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Alaska governor candidate Bill Walker pitches ending the Permanent Fund dividend

Video | 3 months ago

Bill Walker and Randy Hoffbeck, candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, explain their idea to pay Alaskans a final $10,000 dividend from the Alaska Permanent Fund. The two spoke at the Anchorage Daily News office on June 3, 2026. Walker is a former...

Driver slams car into Wasilla Police Department headquarters

Video | 4 months ago

Security videos from the Wasilla Police Department in Alaska show a vehicle traveling in front of the police station before crashing through the doors on May 13, 2026. (Video courtesy of Wasilla Police Department) Read more from the Mat-Su Sentinel: https:/...

Alaskan describes being mauled by a bear in Anchorage's Chugach Mountains

Video | 9 months ago

Months after a bear attack that nearly killed her, Anchorage resident Victoria Lytle was able to meet and thank her rescuers. The 67-year-old retiree shared her story of that harrowing July day along a trail on the Anchorage Hillside during a small event at...

For Anchorage mountain runner Lars Arneson, Near Point is dear

Short | 1 years ago

Check out the full story: https://www.adn.com/outdoors-adventure/2025/07/08/for-anchorages-lars-arneson-near-is-dear/ This is the first installment of “My Alaska Outdoors,” a series of stories and short videos about Alaskans exploring their favorite ways an...

Road Zipper reconfigures lanes on Glenn Highway Knik River bridge

Video | 1 years ago

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski on responding to fear and anxiety after Trump administration actions

Video | 1 years ago

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, spoke about responding to fear and anxiety in the wake of recent federal workforce and spending cuts and other policies of the Trump administration. Murkowski spoke at a leadership conference hosted by The Foraker Group i...

Midtown Anchorage Car Theft

Short | 1 years ago

A driver of a stolen SUV causes chaos as it blasts through the streets of Midtown Anchorage in March, 2025. (Courtesy Bailey Bleakley) Full story on adn.com: https://www.adn.com/opinions/2025/03/20/opinion-why-you-never-leave-a-car-running-unattended/

The polar bear and the bird scientist: George Divoky’s 50-year vigil

Video | 1 years ago

Ornithologist George Divoky has spent 50 years studying birds on a remote island in the Arctic Ocean. Now 78 years old, he contemplates the end of his study. Read the full story on adn.com: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/science/2024/10/06/the-polar-bear-a...

U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola and Nick Begich debate at the Alaska Oil and Gas Association candidate forum

Video | 2 years ago

U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat, and her Republican challenger Nick Begich appeared at a candidate forum hosted by the Alaska Oil and Gas Association during their annual conference on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski on partisanship and presidential choices. ‘Maybe I don’t vote for either one’

Video | 2 years ago

Sen. Lisa Murkowski weighed the choices in the upcoming presidential election during an Anchorage news conference last week. “I don’t know. Maybe I don’t vote for either one,” Murkowski told Alaska reporters Thursday. “I haven’t decided that. I don’t like t...

Alaska DOT tests robotic dog for use in airport wildlife mitigation

Video | 2 years ago

Alaska Department of Transportation is testing a robotic dog for future use in wildlife mitigation at Fairbanks International Airport. DOT program manager Ryan Marlow demonstrates the Boston Dynamics robot works in Anchorage on March 26, 2024. (Marc Lester ...

Alaska students protest for school funding

Video | 2 years ago

Students in Anchorage, Eagle River and Juneau protest Alaska's failure to pass a statewide education funding bill on April 4, 2024. (Bill Roth, Sean Maguire and Marc Lester / ADN)