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Anchorage GRIT: 'Empowered to make their own adventures possible'
Seventh-grade girls in a six-week bike mentorship program have just completed their capstone project.
Visual Stories
Photos: Lori Bradford dances into retirement after 27 years at Anchorage's West High
The DanceWest spring show "Reunion" brought alumni and students together to celebrate her career and program.
Kindergartners march to end the school year
Young students at Scenic Park Elementary School parade for parents to end their kindergarten year.
Photos: The Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward Alaska
Sea life at the aquarium in Seward Alaska
Color fills Anchorage greenhouses as planting season begins
Anchorage Parks and Recreation prepares 72,000 plants for beds around the city.
Hooligan fishing peaks along Turnagain Arm
Hooligan fishing signals that the Southcentral Alaska sport fishing season is ramping up.
Celebrating Mother's Day at the Musk Ox Farm
Generations of Alaska families share a unique Mother's Day tradition.
Video: Fly with the Air Force's gas station in the sky
Take a flight with the KC-10 Extender, the Air Force's premier flying gas station, and see it refuel F-15s, F-22s and other aircraft flying during this year's Northern Edge training exercise.
A gas station in the sky
The KC-10 Extender is the Air Force's premier flying gas station, and is playing an important role keeping F-15s, F-22s and other aircraft flying during this year's Northern Edge training exercise.
Photos: Malala the snow leopard is the newest member of the Alaska Zoo family
Malala, a transplant from the Central Park Zoo, is now located along resident snow leopard Nakai.
Photos: Arctic nations gather in Fairbanks
Representatives from the eight Arctic nations gathered this week in Fairbanks for the 10th biennial Arctic Council ministerial meeting.
Photos: UAA Spring Commencement
More than 1,300 students marked their graduation at the Alaska Airlines Center Sunday.
A tale of two Kentucky Derby Parties
Darwin's Theory and Simon & Seafort's Kentucky Derby parties
Photos: Anchorage Bike Blessing brings together hundreds of motorcyclists
The smell of leather and sound of motorcycles filled the Delaney Park Strip on Saturday.
Photos: Best of May 2017
Alaska Dispatch News photographers and contributors capture slices of life from the Anchorage area and across Alaska.
Bill honoring African-American soldiers' contribution to Alaska Highway signed into law
"We can't change the past, but we can honor those who served," said Sen. David Wilson, who introduced the bill.
Video: Inupiat blanket toss at the Native Youth Olympics
Go airborne in a traditional Inupiat blanket toss.
Photos: Native Youth Olympics stick pull and blanket toss
The games are tests of strength, skill, agility and concentration, and are modeled after survival skills unique to the Arctic.
Video: Native Youth Olympics kneel jump competition
Athletes compete in the kneel jump during the Native Youth Olympics on Thursday at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage.