Alaska Badminton Youth Team Championship set for Dimond High School

This weekend, young athletes from across Alaska will be taking their best shots at the Alaska Badminton Youth Team Championship. The tournament, now in its sixth year, will be held at Dimond High School in Anchorage and is expected to draw up to 250 youth …

Alaska Activists Submit First Signatures To Put Psychedelics Legalization Measure On 2026 Ballot

Proponents of a plan in Alaska to legalize certain psychedelics—including psilocybin, mescaline and DMT—have submitted an initial round of voter signatures as part of the campaign’s effort to put the proposed measure on 2026 state ballot. Last month the …

How Alaska Airlines found a $100M revenue opportunity with Google’s Meridian

Alaska Airlines and consultancy Adswerve have found a projected increase of addressable advertising revenue that could be worth up to $100 million — an 11% projected increase — by using Google’s open-source Meridian marketing mix model (MMM), per details …

Dining and Storytelling: Alaska Airlines Bets Big on Flavor This Summer

This summer, Alaska Airlines is launching a new wave of seasonal dishes, expanding its onboard meal program to more routes, and unveiling a chef-driven First Class dining experience that aims to rival restaurant-quality fare. The rollout comes as Alaska …

Tundra fire on Alaska’s North Slope among the biggest in recent years

A lightning-sparked fire that has burned about 2,000 acres of Arctic Alaska tundra is the biggest wildfire on the North Slope in eight years. The Ikpikpuk Fire, which bears the name of a 195-mile river that flows north into the Arctic Ocean, was discovered …

Alaska Airlines orders 5 more Boeing 787s, plans Seattle Dreamliner base

Body of missing UK employee found in Alaska

Authorities have found the body of a woman visiting Alaska’s capital city who did not return to her cruise ship from a hike she said she was taking. The Alaska Department of Public Safety said the body of 62-year-old Marites Buenafe of Kentucky was found …

‘We’re here if you need us’: Alaska emergency leaders on standby to respond to deadly Texas floods

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska Homeland Security and Emergency Management leaders said Monday they have let their Texas counterparts know they are on standby, ready to respond, as the death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas over the July Fourth …

Alaska natural gas pipeline project eyes start for Asian customers

TOKYO -- A 1,300-kilometer natural gas pipeline project in Alaska connecting the northern and southern regions of the resource rich U.S. state is expected to be up and running in about three years, a top executive told Nikkei Asia. Adam Prestidge, …

Alaska Man Who Snatched and Raped Helpless 14-Year-Old Girl Learns His Fate

ANCHORAGE, AK - On Wednesday, July 3rd, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it has sentenced a man to 50 years in federal prison for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a teenager. In the press release, the DOJ said that 52-year-old David …