Alaska Airlines Sued For $521,900 After 11 Japanese Paintings Ruined In Honolulu Rainstorm

An art insurer is suing Alaska Airlines for more than $521,900 after 11 paintings were allegedly soaked and badly damaged while being transferred between aircraft amid a heavy rainstorm in Honolulu. The original artworks were traveling from Osaka, Japan, …

Fairbanks hosts Alaska State Disc Golf Championship

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU/KTVF) - Nearly 100 players are competing this weekend at the Alaska State Disc Golf Championships in Fairbanks. The three-day event takes place at the Birch Hill and Tanana Lakes courses. Outside competitors raise the stakes …

Watch: TWISTED SISTER Performs With SEBASTIAN BACH At Alaska State Fair

TWISTED SISTER played its second concert with ex-SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach Friday night (September 4) at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer, Alaska. The show featured TWISTED SISTER's new touring lineup, consisting of Bach on lead vocals, Jay Jay …

Police, Alaska State Trooper found legally justified in Bentley Mall shooting

Two Fairbanks Police officers and an Alaska State Troopers were legally justified in the shooting death of 31-year-old Brandon Roberts in the Bentley Mall parking lot, according to the results of an investigation. On June 28, 2026, law enforcement received …

Seismic waves from Nepal’s landslide-flood reached Alaska, and so should the lessons

A massive collapse high in the mountains in glacier terrain, followed by massive flooding — this is the setting of the recent horrific flood along the Nepal border, but it also sounds familiar to many Alaskans. A mud slurry chock full of rocks and debris …

Alaska should decide what educational accountability really means

Among the borough’s list of legislative priorities for the coming year is a request for clearer testing expectations for students enrolled in public correspondence programs, including the possibility of tying eligibility for student allotments to …

Letter: This is the kind of person Alaska needs as governor

My family and I had the opportunity to have JKT visit our home in Palmer some weeks ago. We gathered friends and interested neighbors to meet him and ask hard questions about his approach if he were to be elected governor. What I heard was refreshing, …

Fairbanks hosts Alaska State Disc Golf Championship

Alaska Sports Scoreboard: Sept. 5, 2026

High school Flag football Tuesday North Pole 55, Lathrop 7 Eagle River 18, Bartlett 6 South 54, East 0 Colony 35, Wasilla 8 Dimond 18, Service 14 Chugiak 26, West 14 Wednesday Dimond 46, Wasilla 6 Thursday West Valley 12, Palmer 0 Service 13, Eagle River 0 …

Opinion: American Samoans, Treg Taylor and Alaska’s two-tiered justice system

The Alaska state seal hangs at the Boney Courthouse in downtown Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN archive) Alaskans are witnessing a poignant example of the two-tiered nature of our justice system. In the first example, a marginalized group fails to …