Opinion: Anchorage, it’s your municipality — and your budget

Downtown Anchorage, photographed on Thursday, March 6, 2025. (Loren Holmes / ADN) It’s time for people in Anchorage to have a real conversation about the municipality’s budget. Not just this year’s budget, which is currently under review, but a...

Alaska Among States Hit Hardest By 2025 Government Shutdown, Study Finds

Alaska is the fourth most affected state in the ongoing federal government shutdown, according to a report released this month by personal finance website WalletHub. The report ranked all 50 states and the District of Columbia based on five...

From ski slopes to ice cream shops, teens are a growing share of Alaska’s workforce

On a recent Monday afternoon at Big Dipper Homemade Ice Cream in Palmer, Kodiak Fieser rang up a pint of Oatmeal Cream Pie. At 18, he’s on the older end of the typical worker at the shop. Owner Rob Brown says roughly 80% of employees are teens....

Amazon Delivers Aid to Typhoon-Devastated Alaska

You can get pretty much anything from Amazon, and the residents of the villages in western Alaska devastated by the recent typhoon pretty much need everything. So it makes sense that the Amazon Relief Fund recently coordinated its first disaster...

American Airlines picks industry vet to be new commercial chief

Oct. 23 (UPI) -- American Airlines announced Thursday it is onboarding a new commercial chief as the air carrier seeks to match its rivals. Company officials revealed Nathaniel Pieper will be American Airlines' next chief commercial officer...

Suez Canal signs agreement with Anchorage Investments for petrochemicals complex

Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has signed a strategic partnership contract with Anchorage Investments to build a petrochemicals complex in Ain Sokha, Egypt, with US$2 billion in investments the for first phase. The petrochemicals complex maximises...

Sailing the Shipping Forecast: ‘It became a sun-sparkling day as we approached Kinnaird Head’

Celebrating the BBC Shipping Forecast's 100th Birthday, Jane Russell takes us on a Scottish coastal cruise through the forecast sea area, exploring some special places Cromarty Sea area Cromarty encompasses the east coast of Scotland from just...

Alaska warns SNAP benefits could be cut off in November

Alaskans enrolled in receive federal food assistance programs may find themselves with the benefit next month as the government shutdown continues, according to a state notice. Nearly 66,500 Alaskans rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...

Egypt: SCA inks partnership with Anchorage Investments to build petrochemical complex in Sokhna

Arab Finance: The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Anchorage Investments to establish a large-scale petrochemical industrial complex in Ain Sokhna, as per a statement. The project marks a key step in...

PicoICE offers Alaska seafood a marketing boost

October 23, 2025 "PicoICE technology is arguably revolutionary,” says Dan Strickland. “The two tests which have been performed with it (in both cases with less than perfect support) have resulted in a plant manager in False Pass, and a processor...

Utah ranks among top 10 most energy-efficient states

LOGAN — Utah has been named one of the nation’s most energy-efficient states, according to a new report from the personal-finance website WalletHub. The Beehive State ranked 7th overall for energy efficiency, placing 5th in home energy use, 9th in...

Crypto.com pushes for full federal banking status

Crypto.com has petitioned the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a National Trust Bank Charter, a move that would place it under federal supervision and mark one of the highest regulatory accolades attainable in the digital asset...

Aerospace and airline earnings rise on travel and defense demand 

As investors await third-quarter results from Boeing and Airbus, both due October 29, 2025, a string of positive reports from major airlines and aerospace firms has already set an optimistic tone for the industry. Alaska Air Group, United...

Subsistence rights and disaster relief take center stage at 2025 Alaska Federation of Natives convention

Alaska Natives from across the state grappled with two dramatic issues at the Alaska Federation of Natives annual convention last week: The immediate devastation of the impact of typhoon Halong and yet another legal challenge to subsistence....

Alaska Organized Militia Continues Historic Evacuation

OCTOBER 21, 2025 – The Alaska Organized Militia continues coordinated response operations in support of the State Emergency Operation Center following the 2025 West Coast Storm as the mission focus, pursuant to Governor Dunleavy’s declaration of...

Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly Residents begin repairs in the Alaska village hardest-hit by the devastating storm. Plus, a look at Anchorage's efforts to provide shelter and school for evacuees. And, dancers and drummers from around the state...

Traceable Gold Production Linked to Regeneration Efforts in Abandoned Mines

Regeneration, a Washington-based public benefit company, is turning abandoned mine waste in the river valleys of Yukon and British Columbia into responsibly sourced gold. Founded out of the nonprofit Resolve, Regeneration uses advanced re-mining...

Alaska LNG milestone will boost family-wage jobs

The $44 billion Alaska LNG project is approaching a major milestone with the completion of its front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for an 800-mile natural gas pipeline, expected by December 2025. This development could secure long-term...

Archaeologists Say 20,000-Year-Old Stone Tools Could "Rewrite The Opening Chapter Of Human History In The Americas"

When it comes to the history of civilization, there’s always something waiting to be uncovered—from archaeologists in Egypt revealing discoveries that rewrite the story of one of the world’s largest religious complexes to researchers finding...

Median age of construction labor force holds at 42

The median age of construction labor force is 42, one year older than a typical worker in the national labor force, according to NAHB analysis of the most recent 2023 American Community Survey (ACS) data. However, more younger people are joining...