Michelle Theriault Boots

Joshua M. Kindred, in a still image from a Senate Judiciary Committee video of his confirmation hearing. (Senate Judiciary Committee)

An aerial view of Mount Spurr's summit crater on June 23, 2024. (Rui Mota / Alaska Volcano Observatory and U.S. Geological Survey)

Dozens of teenagers from villages around the state come to Anchorage through school-sponsored programs to take driver's ed.

Hospital officials say the idea is meant to address a staffing shortage by spreading the workload between more caregivers. But a group of Providence nurses says it will do the opposite by increasing the patient-nurse ratio for registered nurses.

All Alaska judges on the ballot appeared to be heading for retention as election results began to come in Tuesday night, though some by narrower margins than others.

The nearly five-week-long trial opened a window into what is usually an opaque world of health care inside of Alaska’s jails and prisons.

Drug overdose deaths rose more in Alaska than any other state over the past year, increasing by nearly 39% continuing a yearslong trend that bucks national declines, according to provisional data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The plaintiff’s attorneys had asked for $35 million in damages for her medical care and loss of life potential.

Anchorage Police Department headquarters on Fourth Avenue in downtown on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. (Bill Roth / ADN)

Olinka Arrsamquq Michael, known as Matushka Olga, has been revered by Russian Orthodox believers in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region for decades. She will officially become a saint in June.