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Sen. Dunbar will return from deployment for the special session that Dunleavy expected him to miss

Anchorage Democratic Sen. Forrest Dunbar announced on social media today that he will be able to attend the Aug. 2 special session.

On budget vote, Murkowski says she was ‘hung out to dry’ and stuck between two bad options

Alaska’s senior U.S. senator said the state fares better under Republicans’ budget plan because of her efforts to soften the fiscal blow.

Anchorage schools move ahead with layoffs amid GOP’s ‘slow dismantling of public education’

Alaska’s public schools have been subjected to a roller coaster of uncertainty.

Trail Blazers: Christina Grande

Christina Grande’s first memories of biking stem from her childhood in San Francisco, where her uncle worked as a bike messenger.

Anchorage Assembly votes to ban homeless camping in some areas over warnings it criminalizes poverty

The Anchorage Assembly voted 7-5 to criminalize homeless camping and building structures near schools, trails and busy roads on Tuesday.

Ordinance criminalizing some homeless camping in Anchorage is the city’s latest flashpoint

Editor's note: This post was written ahead of Tuesday's vote, where the Anchorage Assembly approved the initiative 7-5, but slipped through the cracks with publishing. We're publishing it now to document the attitudes heading into the ordinance's passage. The...

Ditch the crowds: Underrated hikes around Anchorage

Tourists love Flattop. Locals know better hikes.

Must Read Alaska mistakes one John Williams for another in ‘on-brand’ blunder

And just in case you're wondering, no, renowned composer John T. Williams is not running for the U.S. House in Alaska.

Alaska’s Planned Parenthood clinics get a break from Trump megabill

Murkowski negotiated Alaska carve-outs in Trump’s megabill, but failed to secure one for Planned Parenthood access.

Murkowski didn’t spare Alaska from Trump’s megabill; she just delayed the pain

Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski called her decisive vote for Trump’s megabill “agonizing.”

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