some Anchorage residents want to limit future development based on earthquake risk. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Anchorage police are investigating false threats made at five schools Wednesday, prompting evacuations at four of them. (This post replaces a previous one that incorrectly stated how many schools were evacuated)

As the midterm elections approach, Alaska has benefited from federal funding announcements totaling hundreds of millions of dollars set to subsidize internet infrastructure, energy transmission and a long-sought rail link.

Mr. Whitekeys, the musician, humorist, writer and Spenard icon, died last week at age 79. He is remembered as an artist who wasn’t afraid to deliver an unvarnished assessment or a righteous strike on authority.

A federal judge revoked the U.S. citizenship of Brian Steven Smith, a South African immigrant convicted in 2024 of murdering two women in Anchorage.

The candidates for this Alaska House district in South Anchorage both agree the state needs more energy. How to get there and how the industry should be taxed are what divide them.

Anchorage police are investigating false threats made at five schools Wednesday, prompting evacuations at three of them. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

An Outside billionaire is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund an Alaska initiative that would affirm a state statute barring noncitizens from voting. www.adn.com/politics/202...

An Alaska judge said the Division of Elections may have violated the state constitution’s right to privacy when it handed an uncensored version of the state’s voter list to the Justice Department last year. via @alaskabeacon.com

The growing potential for catastrophic Alaska landslide tsunamis - and the lack of plan for dealing with them - is raising alarms among scientists. (Via @alaskapublic.org and KHNS)

Alaska voters will have a chance to decide whether to keep a slate of judges on the bench in the Nov. 3 election. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

City officials are addressing a rise in the theft of copper taken from light poles along Anchorage’s trail system. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Leaders of The Dome, home to Alaska’s largest indoor field and the only full-size indoor track in the state, are hoping to raise enough money to replace its fabric shell.

Alaska Air Group reported a net loss of $147 million for the third quarter, blaming the earnings result on jet fuel expenses. via @seattletimes.com