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Photos: Besieged Houston braces for more flooding as Harvey lingers
As forecasters warned of more rain, rising rivers and floodwaters that would swallow additional streets and neighborhoods, police described a vast rescue effort underway. → Read More
Video: Woodturners craft hundreds of empty bowls for Bean's Cafe fundraiser
The Alaska Woodturners Association is creating over 400 wooden bowls for the annual Empty Bowl Project fundraiser benefiting Bean's Cafe. → Read More
Watch: Opera flash mob delights Clark Middle School students
Anchorage Opera singers pose as cafeteria workers before breaking out with the → Read More
Refugee farmers wheel giant cabbage to market in Anchorage
Refugee gardeners with Fresh International Gardens paraded from Bunn Street to their stand at Northway Mall Wednesday Market with a 30-pound cabbage and a 24-pound cabbage midday Wednesday in Northeast Anchorage. The group was celebrating the summer harvest and the approaching end of the outdoor market season. They also paid tribute to Julie Riley, horticulturalist with the University of Alaska… → Read More
South African-inspired fabric art appears around Anchorage
Fabric art adorns tree trunks on Monday, September 19, 2016, in a yard along Turnagain Parkway at Illiamna Avenue in Turnagain. A traveling artist who goes by the name of “Foodbabysoul” recently visited Anchorage and created several fabric collages using recycled material from South Africa. Most of the pieces were installed on trees along Northern Lights Boulevard west of The Rustic Goat… → Read More
Campbell Creek Science Center hosts 860 4th-graders for environmental education
Colton Penetac, right, looks for macroinvertebrates with dad Mike as Nunaka Valley Elementary School fourth-graders participate in Water Discovery Days on Thursday, September 15, 2016, at Campbell Creek Science Center. The 16th annual event offers 860 local fourth-graders an opportunity to explore Campbell Creek, study salmon, and learn about macroinvertebrates: what they are, where they live,… → Read More
Alaska Military Youth Academy graduates 165 cadets
Alaska Military Youth Academy cadets launched their berets into the air at the conclusion of their graduation ceremony on Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, at the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center in downtown Anchorage. The second-largest graduating class ever — with 165 cadets — received encouragement from both Sen. Dan Sullivan, via video, and keynote speaker Gov. Bill Walker to "Never give up!"… → Read More
A day on Resurrection Bay
Erik Hill has been with ADN since December of 1984. Before that, he worked at The Kansas City Star following stops in Jacksonville, Florida, and Charleston, West Virginia. Originally from Oregon, Hill earned degrees at Stanford University and Ohio University. Memorable assignments have included the Exxon Valdez oil spill and several Iditarods. → Read More
Long jumper Registe begins epic road trip that could end at Rio Olympics
It’s a quiet Saturday morning at The Dome, the massive west side sports facility that stands empty at 8 a.m. but for an athlete and a coach conferring at the long jump pit back in a dark corner by a batting cage. The athlete periodically launches himself down the track and into the sand, and the two review video as … Continue reading Long jumper Registe begins epic road trip that could end at… → Read More
The 'View From Up Here' at the Anchorage Museum
The "View From Up Here: The Arctic at the Center of the World" international art exhibition runs May 6 through Oct. 2 at the Anchorage Museum. → Read More
Photos: Odie the cybercrime-fighting dog
Odie the electronic storage device detection dog is introduced at a press event on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at Anchorage Police Department headquarters. → Read More
Photos: Best of May 2016
View the best photos from May 2016 by Alaska Dispatch News photographers and contributors. → Read More
Photos: Springtime in Barrow
As daylight roars back in Barrow with the arrival of spring, whaling crews head across the ice to open water. → Read More
Photos: Best of April 2016
View the best photos from April 2016 by Alaska Dispatch News photographers and contributors. → Read More
Video: Alaska Railroad delivers snow for Iditarod start
An Alaska Railroad train arrives in Anchorage to deliver seven rail cars of Fairbanks snow on Thursday morning, March 3, 2016, to enable Iditarod to stage a ceremonial start on Saturday. → Read More
Photos: 2-day 'Racial Equity Summit' kicks off in Anchorage
The Racial Equity Summit is two-day gathering, centered on the theme “Partners for the Next 10,000 Years.” → Read More
Photos: Loussac Library entrance steps down
Supporters of Z.J. Loussac Public Library in Anchorage take one last walk down the notorious steps connecting the parking lot with the second-floor entrance at the Slip Slide N’Away event Monday morning. → Read More
Photos: Northwood Elementary students get hats, scarves
Thanks to their principal, Northwood ABC Elementary School students received new fleece hats and scarves on Tuesday afternoon, January 19, 2016, in Anchorage. → Read More
Photos: Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Anchorage, 2016
Anchorage honors Martin Luther King Jr. with service projects and commemorations on Monday, Jan. 18, 2016. → Read More
Photos: Another day of car crashes in Anchorage
Fresh snow, slick ice and fog created dangerous conditions for Anchorage drivers on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. A school bus was involved in one accident Thursday morning in South Anchorage. Later in the day, a sedan lost control on the Glenn Highway, crossing the median and crashing into another car, sending four people to the hospital. → Read More