The Anchorage School District plans to close Nunaka Valley Elementary School at the end of this school year. Pictured on Jan. 27, 2025. Among the most visible signs of Alaska’s shrinking ...

Audience members at the Anchorage School Board meeting raise their hands in silent applause of testimony supporting the Alaska School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing on Feb. 4, 2025. Dozens of ...

Alaska’s public school test scores remaining near the bottom of the nation have turbo-charged the political debate in the Legislature over school funding. Gov. Mike Dunleavy addressed Alaska’s ...

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck near Takotna Wednesday evening, the largest to hit the area since December 1989.

Charter schools in Alaska currently serve 4% of public school students. Lawmakers in the House and Senate majorities have questioned the idea of offering funding and policy boosts that serve only ...

A pair of North Pole seniors played in the first-ever NFL FLAG High School Girls Showcase, met NFL Pro Bowl players and ...

Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh plans to share the new photos at his state of the city address Thursday night. Construction on the STEAM School experienced years of delays due to the pandemic and ...

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Rural schools, mostly in Southeast Alaska, are facing a major funding shortfall this year after the U.S. House of Representatives failed to reauthorize a bill aimed at funding communities ...