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Based in Anchorage, Anchorage Daily News offers news, features and commentary with a statewide focus.
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Editorial: Cloudy with a chance of controversy
14+ hour, 59+ min ago (734+ words) Somebody messed with Alaska’s weather last month. Before anybody checks the skies for black helicopters, relax. On Aug. 23, a California company called Rainmaker Technology Corporation launched a drone near the head of Kachemak Bay and flew it into clouds cold…...
A NYC firehouse was first to respond on 9/11. 25 years on, Sal Argano is the last still on the staff.
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (978+ words) NEW YORK — Sal Argano got lucky. When the World Trade Center was struck by hijacked jets on Sept. 11, 2001, the New York City firefighter was in Brooklyn, on loan to another station, rather than at his usual post at the small…...
Opinion: American Samoans, Treg Taylor and Alaska’s two-tiered justice system
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (402+ words) This was not just confusing for the defendants. Testimony in House Judiciary in May 2025 showed that, as recently as 2022, the Division of Elections itself did not understand the prohibition on American Samoans voting in local elections. Alaska has the second-highest…...
Votes in favor of Ballot Measure 1, reinstating campaign contribution limits, take early lead
3+ week, 4+ day ago (344+ words) Alaskans in Tuesday’s primary election voted on whether to restore campaign contribution limits that have been absent since 2021. Ballot Measure 1 asked voters whether to reinstate campaign contribution limits: If approved, the measure would limit individual political contributions to $2,000 for candidates…...