Alaska News Nightly: Friday, October 31, 2025

Friday on Alaska News Nightly The federal government is ending a contract for seismic data to inform tsunami warnings. Plus, a look at an Alaska Native corporation's involvement with national immigration detention facilities. And, a spooky tour of...

Alaska educators call for more school funding in second task force meeting

Chairs and desks at Bartlett High School in Anchorage, on Aug. 20, 2020. (Emily Mesner / ADN) In the second meeting of an education funding task force, Alaska lawmakers heard a similar refrain: The state’s education system needs more money....

Italian winemakers look to new technologies with old grape varieties to adapt to a changing climate

Massimo Tosoni paces through his vineyards, the rows stretching like ribbons of green under a relentless sun. In the distance, the town of Tarquinia sits on a hilltop once ruled by the ancient Etruscans. “Look at the rows of vineyards there,” he...

Native Alaska villages were already on the front lines of climate change. Then a typhoon hit.

A week after Typhoon Halong passed through Japan in early October, its remnants crossed the Pacific and struck western Alaska. Nearly 50 Alaska Native communities across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta near the Bering Sea were met with towering wind...

What tourists and newcomers thought about Alaska: Insults and compliments captured on postcards

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of this story. People sometimes ask me, “What...

Does Mysterious Alaska Mountain Hide UFO Base?

ALASKA – With its frozen wilderness, Alaska’s massive Mount Hayes towers 8,000 feet high and stands as one of the nation’s largest peaks. However, the mountain has been the focus of several alien conspiracy theories for years due to alleged UFO...

5 months after highway collision, Yukon Para cyclist still focused on recovery

Play Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. The Para cyclist who was struck by a vehicle last spring in Whitehorse and seriously...

Read about 22 new stake presidencies called recently — from Alaska to Bolivia

2 Nov 2025, 2:00 p.m. MST The following new stake presidencies have recently been called to serve. AHUACHAPÁN EL SALVADOR EL ESPINO STAKE: (Sept. 21, 2025) President — Salvador Enrique González Hernández, 36, Teamswell administrative assistant;...

Congress votes to overturn Central Yukon conservation management plan

On Oct. 9, the U.S. Senate passed a joint resolution of disapproval seeking to overturn the newly passed protection of federal land in the Central Yukon region of Alaska and open lands designated for conservation to the mining industry. The...

Seabourn reveals expedition team for 2025–26 Antarctica season

Seabourn has unveiled the expedition team that is guiding guests on voyages to Antarctica during the 2025-26 season aboard the purpose-built expedition vessels, Seabourn Venture and Seabourn Pursuit. Each ship hosts a hand-selected team of 23...

Typhoon ravages archaeological site in Alaska

JUNEAU, Alaska -- A fragment of a mask that was preserved for hundreds of years in permafrost sat in the muck of a low tide in the western Alaska community of Quinhagak. Wooden spoons, toys, a fishing lure and other artifacts were strewn, in some...

The Bering Land Bridge has been submerged since the last ice age. Will scientists ever study it?

The Bering Strait is a 52-mile-wide (85 kilometers), 165-foot-deep (50 meters) stretch of water between Alaska and Siberia. Today, it divides North America and Asia. However, during the coldest part of the last ice age between about 26,500 and...

Alaska, Hawaiian receive FAA single operating certificate as separate brands

Alaska Airlines has secured a single operating certificate (SOC) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), allowing it to operate alongside Hawaiian Airlines while keeping both brands separate. The milestone comes just over a year after the...

Researchers report spike in California whale entanglements

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported a spike in entangled whales off California in 2024, leading scientists and marine mammal biologists to worry about how this year will go as winter fishing seasons get underway. Already,...

Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, October 30, 2025

Thursday on Alaska News Nightly The federal government shutdown is delaying funds meant to help pay for home heating. Plus, after five years with Anchorage's alcohol tax, how is the revenue being used? And, a maintenance worker at the University...

Montana State researchers invent lifesaving medical device for clinical trial patients

BOZEMAN — A new medical device developed by Montana State University researchers is demonstrating how interdisciplinary innovation can improve health care outcomes in Montana and beyond. TrialWear was invented by Elizabeth Johnson, an assistant...

Copper Added to New USGS Critical Minerals List Highlighting Increased Support for US Copper Projects Like American Pacific's Madison & Palmer Projects

American Pacific Mining Corp. (CSE: USGD) (OTCQX: USGDF) (FSE: 1QC1) ("American Pacific" or the "Company") is pleased to highlight the recent addition of copper to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)'s 2025 list of critical minerals as the Trump...

The best new science fiction books of November 2025

Claire North’s Slow Gods follows a deep-space pilot Shutterstock/Vadim Sadovski We’ll need to get our skates on if we’re to keep up with all the new science fiction published in November. New Scientist sci-fi columnist Emily H. Wilson is adamant...

Juneau Associates Inc., P.C., celebrates 45 years

Juneau Associates Inc., P.C., a family-owned, veteran-owned engineering and surveying firm, is celebrating 45 years of service across the Metro East and Chicago regions. Founded in 1980 by Ed and Charlie Juneau, the firm has provided professional...

Alaska mining is achieving critical mass

With the price of copper, gold, and silver hitting new all-time highs, the Pentagon looking North for secure supplies of critical minerals, and a White House administration focused on unleashing the resource potential of America's Last Frontier,...