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Taste of Homer finds appetite for new fall format

Sold-out dining experience and guided tour lead first year of changes

Sharon Louise (Cole) Fromong

March, 11, 1944 - August, 18, 2026

OPINION: A president at war with reality

Trump’s latest threat to the Fed tests the limits of power

Global Citizen Festival 2026 lineup: Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean, Shaboozey, TOMORROW X TOGETHER and more

Ms. Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean will headline the 2026 Global Citizen Festival in New York’s Central Park on Sept. 26, joining a lineup that also includes Lenny Kravitz, John Legend, Lainey Wilson, Shaboozey and K-pop group TOMORROW X TOGETHER. Hill...

Global Citizen Festival 2026 lineup: Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean, Shaboozey, TOMORROW X TOGETHER and more

ManChurch Word from Pastor Zach

Unite Church in Anchorage Alaska. 2025 Weekly Sunday Services at 9:30 & 11:30 AM Alaska local time.

Unite Sunday Morning Service

Unite Church in Anchorage Alaska. 2025 Weekly Sunday Services at 9:30 & 11:30 AM Alaska local time.

Last Frontier Republican Club Alaska Governor Debate 2026

Last Frontier Republican Club Goveernors Debate 2026. Member-Hosted Event: Alaska Governor Debate Forum Tuesday, September 8, 2026 5:30 PM This is a private member-hosted event taking place at the Petroleum Club of Anchorage. The Club is providing th...

Alaska Cannabis Exchange | Herb shop in Anchorage AK

Alaska Cannabis Exchange is a trusted herb shop in Anchorage AK, offering a convenient selection of herbal products, cannabis-related items, vaporizers, vape pens, and accessories. As an established cannabis store and smoke shop, we provide customers...

Unite Sunday Morning Service

Unite Church in Anchorage Alaska. 2025 Weekly Sunday Services at 9:30 & 11:30 AM Alaska local time.

Last Frontier Republican Club Alaska Governor Debate 2026

Something happened to us in Valdez Alaska... I can't even talk

While visiting Valdez, Alaska, something unexpected happened that changed the rest of our trip. We’d been excited to visit ...

Nome celebrates Labor Day with bathtub, rubber duck races

By Ariana Crockett O'Harra Just like in 2024, residents of Nome were joined by cruise ship passengers for the Labor Day festivities. At high noon sharp, three teams lined up bathtubs festooned with streamers, ready for the Great Labor Day Batht...

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Teen survives boating tragedy, two lost their lives at sea

By Diana Haecker A 15-year-old fisherman is the only survivor of a maritime tragedy involving a crew of three who departed Savoonga in a small fishing vessel on Friday, Sept. 4, and were reported missing on Sunday at 2:30 pm. On Monday afternoon, U....

US Corps of Engineers officiates port expansion groundbreaking ceremony

By Diana Haecker On invitation by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the federal entity overseeing the Port of Nome expansion project, City of Nome officials and representatives of the phase 1A contractor Kiewit, gathered at the causeway on Wednesday...

Fog hampers Musk Ox Classic XC race

By Ariana Crockett O'Harra Thick fog Saturday morning led to weather delays for the annual Nome-Beltz Musk Ox Classic cross country run meet, held on trails behind the Nome-Beltz campus. The first race of the day was the Nome Elementary Running...

Alaska gubernatorial candidates participate in first forum since a post-primary ballot shuffle

Former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson, a Republican candidate for governor, listens to a question at a Sept. 9. 2026, forum held by the Last Frontier Republican Club at the Petroleum Club of Anchorage. Next to him, from left, are former state Rep. Jona...

Alaska Science Forum Time capsule: Color guard

Note: Regardless of how far they had advanced into autumn colors, all the leaves in Goldstream Valley on the morning of Sept. 3, 2026, were crusted with frost. Neither green willow nor purple fireweed leaves were spared, a first-frost possibility...

Alaska continues rollout of Rural Health Transformation Program awards

The Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center, Kodiak's main hospital, is seen on Feb. 2, 2024. The hospital facility is owned by the Kodiak Island Borough who was awarded $3.8 million in September 2026 to update the hospital's climate control system....