Tag: Instagram
‘We wait for this the entire fishing season’: Kenai opens to dipnetters
It’s still early for the city-run fishery. Popularity usually peaks mid-July.
Dozens of diving dogs test just how far they can jump in Palmer
Dogs and their owners took to the water for the 2022 Alaskan Diving Dogs Qualifier.
Trump rallies his Alaska faithful against Murkowski, for Tshibaka and Palin
Donald Trump fulfilled a pledge to punish Sen. Murkowski for her vote to impeach him.
Emotions high as Anchorage’s largest homeless shelter shuts down after more than 2 years
Dozens of people have moved from shelter to camping in the past weeks as the city closes its pandemic-era shelter.
How are rising prices impacting you?
We want to hear from you.
Firefighters work to contain 13-acre Anchorage wildfire as roads reopen
The fire was 30% contained by 8 p.m.
Alaska’s only b-girl claims her spot on the world stage
Bri Pritchard, also known as Snap1, started breaking when she was 17. She’s 30 now and an Olympic hopeful.
Southwest Alaska fire evacuees start returning home, but changing climate presents lingering risks
People who evacuated are returning to a home that’s seeing ever-increasing effects of climate change.
St. Mary’s school superintendent Dee Dee Ivanoff is helping community stay safe as the surrounding tundra burns
As Alaska’s largest tundra fire in 15 years has burned behind her home village, Ivanoff has become one of the key organizers of the response effort.
Bethel high school graduates reflect on how the pandemic shaped them
This year’s seniors had a unique high school experience: They left school as sophomores in March of 2020 and did not return to their classrooms for almost a year.
New community fridge aims to ease hunger in Anchorage
For Alaskans looking to get something to eat, it’s as easy as walking up and taking it.
Ukrainians arrive in Anchorage, with hundreds more expected in coming weeks
Twelve people from Ukraine arrived over the weekend, and hundreds more are expected in the coming weeks thanks to the local non-profit and a new federal program.
Dolena Fox is one of the world’s first female Yup’ik commercial pilots
Only about 6% of American professional pilots are women.
Rooftop celebration for ANTHC nurses is moment of joy after two tough years
While the pandemic is ongoing, and COVID-19 cases continue to pop up, it’s gotten to a point where for one sunny day, nurses could relax, meet with colleagues, enjoy some treats and, if their aim is good, hit their boss with a whipped cream pie.
Crew sets sail from Wrangell in search of century-old shipwreck
An eight-person crew of scientists, artists and divers are trying to find one of the deadliest shipwrecks in Alaska history.
From Hawaii to Alaska, candy leis make graduation sweeter
Working in their living rooms and at kitchen tables, Anchorage residents are meeting a growing demand for candy leis for graduations, Mother's Day and more.
An Anchorage boy is waiting for a life-saving stem cell transplant, but Alaska Native donors are scarce
It’s harder for Alaska Native and mixed-race people to find donors because they’re underrepresented in the donor database.
Alaska cartoonist draws his experience with Parkinson’s | INDIE ALASKA
Peter Dunlap-Shohl was living his lifelong dream, as an editorial cartoonist for the Anchorage Daily News. But in 2002, when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
Anchorage group rallies for reproductive rights in wake of Supreme Court leak
Roughly 200 people attended the rush hour reproductive rights rally Tuesday in the wake of the release of a draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion that suggests justices are poised to overturn Roe v. Wade.
‘They’re reaching for this’: Students compete in Yup’ik and Iñupiaq spelling bees
Organizers say children's literacy is crucial to the survival of Alaska Native languages like Yup'ik and Iñupiaq.