Our story with photos: Led by Junior Iditarod champion Emily Robinson and 2025 starting competitor Jason Mackey, mushers this morning started launching from downtown Anchorage during the ceremonial start for this year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. adn.com/outdoors-adven…

In slow-mo: Willow musher Gabe Dunham and team cruise down Cordova Street.

Our updated story, with photos: Today's Iditarod ceremonial start drew eager dog teams, throngs of spectators and calls for "bootie bootie bootie" adn.com/outdoors-adven…

A rare Iditarod restart in Fairbanks draws enthusiastic crowds for "NASCAR with dogs." adn.com/outdoors-adven…

probably the Edmund Fitzgerald

Anchorage police stopped identifying juvenile or domestic violence victims of homicide in 2020. Last year, they named just half the people killed by others. adn.com/alaska-news/cr…

Police officials say they worry public identification shines a painful spotlight on already traumatized families. But some experts say the lack of official information may actually serve to keep the human toll of deadly violence hidden.

Jean Kashikov, a citizen of Kazakhstan who began studying in Alaska on a student visa in 2019, is one of at least four UAA students or recent graduates who abruptly lost their visas in recent days. adn.com/alaska-news/20…

do you think the cardinals watched conclave together and were pointing at the screen going 'that one's you'

Chicago got a pope before it got a QB to throw for 4,000 yards in a season.

“ God bless everyone in the world, except Green Bay.”

Leo XIV is from the Midwest which means he's actually the Ope

More than 150 Ukrainian refugees have started a new life in a Slavic community in Interior Alaska since the start of the war with Russia. But as the expiration of their parole status nears, many worry they’ll be uprooted again. adn.com/alaska-news/20…

Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance's administration has laid out a proposal to spend a combined $1.7 million to build and set up a substance abuse treatment program in a cluster of 24 tiny homes. adn.com/alaska-news/an…

He yearns for the Midwest

A plan to sell millions of acres of federal lands in the West has been ruled out of Republicans’ big tax and spending cut bill after the Senate parliamentarian determined the proposal would violate the chamber’s rules. adn.com/nation-world/2…

Families and funeral directors are using AI obituary generators to more efficiently memorialize the dead. What happens when they get it wrong? wapo.st/3IZ5Vob

A group of reporters and editors at two Kenai Peninsula newspapers are resigning over what they say was the handling of a recent article by their parent company, Carpenter Media Group, after it was criticized by a Republican state lawmaker. adn.com/alaska-news/20…

Have you been affected by large class sizes in Anchorage schools as a teacher, student, parent or guardian? We’d like to hear from you. You can share your experience using this form. adn.com/alaska-news/ed…

Turnpike covered “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” last night just a few days before the 50th anniversary of the disaster.