Cunard's Queen Elizabeth in place for Alaska debut

The newly refurbished Queen Elizabeth arrived in Seattle for the first time Thursday to begin a season of Alaska voyages. The Cunard ship is committed to two subsequent summers in Alaska. Passengers will be among the first to experience The Pavilion …

Roadtrippin’ 2025: Alaska highway sketches, a roadtrip back in time

Alpena man bags grizzly bear in Alaska

Courtesy Photo Recently, Jim Doyle of Alpena returned to Alaska in pursuit of his favorite game animal — the Alaskan grizzly bear. On May 29, 2025 Doyle harvested this trophy Boone and Crockett grizzly with a 25 and 10/16th inch skull with "Alaska …

Drill, Baby, Drill: Appeals court says Alaska’s Willow Project can proceed

A three‑judge panel of the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday declined to take apart a Biden-era federal approval for ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project on the edge of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Though the court said there were some …

Alaska House Judiciary Committee to hold a fact-finding hearing on ICE detention in state prisons

The Alaska House Judiciary Committee plans to hold a hearing June 20 on the use of Alaska Department of Corrections facilities to house and supervise federal detainees for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  The announcement comes following news of …

Alaska gets its first-ever heat advisories from National Weather Service

With temperatures forecast to soar as high as 89 degrees in Interior Alaska, the National Weather Service has issued its first-ever heat advisories for the state. The advisories, which started Thursday and are in effect through Sunday, warn residents in …

Local officials warn of possible lawsuit in wake of Alaska governor’s education funding veto

One day after Gov. Mike Dunleavy made a precedent-setting veto by cutting funding for the state’s public school education formula, a group of city and borough leaders denounced the decision during a joint news conference, with some saying that they expect …

As Ravn backs off, other Alaska air carriers are working to maintain crucial in-state options

A Ravn Alaska De Havilland Dash 8 flight arriving from Unalaska lands at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on Sunday, June 5, 2022, as clouds build over the Susitna Valley and Talkeetna Mountains in the distance. (Bill Roth / ADN) Summer is …

Alaska leaders decry governor’s education veto as districts consider new rounds of cuts

Signs supporting an increase in education funding are left outside a legislative town hall on Saturday, April 5, 2025 at the University of Alaska Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN) School districts and elected officials across Alaska were reeling in the …

Alaska News Nightly: Friday, June 13, 2025

Friday on Alaska News Nightly: Lawmakers react to Gov. Dunleavy's veto of education funding. Plus, Yukon River communities oppose a delayed decision on restricting chum bycatch. And, dads across Alaska share what fatherhood means to them. Reports …