By KTVA Web Staff: 3 men posing as APD break-in to apartment
 
 
 
 
By Liz Raines: Special session: House fast-tracks crime bill, governor’s tax lacks support
 
 
 
 

By Blake Essig (KTUU): North Pole man returns home after surviving Las Vegas shooting
 
 
 
 
Ariane Personal PPD Submission
 
 
 
 
By Associated Press: Alaska-owned aerospace company lines up commercial launches
 
 
 
 
By Samantha Angaiak: City plans to tear down DHHS building, add senior housing and replace DHHS building at new location
 
 
 
 
Excellent news!
By Joe Vigil: Injured Anchorage firefighter makes progress in recovery

 
 
 
 
By Heather Hintze: Moose: 1 Prius: 0
 
 
 
 

By KTVA Web Staff: For Alaska pilots, the sky is the limit
 
 
 
 

Internet Celebration Day?
By Leroy Polk: Last segment of cable installed for internet in remote Alaska communities

 
 
 
 
By Leroy Polk: Anchorage robber pulls knife on store employee, drops keys to getaway car
 
 
 
 
Free Flu Shot Clinics This Wednesday and Thursday
The Municipal Department of Health and Human Services and Anchorage School District are hosting free flu shot clinics on Wednesday and Thursday. Flu shots are available to the general public, for anyone 6 months of age and older. The vaccine, Quadrivalent, is designed to protect against two influenza A and two influenza B viruses. A limited number of the “high dose” flu vaccine will be available for people 65 years of age and older.
 
 
 
 
Alaska Highway News Local Highlights
 
 
 
 
By William D. Cohan: Journalism’s Broken Business Model Won’t Be Solved by Billionaires
…
But the story of Alice Rogoff and the Alaska Dispatch News is a cautionary tale that shows the limits of what a wealthy owner is willing, or able, to do for a struggling newspaper in the digital era.
 
 
 
 
Halloween at the Library
 
 
 
 
49 Writers Blog – Nancy Lord | The Need for Science Writing
On Wednesday, Oct. 25, I’ll be presenting a free 49 Writers craft talk and reading at the Indigo Tea lounge at 7 p.m. We’ll consider the art of writing science into fiction. Science fiction has been with us for a very long time, but embracing scientists as characters and scientific concepts and practices within all kinds of fiction—speculative or not—gives us new opportunities as readers and writers. I’ll talk about that, read a bit from my novel, and invite conversation.

I’ll also be giving two 49 Writers writing workshops about science writing for general audiences. In Fairbanks on Sat. Oct. 28 from 1-4 at the Bear Gallery and in Anchorage on Sunday Oct. 29 from 2-5 at the Alaska Humanities Forum office. Details at http://49writers.org/class-catalog.
 
 
 
 
Cinthia Ritchie: Poetry acceptance, and lots of Tucson love
 
 
 
 
Craig Medred: Reality Check
 
 
 
 
Craig Medred: Iditarod down
In the wake of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race’s first, publicly revealed doping case, the International Federation of Sleddog Sports has moved to distance itself from the globe’s premier sled-dog competition.

In “an open letter” to the organizers of the 1,000-mile race from Willow to Nome, the global governing body for sled-dog sports disavowed any connection to the embattled Alaska event.

 
 
 
 
Sitka Nature Windy Day

Flag presented to family of Alaskan killed in Las Vegas shooting
 
 
 
 
By Associated Press: FBI arrests ex-manager of Juneau’s historic Bergmann Hotel
 
 
 
 
By Victoria Taylor: APD: 2 adults, 3 juveniles arrested following 10-minute spree of armed robberies
 
 
 
 
Anchorage Mushing District
A proposal currently making the rounds at community council meetings eyes designating a portion of the city to honor mushers.
 
 
 
 
By Sean Maguire: AST: Coast Guard rescues six stranded hunters on Saint Lawrence Island
 
 
 
 
Once-pristine Arctic choking on our plastic addiction
 
 
 
 
Special session scheduled in Juneau, but Senate to meet in Anchorage
 
 
 
 
Story Time with Aunt Phil: The Story of Ruby

By Victoria Taylor / Sean Maguire: Dozens of crashes reported Saturday following first measurable snowfall of the season
Click here for more tips on winter travel.
 
 
 
 
By Cameron Mackintosh: AFN adopts resolution on endorsing U.S. presidential candidates
 
 
 
 
By Sean Maguire: Police defuse a downtown fight involving a crowbar, hammer, and handgun
 
 
 
 
By Juan Montes: Coast Guard rescue a crewman after falling 20 feet
 
 
 
 
The Salvation Army says it has plenty of room for those fighting their addiction
 
 
 
 

FBI-Anchorage seeks wanted sex offender
 
 
 
 
JBER aircraft suffer base’s first-ever laser strikes
 
 
 
 
Inside the Gates: Last surviving member of the 477 Bombardment Group visits JBER
 
 
 
 
By Mary M. Rall U.S. Army Alaska Public Affairs: https://www.dvidshub.net/news/252054/team-alaska-performs-despite-oppressive-heat-humidity
 
