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More school closures possible as Anchorage School District seeks to address $90M budget deficit
18+ hour, 21+ min ago (834+ words) Anchorage School Board members are beginning to grapple with a bleak preliminary budget for the district that proposes significant cuts to nearly every department beginning next school year. In the last few years, district administrators have proposed many similar cuts…...
Opinion: Rising costs, flat funding put Anchorage schools at a crossroads
5+ day, 12+ min ago (568+ words) I am writing to share an important update about the Anchorage School District's (ASD) Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) budget and the significant decisions ahead. This is a difficult moment for our district, and I want to provide clear information about where we…...
Anchorage homelessness service providers anticipate lower number of unhoused people from annual count
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (1120+ words) Jordan Fitka sat on the sidewalk on Fourth Avenue beneath an awning that sheltered him from the snow accumulating in downtown Anchorage. It was 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, and the temperature hovered around 12 degrees. He didn't wear gloves. He said he's often…...
All Anchorage schools closed due to freezing rain and icy roads
1+ week, 2+ day ago (96+ words) All Anchorage schools closed due to freezing rain and icy roads'adn.com All Anchorage schools closed due to freezing rain and icy roads All Anchorage School District schools and support facilities are closed due to freezing rain that's created hazardous…...
Anchorage Daily News
1+ week, 2+ day ago (47+ words) Trail tales with Alaska Trails and Bike Anchorage'adn.com Anagrams with a literal twist. Getting the last word is always possible, rarely easy. A quick daily flip. Finally someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles. Word search but with…...
Letter: The cost of inaction on Anchorage’s housing and fiscal crisis
1+ week, 2+ day ago (499+ words) Letter: The cost of inaction on Anchorage's housing and fiscal crisis'adn.com Letter: The cost of inaction on Anchorage's housing and fiscal crisis "There is some risk involved in action, there always is. But there is far more risk in…...
Opinion: We can find agreement and make progress on Anchorage housing. I just saw it happen.
1+ week, 5+ day ago (194+ words) Despite some especially passionate folks in the room, myself included, we spent very little time arguing about our different backgrounds, theories of change, opinions about how we got into this mess, or even how big a mess we're in. Instead,…...
The quest to provide safe, reliable passenger air transportation in Alaska is a complex puzzle
2+ week, 13+ hour ago (1184+ words) Providing reliable air transportation in Alaska is a challenging business. Flying in and out of Anchorage and Fairbanks is one thing. But servicing destinations off the road system is more complicated. Much of the traffic is seasonal. Otherwise, there are…...
Nonprofit’s marketing effort aims to bring Lower 48 teachers to Alaska
2+ week, 2+ day ago (829+ words) A nonprofit organization has launched a marketing campaign intended to attract educators to Alaska from the Lower 48 in order to quell a statewide teacher shortage. The advertisements are being directed at potential applicants " primarily from northern states " through YouTube and…...
Remembering Elevation 92: A time when Anchorage had jazz
2+ week, 6+ day ago (847+ words) Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of this story. Yet,…...