‘Small but loud’: Deaf community pushes back against proposal to cut ASL professionals in Anchorage School District budget
To reconcile an $111 million structural deficit, the school district has proposed cutting teaching positions throughout the district. Included are two full-time, ASL-fluent staff positions at the Alaska School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
In message to families, Anchorage School District describes response to new federal stance on immigration
The school district briefed principals on Monday and published information for families on its policy if immigration police officers enter a school.
Anchorage high schoolers lead effort to expand access to period products in district schools
The Period Project aims to make period products more accessible to increasingly younger menstruating girls by bringing them to where they are needed most: school bathrooms.
Refugee resettlement pause will keep some Alaskans separated from family members
Twenty-two refugees, and hundreds more in the pipeline, were told last week that their previously approved relocation to Alaska has been suspended, perhaps indefinitely.
As crackdown begins under Trump, Alaska advocates educate local immigrants on legal rights
Immigration lawyers say knowledge is power amid a changing administration and uncertain future for many noncitizens.
Secret sauce: How some of Anchorage’s most authentic meal ingredients get here
By plane, car, mail and personal luggage, these ingredients arrive at local restaurants and storefronts at all costs.
State confirms measles case in Alaskan who traveled overseas
The resident is undergoing treatment in Anchorage for the highly contagious virus. Meanwhile, state health officials are tracking down “several dozen” individuals the patient was in contact with while contagious.
Russian Christmas at Alaska Native Medical Center brings joy, nostalgia
Starring, or the Russian Orthodox version of Christmas caroling, is a fondly remembered tradition for many from Alaska Native villages.
Anchorage gets a hulking, ‘spunky’ new winter celebrity
Meet Snowzilla’s friend, Snow Ella, who has popped up in the city’s Ship Creek industrial area.
New festival aims to revive an all-ages, underground music scene in Anchorage
The Dark Daze music festival on Friday and Saturday hopes to attract alternative music lovers of all ages for a sober celebration centered on music — and community — that splits from the mainstream.