A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction. Alaskans want to bring it home
Two Alaska institutions are making a bid to bring home a golden spike that was driven into the ground more than a century ago ...
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University of Alaska Anchorage Chancellor Sean Parnell set to retire
University of Alaska President Pat Pitney appointed Parnell in 2021, and praised his leadership and service as chancellor of ...
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Fairbairn, Duffus lead UAA gymnastics to victory in home opener
The UAA team was reinstated fully in 2022 after being targeted for elimination by the Alaska Board of Regents. So head coach ...
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Rolling blackouts could loom for urban Alaska as natural gas crunch intensifies
The Homer Electric Association recently secured an “interruptible” gas agreement for the next year — meaning that it could ...
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Major weekend rainfall ‘from the tropics’ to splash Southcentral Alaska
Anchorage, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and the Kenai Peninsula are under a flood watch from Friday morning through Monday ...
5 things to do in Anchorage this weekend
Sunday; Various times and locations throughout The 2025 Folk Festival includes two full weekends of live performances, ...
Invasive freshwater fish able to swim through Alaska’s Cook Inlet, study proves
In the fall of 2018, officials with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and their partners celebrated what they thought was a milestone: an end to the infestation of invasive northern pike in the ...
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Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority chooses new chief executive
Dr. Mary Wilson, a pediatrician who grew up in Anchorage, was chosen by the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority’s board to ...
As South digs out from brutal storm, Florida cities still more frigid than Alaska
The rare Southern storm prompted this headline from the Anchorage Daily News: "Hey, New Orleans, please send some of your ...
Escambia, Santa Rosa counties smash state snowfall total record with 10 inches, says NWS
The Pensacola area received as much as 10 inches of snow in some areas, smashing the 130-year area record the 71-year state ...
Florida saw more snow this week than Anchorage, Alaska. Here's the weekend forecast
Expect temperatures to get warmer during the days through the weekend, but overnight lows will still be freezing for most of ...
10 Things You Need to Know About the 1925 Serum Run to Nome, Alaska
From January 27, 1925 until February 2, 20 mushers and 150 dogs heroically transported desperately needed diphtheria antitoxin to the remote town of Nome, Alaska, saving countless lives in the process ...