 
 
 

Eminent Domain?
State looks to purchase Potter Marsh property
 
 
 
 
Mic Check in the Morning: UAA Faculty
UAA Faculty Concert

7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 21
 
 
 
 

By Associated Press: Iditarod musher charged with stealing kennels from another musher
 
 
 
 
By Kortnie Horazdovsky/KTUU: ICYMI: People Mover changes take place Monday
 
 
 
 
By KTUU Staff: Walker signs the Alaska Tribal Child Welfare Compact at AFN
 
 
 
 
By Samantha Angaiak: Attorney General releases opinion on tribal sovereignty in Alaska
 
 
 
 
Just think how much money could be saved if folks did not build on flood plains~
By Dan Carpenter: Erosion grant goes to MatSu instead of Newtok
 
 
 
 
VOA News: Study: Pollution is the World’s No. 1 Killer
 
 
 
 
Jim Matherly: GUEST COMMENTARY: Optimism for special session
 
 
 
 
By Cliff White: NOAA’s Chris Oliver demands retraction of scientific paper alleging high levels of IUU fishing in Alaska

Alaska tribes first in nation to take over children’s services
 
 
 
 
By Dan Carpenter: Solutions to opioid epidemic discussed at AFN
 
 
 
 
Anchorage chase ends with vehicle-theft, indecent-exposure charges
 
 
 
 
By Mike Ross: Small school success: Hope student wins competition
 
 
 
 
By Ariane Aramburo: David George signs off after 5 years on the Morning Edition
 
 
 
 
AFN Elders help identify photos
 
 
 
 
Channel 2 takes you on board the last “Milk Run” for the iconic “Combi” plane.
 
 
 
 
Duluth Trading Co. to open Anchorage store next year
 
 
 
 
Daybreak’s Adopt-A-Pet: Josey and Wee Wee
Anchorage Animal Care and Control is hosting their first Kitten Foster Program Open House on Saturday, October 21, from 1–3 pm, featuring two very special cats, Linus, fostered and adopted by AACC’s Kennel Supervisor and now AACC’s Spokescat; and Blessing, fostered, raised, and adopted by a foster “Super Mom” from the time he was only a few hours old; and a kitten currently in foster care. In addition, foster parents will be available to share their experiences with guests and answer questions regarding fostering.

Come to Open House to learn how the foster program saves lives and you may just decide to be a foster parent!
 
 
 
 
Three Alaskan women make case for 2nd Amazon HQ in Anchorage
“We may not have everything they want, but we have everything they need,” said Meg Stapleton, who is spearheading the effort.

Together, Baker, her sister Elaine Baker and Stapleton are preparing a packet of letters — stories of Alaska and the people who call it home — to send to Amazon, among proposals from dozens of cities in the U.S.
 
 
 
 
Story Time With Aunt Phil: The Story of Ruby

By Leory Polk: Blue-haired man wanted for ‘groping’ two girls at popular Alaska resort
 
 
 
 
By Joe Vigil: Anchorage police chief talks about crime

 
 
 
 
By KTVA Staff: KTVA Town Hall: Addicted in Alaska
 
 
 
 

By KTUU Staff and Associated Press: Alaska governor voices support for new health insurance reform deal
 
 
 
 

Congratulations Laura Cole!
By KTVA Web Staff: Alaskan to represent 49th State on ‘Top Chef’
 
 
 
 

Thank you Kastle Sorenson!
By Lauren Maxwell: Eagle River baker offers lactation cookies to help nursing moms
 
 
 
 
By Associated Press: UPDATE: Musher accused of doping dogs will not be disciplined, officials say
For the first time in the history of the world’s most famous sled dog race, several of the high-performance animals have tested positive for a prohibited drug. But race officials have refused to name the musher involved.

 
 
 
 
By Dan Carpenter: Anchorage Mayor and Assembly Chair back tax on motor fuel
The extra cost at the gas pump would be in addition to the state’s $0.08 per gallon tax. The owner of Garrett’s Tesoro in Anchorage says the price of gasoline and diesel is already high enough.

“The more we put into taxes the more it takes out of the pockets of consumers and people need the money for food, shelter, clothing,” said Nelson Garrett.

Traini says the tax would save home owners an average of $60 to $360 per year on property taxes. He says it’s dependent on the results of an initiative planned for next year that may increase the tax exemption on a home’s assessed value from $20,000 to $50,000.

 
 
 
 
By John Tracy: Reality Check: When journalism makes a difference
 
 
 
 
By Daybreak Staff: Prosperity Summit happening Thursday
 
 
 
 
By Patrick Moussignac: Spirit of Denali Celebration returns after 8-year absence
 
 
 
 

By Rhonda McBride: Episode 125: Haunting legacies

 
 
 
 
By Associated Press: 7 historic Tlingit pieces returned to Southeast Alaska

By Kalinda Kindle: Website launched to help job seekers in Anchorage
 
 
 
 
By Dan McCue: GUEST COMMENTARY: Congress should protect Alaskans’ rights to arbitration