Histories of Alaska: Former Anchorage Mayor Z.J. Loussac filed to run for office in 1952, but forgot to fill out a residency document before he left on a four-month vacation — spurring a considerable effort to track him down on his travels. www.adn.com/alaska-life/...

The Anchorage Fire Department has relaunched a pilot program to bring care in-home to residents, part of an effort to reduce repeat 911 calls and connect vulnerable Alaskans to health services. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

The U.S. women’s cross-country skiing 4x7.5K relay team finished in fifth place Saturday, tying the Americans' best finish in the event at the Winter Olympics, while their men’s counterparts placed sixth Sunday in the same distance relay. www.adn.com/sports/skiin...

Chugach Electric Association plans to study four new hydropower projects, a potential counterweight to future imports of natural gas that could be costly as local gas production declines in Cook Inlet. www.adn.com/business-eco...

Travel columnist Scott McMurren received plenty of feedback on Alaska Airlines and its Atmos Rewards program during a recent trip to Juneau. What do you think of the program so far? www.adn.com/alaska-life/...

Students enrolled in Wasilla High School’s fire science class, which is unique among career and technical education courses in Alaska, learn search and rescue techniques and prepare for careers as structural firefighters. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Two people escaped from a mobile home fire in East Anchorage while a third, who had collapsed, was rescued by firefighters early Saturday, the fire department said. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

After a strong run of World Cup finishes this season, Anchorage cross country skier Gus Schumacher reflects on some of the disappointment of his Olympic experience so far and how he hopes to progress. www.adn.com/sports/skiin...

High school girls hockey players from several far-flung Alaska communities — including Utqiagvik, Juneau, Kenai and Delta — have joined forces on the Kodiak/Tok team to get a chance to compete at the 2026 state tournament. www.adn.com/sports/high-...

The Alaska Department of Health will soon begin soliciting funding ideas as it seeks to award $272 million by October — or risk losing it — as part of a federal effort intended to transform rural health care delivery. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

House minority Republicans are decrying a procedural decision to temporarily zero out the Permanent Fund dividend size in next year’s draft budget while conversations are underway on its ultimate amount. www.adn.com/politics/ala...

Ahead of a formal dance Friday night, clients of Hope Community Resources received help preparing their hair and makeup from a group of volunteers — cosmetology students from Anchorage's King Tech High School. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Whimbrels in northeastern Alaska take dramatically different migration routes to South America and winter in different countries, explains science writer Ned Rozell.

John Steel Hagenbuch finished in 14th place Friday, leading the American cross-country skiing contingent in the men’s 10K interval start freestyle race at the Milan Cortina Winter Games.

Facing a $90 million budget deficit, the Anchorage School District has proposed closing three elementary schools at the end of the school year.

A massive oil drilling rig that was set to explore Alaska’s North Slope this winter will instead be dismantled and sent to be recycled after it crashed onto snow-covered tundra last month.

Heated Rivalry Dance Party and more fun things to do around Anchorage on Valentine's weekend

Alaska lawmakers are blasting the administration of Gov. Dunleavy for advancing a new ferry terminal north of Juneau that lacks support from residents of the communities that the project is meant to serve. www.adn.com/politics/ala...

The West Valley hockey team defeated Chugiak 2-1 in the opening round of the Alaska Division I State Hockey Tournament.

Alaska officials continue seizing record-setting volumes of illegal drugs, much of it through ramped-up efforts at the state’s main airport in Anchorage, though in lower quantities than 2024.

A graduate student is suing the University of Alaska, alleging it mishandled a discrimination investigation prompted by reports that a professor subjected her to repeated verbal harassment and intimidation.

Alaska lawmakers approved spending $85,000 to continue a legal battle with Gov. Mike Dunleavy over an executive order he issued to establish an agriculture department.

The developer of the giant Alaska LNG project is telling federal regulators it expects to begin construction in April. Some Alaska lawmakers are skeptical the work can happen by then, if at all.

Skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych refused a plea from IOC President Kirsty Coventry to stop wearing the banned tribute helmet.

