Bill Wielechowski, an Anchorage Democrat ... a Dillingham independent, called the vote “historic.” “I think the Legislature took the final step to stand up for schools in Alaska, ...

In November 2024, the Peninsula Oilers said they would be suspending their 2025 season "due to financial hardship." That announcement sent a ripple through the Alaska Baseball League, leaving it with ...

The startup planning the operation near the North Slope oil fields would power its computers not with coal but with another ...

A criminal case in Alaska involving nearly a dozen people born in American Samoa is highlighting concerns about birthright ...

An Alaska case highlights confusion over voting and citizenship rights for American Samoans. It has implications for Hawaiʻi ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground ... a community about 125 miles (201 kilometers) south of Anchorage. In an interview for Project Jukebox ...

The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development is proposing new rules that could reduce the amount of money that ...

The bills come amid a national effort, led by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to overhaul ...

Meet Lizzie and Wendy Molyneux, the dynamic sister duo whose creative genius has left a remarkable imprint on the world of ...

In the Anchorage School District, a recently-introduced curriculum for young students learning to read is making a major ...

The change is meant to help the state meet a federal funding requirement, but school officials and lawmakers say the measure ...