Alaska National Guardsmen return home after 4 months in Iraq
The airbase where the Alaskans were stationed was attacked Jan. 7 by Iranian rockets.
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East High School’s Army JROTC cadets properly retire US and Alaska flags
About 30 U.S. flags and eight Alaska flags, no longer fit to be displayed, were properly disposed of by burning.
Anchorage Chinese language students celebrate Chinese New Year
2020 is the Year of the Rat.
Dog piles, dances and graveyard dashes: Take a look at Dimond High’s Spirit Olympics
The annual Spirit Olympics filled Anchorage’s Dimond High gym with 70 minutes of hysteria and hilarity as students and faculty members competed in an assortment of oddball events.
Before and after: Haircuts help boost morale at annual Anchorage event aimed at prevention of homelessness
Project Homeless Connect on Wednesday offered some TLC while matching those in need of assistance with representatives of housing and employment services, legal aid, health care and government agencies.
Photos: Anchorage vigil for woman found slain in Fairbanks
Vigils to honor the life of Kristen Huntington were held simultaneously in Fairbanks and Selawik, where Huntington was from originally. Organizers said the vigil was held to raise awareness of the violence Native women face.
Photos: Sitka sees a stretch of cold, snowy weather
The Southeast Alaska city recently dug out from a big snow cycle.
Photos: Best of January 2020
Some of our favorite images of life in Anchorage and across Alaska from Anchorage Daily News photojournalists and contributing photographers.
So negative, yet so positive: At nearly 40 below zero, Fairbanks knows how to chill
The temperatures aren’t extreme by Interior Alaska standards, but Fairbanks hasn’t had a cold stretch like this in years.
Snow falls and fireworks fly as Anchorage celebrates the start of a new decade
Revelers in downtown Anchorage celebrated the new year with live music, dance performances, food trucks and fireworks.
Sledders kick up fun as powder piles up in Anchorage
Sledders took advantage of soft, fluffy, newly fallen snow on the hill at Russian Jack Springs Park on Thursday.
Photos: Holiday trees cheer trail walkers at Kincaid Park
Hundreds of people went to the Anchorage park Sunday to view more than 30 lighted and decorated trees in a celebration of winter solstice.
Alaska Waste builds bikes for families in need
Seventy-seven bikes will be distributed at Salvation Army’s Neighborhood GIFT event.
2018 earthquake damage: Then and now
Images show just how much has changed in the year since a magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook Southcentral Alaska.
Photos: Anchorage area gets its first significant snowfall of the season
Snow totals started at 5 inches in the city and piled up to over a foot in Eagle River.
Photos: Best of November 2019
Check out some of our favorite images of life in Anchorage and Southcentral Alaska.
Photos: Life in Russian Mission
Russian Mission is a Yukon River village of about 340 people.