A resolution to extend the Western Alaska storm disaster declaration sailed through the state Senate this week with no objection, but met opposition from the House minority caucus over legal concerns. www.adn.com/politics/ala...

Chief Justice Susan Carney told lawmakers the state Supreme Court has issued a new policy to judges for present and future cases that limits the number and the length of pretrial delays.

Lawmakers are holding hearings on the state of a public boarding school for students from rural Alaska, after concerns surfaced about student health and safety, dorm life and facilities.

New reports show that Bering Air exceeded weight limits on flights prior to the crash of an overloaded plane near Nome last February that killed the pilot and all nine passengers.

Peter Hinds, a 23-year-old skier and graduate of University of Alaska Anchorage, realized last year that he could race for the country where his mother grew up.

Police identified the suspect in a school shooting in Canada as an 18-year-old who had prior mental health calls to her home. Authorities also clarified that there were eight fatalities after initially saying nine had been killed.

Canadians were in shock Wednesday after authorities said seven people were killed at a school in remote British Columbia and two others were killed at a nearby home in one of the country’s deadliest mass shootings. www.adn.com/nation-world...

Silver medalist Ben Ogden of Vermont has drawn almost unanimous approval from teammates and opponents on both sides of the Atlantic.

For Anchorage residents traversing the city on foot, by bike or on skis, breaks in the trail system can force people to navigate dangerous highway crossings. A long-range trails planning project underway may slowly help fill in these gaps.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski pushed back against recent efforts by the Trump administration to curb a federal contracting program, which she and bipartisan allies said was vital to the Indigenous communities they represent.

After a subpar season with the Boston Bruins, the performance by Anchorage's Jeremy Swayman at the World Championships altered his career trajectory, sending him to the 2026 Olympic Winter Games.

After years of flat funding from the state and declining enrollment, school districts across Alaska say they are still in dire straits. Senate Education Committee Chair Löki Tobin called the increase approved last year “woefully insufficient.”

As it looks for ways to close the district’s $90 million deficit, the Anchorage School Board has decided to return to the idea of closing schools this year.

A federal oil and gas lease sale in Alaska that was to have been held in early March has been postponed for nine days because of public notice mistakes. via @alaskabeacon.com

Spending data incorrectly presented by the Mat-Su Borough School District's superintendent as being from the rural school district in Galena was actually from a similarly named district in Illinois. via @matsusentinel.bsky.social

A new documentary on Jessie Diggins that will premiere at the end of the Olympics covers the skier’s 2023-24 World Cup season, which was nearly derailed by a relapse of an eating disorder.

A vote on Monday supported the creation of unions for the ConocoPhillips’ Kuparuk and Alpine fields, and the Willow field.

Ogden is the first American man to win an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing since Bill Koch 50 years ago.

The Rewind is our weekly digest that puts a spotlight on the biggest stories and best performances from Alaska’s world of sports.

Alaska's House majority leader says he is confident the Legislature will pass a new public pension plan this year. But the bill must first pass scrutiny in the Senate Finance Committee, where two co-chairs have raised concerns about another potential unfunded liability. www.adn.com/politics/ala...

In a decision that was delayed by the prolonged federal government shutdown in the fall, federal fishery regulators increased this year’s allowable harvest of Pacific cod in the Gulf of Alaska. via @alaskabeacon.com

A man who left Aleknagik in the Bristol Bay region on snowmachine to visit people in another village was found dead over the weekend after he was reported overdue, Alaska State Troopers said.

Workplace advice: When managers don’t handle problems but complain about one employee to another, it affects the way workers show up.

The operator of roughly 180 Eddie Bauer stores across the U.S. and Canada has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, blaming declining sales and a litany of other industry headwinds.

U.S. measles outbreaks have mostly impacted children as experts warn that public distrust of vaccines generally may be contributing to the spread of a disease once declared eradicated.

Three Alaska Native corporations and the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, the state agency pushing the Ambler Road, quietly signed a nonbinding agreement late last year. (via Northern Journal) www.adn.com/alaska-news/...