ALASKA'S NEWSPAPER

| Updated: 6:59 PM

Home | Alaska Newsreader | Obituaries | Archives

TV Listings | Movies | Music | Restaurants | Submit Event

Anchorage

The Melting Snow Uncovers a Winters Worth of Trash

A life jacket and other trash on the melting surface of Jewel Lake on Thursday, April 26, 2012.

Melting snow revels winters trash.

Historic Railroad Track Maintenance Cars

The Motorcar Operators West club put their track speeders onto the rails of the Alaska Railroad on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at the Ship Creek Railroad yard. The 29 obsolete and restored railroad work cars will travel the the rails from Anchorage to Fairbanks, back to Anchorage then to Seward and Whittier in the next two weeks.

Restored Track Speeders ride the Alaska Rails.

Anchorage July 4th 2011

Throngs of people turn out at the Anchorage July 4th Celebration Monday July 4, 2011 on the Delaney Park Strip.

The Anchorage July 4th Celebration draws throngs of participants and spectators.

Winds Scour Anchorage

Gusts of wind blast shingles atop a home on Scalero Drive Thursday morning April 7, 2011 in south Anchorage.

Gusting winds scour Anchorage.

Fur Rondy 2011

People walk past a giant phoenix snow sculpture on Tuesday night, Mar. 1, 2011, that was carved by Team AK Awesome who won first place in the 3-member team competition at Fur Rondy.

Anchorage Fur Rondy 2011.

Fur Rondy Fur Bikini Contest

FIRST LEGO Robotics Competition

Rogers Park Elementary Cheese Ninjas team members Eric Tyskiewicz, Ryan Stiles, Kaden Caldarera, Zack Steinberg, Alex Daskalos and Simon Mahns. Teams from across the state competed with their LEGO robot on the course on Saturday January 15, 2011 at Dimond High School. Teams build and program their robots built with LEGO parts to perform tasks on a standard course. They compete head to head in the FIRST LEGO League state wide competition.

The FIRST LEGO League Robotics state wide competition.

Oscar Lajoie Sentencing

Sentencing hearing for Oscar Lajoie.

New Years Eve 2010

New Years Eve celebration in downtown Anchorage.

Special Olympics Polar Plunge

Special Olympics Alaska's 2nd annual Polar Plunge at Goose Lake on Saturday December 18, 2010. Over 700 jumpers raised more then $275,000 by jumping into the near freezing water with air temperatures in the single digits.

Special Olympics Alaska Polar Plunge at Goose Lake.

Reader-submitted

Alaska cabins

Share photos of what you love most about your cabin; bonus for any outhouses that make it into your submissions.

Post your cabin photo

Reader-submitted: 2012 Bicycling

Location: Anchorage, 04/18/2011 Three-wheeling Bud!

Share photos of your races, rides, tricks or even your favorite bike.

Share your biking photos

READER-SUBMITTED

Alaska birds

Alaska is home to hundreds of different migrating bird species and readers have posted hundreds of their bird-watching finds. Share your photos.

RSVP: May 2012

Location: Bagram, Afghanistan, 05/01/2012 CW2 Clinton K. Brown III of the Alaska Army National Guard with President Obama 1 May 2012 in Bagram, Afghanistan

Submit your photos from community projects and social occasions around town in May, 2012.

Submit your RSVP photo

Reader-submitted: Alaska Gardens 2012

Location: 05/21/2012, Indian The beginning of summer!

Alaska-themed Tattoos

Reader submitted: Mom and me

Reader submitted: Alaska dogs

Reader-submitted: 2012 High School Grad

Alaska Spring 2012:Reader-submitted

Snowmachines

2012 Bear sightings: Reader-submitted

Reader submitted: 2012 Aurora Borealis

RSVP: April 2012

RSVP March 2012

Reader submitted: 2012 Iditarod

Reader submitted: Fur Rondy 2012

Moose sightings

Reader-submitted: 2012 UAA Grad

2011/12 Alaska winter

RSVP: February 2012

RSVP: January - 2012

Cordova snowstorm

January Valdez snowstorm

Frosty Alaskans

Slideshows

Alaska-based soldiers headed for Afghanistan

Brigade commander Col. Morris Goins addresses his troops and guests at a U.S. Army Alaska deployment ceremony for the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division Tuesday morning November 29, 2011 at Sullivan Arena. The 3,500-soldier brigade will be departing for Afghanistan on a series of flights in November and December.

AUDIO SLIDE SHOW

Food Bank of Alaska Thanksgiving Blessing

The Food Bank of Alaska Thanksgiving Blessing project is a community-wide effort to provide turkeys and all the fixings to everyone in need on one day, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, from seven locations and is expected to provide enough food to feed around 7,000 families.

AUDIO SLIDE SHOW

Southcentral Power Project

Project manager Dustin Highers discusses the Southcentral Power Project located at the Chugach Electric Association headquarters off International Airport Road in Anchorage.

Touring the Goose Creek Correctional Center

Corrections commissioner Joe Schmidt describes the new Goose Creek Correctional Center slated to begin accepting prisoners in March of 2012 at Point MacKenzie.

AUDIO SLIDE SHOW

Operation Bulldog Bite