Felix Rivera

In the end, the Assembly will have to step in and, as the ADN editorial board suggested, be the adults in the room.

If we can come together like Anchorage has historically done in times of crisis, I’m positive we will succeed.

The need for additional resources is undeniable. We’re not a community that sees a problem and waits for someone else to fix it.

We must become more independent from the state, and that means looking at new revenue options to fill our critical needs ourselves, because no one will do it for us.

Alaska's children of people living here illegally are some of our best and brightest who have earned the right to be here. Let's make sure they can stay.

"Shakespeare's Will," on stage this month at Cyrano's, appears simple at first glance. The set, though beautifully decorated, isn't stunning, and there is only one cast member.

"Alaska needs rock! Alaska needs rock!" The first of two chants by the electric crowd at the Korn concert of Friday grounded a theme that AK Soul Productions, Bear Tooth and Moose's Tooth wanted to make clear to the rest of the country: Big name artists can -- and should -- come up to Alaska.

Now projecting in an intimate, state-of-the-art facility, the Alaska Experience Theatre is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous with a brief look at the history of the Rondy championship sled dog races and a turtle's-eye view of the world.

The maze of the Dimond Center holds a maze of tables this week, loaded with furs and ivory and the vertebrae of bowhead whales -- all marked "Authentic Native Handcraft From Alaska."

Carnival-goers can sip on their root beer floats, ride the new Ferris wheel and take a leap on the blanket toss -- all at the same time. Well, probably not at the same time.

Judges' results in the Fur Rendezvous Snow Sculpture Competition were announced Sunday as sculptors finished a week of frigid weather and fun. Mostly fun.