Kerala mountaineer Sheikh Hassan Khan sends SOS from 17,000 ft on Alaska’s Mount Denali

Everest and Kilimanjaro summiteer stranded in blizzard with scarce supplies. Published Date - 18 June 2025, 03:20 PM Thiruvananthapuram: Sheikh Hassan Khan, a 38-year-old Kerala government employee on a mission to scale the highest peaks of every continent …

Alaska Legion Baseball holds annual college coaches clinic

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska high school baseball players descended upon Mulcahy Stadium in Anchorage Tuesday for a clinic with college baseball coaches. Coaches from Colorado School of Mines, Regis University (CO), Chemeketa Community College (OR), …

Alaska Legion Baseball holds yearly coaches clinic

Trump administration revives plan to open most of Arctic Alaska land unit to oil development

The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed opening about 7 million more federally managed acres on Alaska’s North Slope to new oil development, resurrecting a pro-drilling plan proposed in the first Trump administration but never adopted. The U.S. Bureau …

Trump Administration releases proposal to unleash 82% of Alaska’s Petroleum Reserve for drilling

The US Department of the Interior today unveiled a draft proposal that would reopen the vast majority of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) to oil and gas development, in a significant move aimed at boosting domestic energy production. The …

Smoke from Canadian wildfires prompts air quality advisory for Eastern and Central Alaska

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) issued an air quality advisory Tuesday afternoon for much of Central and Eastern Alaska as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to drift across the border. The advisory, which is in effect …

Letter: Begich vote showed indifference to rural Alaska

Public broadcasting forms an essential part of the fabric of Alaska’s rural communities. From emergency broadcasting to cultural programming to educational services, Alaska’s 27 public radio stations and four public TV stations provide critical resources …

Trump administration moves to expand drilling options in National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

A northern section of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska on the state's North Slope. (Anne Raup / ADN archive 1997) The Trump administration on Tuesday moved to expand potential oil drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, reversing …

Opinion: The Palmer project is a bad bet for Alaska’s mining industry

A bald eagle flies in front of mountains along the banks of the Chilkat River in November 2022. (Emily Mesner / ADN archive) Vancouver-based American Pacific Mining (APM) wants investors to believe the Palmer Copper-Zinc Project near Haines has a high …

‘Not just an act of violence’: Alaska Lawmakers react to Minnesota assassinations

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Reaction across the country are still pouring in following the Minnesota shootings that left one lawmaker dead and another wounded. Now, Alaska lawmakers are weighing in with messages of support for the people of Minnesota. “This …