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‘Bold, transformational initiatives’ for Anchorage schools leave unanswered questions
Anchorage public schools will see three big changes for the coming school year: Start times are shifting, sixth graders are moving up to middle schools and the district is shifting to a career academy model for most high schools. The Anchorage School Board approved all three changes over the last...
Maximizing impact: connecting your news to awareness days
Tune in as I explore how aligning your association’s news with relevant awareness days can boost visibility and engagement. Remember, it’s crucial to stand out amidst the noise. • Identify awareness days that align with your association’s mission and objectives to ensure your news feels relevant and impactful....
Anchorage, AK’s Solid Waste Services New Pilot Program Aims to Keep Plastics and Organics Out of the Landfill
When Anchorage’s Midtown Transfer Station moved across the street into a brand new facility, it left behind the old transfer station and administrative offices. Now, both buildings have new functions, the administrative office is a homeless shelter, and the tipping floor of the former transfer station has become a place to drop off organic material.
Anchorage Rotary Seeks Volunteers for Annual Field of Honor Commemoration
The Anchorage International Rotary Club needs help to keep one annual Fourth of July tradition going strong. The group is looking for volunteers to put up flags and help create this year's Field of Honor.
Anchorage's Former Trash Hub Transformed into Materials Recovery Facility
This is what the former central transfer station used to be called trash, trash and more trash. Now it is home to the Materials Recovery Facility, a place where Anchorage residents can drop off their organic materials. "We always say trash is treasure. That's what this facility is all about,...
Wildfire forces Alaska’s Denali National Park to temporarily close entrance
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A wildfire burning near the entrance of Denali National Park and Preserve has forced the temporary closure of one of Alaska’s most popular tourist destinations. Cars have been turned around Monday at the park’s only entrance. Tour buses were canceled and public facilities were closed, including the visitor’s center about a five-hour drive north of Anchorage. Officials say about 50 firefighters and aircraft dropping retardant and water are keeping the fire from advancing toward the park. The fire burning in black spruce was reported Sunday about a mile north of the park’s entrance. It was estimated to be about one half of a square mile in size.
Alyeschem Methanol Plant Gets Boost from North Slope Borough
In its effort to build the first petrochemical manufacturing plant in the US Arctic, Anchorage-based Alyeschem is getting some local government help. In June, the North Slope Borough Assembly formally asked the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) to financially support the Alyeschem project. It’s an important vote of...
Can You Believe It? The 2025 Iditarod Kicks Off in Just 8 Months
Can you believe that in 8 months the 2025 Iditarod will be getting underway? Over the weekend, the Iditarod Musher Signup and Volunteer Appreciation Picnic was held at trail headquarters in Wasilla.
Dinneen named development officer
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – University of Alaska Anchorage Athletic Director Ryan Swartwood announced the hiring of Jason Dinneen as the department's development officer. Dinneen joins the athletic department at UAA after serving as the Chief Philanthropy Officer at the Food Bank of Alaska where he led their development efforts and secured significant funding.
Visit Anchorage looks to appeal to younger tourists to Alaska
Occasionally you'll find some of the younger demographic during tourist season through all the silver hair. Younger folks coming to Alaska have been on the rise over the last few years. So Visit Anchorage have been working hard to keep that trend going. President and CEO of Visit Anchorage Julie...
Letter: On the candidates
I’d rather vote for someone with a speech impediment than a moral impediment. Have something on your mind? Send to letters@adn.com or click here to submit via any web browser. Letters under 200 words have the best chance of being published. Writers should disclose any personal or professional connections with the subjects of their letters. Letters are edited for accuracy, clarity and length.
Letter: Beautiful blooms
One of the glories of summer is the blooming of cow parsnip. The tall white flower heads display themselves along the roads everywhere around town, but the outside of the Minnesota-O’Malley curve, west of C Street, is particularly magnificent. In Anchorage, we are fortunate to live in natural beauty.
Letter: Waste containment
Piles of waste encroach on Anchorage’s crown jewels: its bike trails, parks and waterways. I voted against the recent bond to improve our parks because until we can address the squalor that makes some parks unsafe and unusable, why take on debt to improve them? What’s truly frustrating is that we take a narrow-viewed binary approach to camps: full abatement or take no action at all. There is a continuum, however. There’s a difference between abating the only shelter someone has and allowing that person to amass piles of trash and items.
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