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Anchorage welcomes home Winter Olympians in downtown celebration
15+ hour, 28+ min ago (728+ words) Ten Alaska Winter Olympic athletes were welcomed home Friday in a celebration in downtown Anchorage. A few hundred friends, family, fans and well-wishers navigated wet, slushy ground at Town Square Park on a sunny day to welcome home the Alaskans…...
What to know about campaigns, voting and turnout in the Anchorage election’s home stretch
22+ hour, 45+ min ago (1653+ words) With only a few days left to vote, turnout for the upcoming Anchorage city election is pacing slightly ahead of 2025. Voters will elect six of 12 Anchorage Assembly seats and two of seven Anchorage School Board positions on Tuesday. Residents will…...
Letter: Fairbanks school closures were sold as solutions, but trust is waning
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (225+ words) Alaskans should be paying attention to what is happening in the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District. Families in Fairbanks were told that school closures were necessary to preserve educational quality and keep class sizes manageable. Communities were asked to…...
Alaska Senate advances constitutional amendment aimed at creating dedicated education fund
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (707+ words) JUNEAU " The Alaska Senate passed a resolution Wednesday calling for a constitutional amendment that would allow for the creation of a dedicated fund for education spending. The Alaska Constitution bars the creation of dedicated funds for state revenue. The proposed…...
Alaska Senate votes to clarify state authority for imported natural gas prices
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (275+ words) The Alaska Senate on Tuesday unanimously advanced a bill that would clarify state regulators" authority to oversee pricing for imported natural gas. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission oversees the construction and location of gas import facilities. Senate Bill 180 clarifies that…...
Alaska youth return with scores of medals from 2026 Arctic Winter Games
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (391+ words) The planes that brought the caravan of athletes, coaches, parents and volunteers home to Alaska from the 2026 Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse, Canada, earlier this month were packing a lot of extra hardware after Team Alaska showed up and showed…...
Assembly requests audit of tax-exempt properties in Anchorage
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (527+ words) Statistics from the municipality show it's possible Anchorage is losing out on as much as $10 million in tax revenue a year due to improperly exempt properties. The Anchorage Assembly last week unanimously voted in support of a resolution that requested…...
Borough mayors say governor’s bill cutting property taxes for Alaska LNG needs ‘a lot of work’
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (1680+ words) Mayors of five Alaska boroughs who would see a portion of the Alaska LNG megaproject built in their backyards said they do not support the governor's bill reducing taxes for the project, at least not as currently written. The mayors…...
Letter: Prop 9 and Prop 1 bring public support to Anchorage teachers and students
1+ week, 39+ min ago (259+ words) Letter: Prop 9 and Prop 1 bring public support to Anchorage teachers and students'Anchorage Daily News Letter: Prop 9 and Prop 1 bring public support to Anchorage teachers and students I taught kindergarten and first grade in Anchorage for 13 years. I loved my students…...
Opinion: To fix what matters, Anchorage voters should say yes to the municipal bonds
1+ week, 36+ min ago (404+ words) [Related coverage: Here are the 12 bond and tax propositions on Anchorage's city election ballot] Each year, the municipality asks residents to bond for projects outside of our tax cap. Approving bonds ensures we continue to invest in our neighborhoods, maintain…...