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Alaska Nanooks Rifle Team Hosts #12 Ohio State to Start 2025-26
The Alaska Nanooks rifle program kicks off its 2025-26 season at home, facing the No. 12 Ohio State Buckeyes in a dual match. The first contest is scheduled for October 17 at the E.F. Horton Rifle Range, while the second will take place the...

A House of Dynamite to The Twits: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Pick of the week A House of Dynamite A missile of unknown origin has been launched from the Pacific – and it’s heading for the US. From that hook, Kathryn Bigelow has fashioned an almost unbearably tense thriller out of the American response. As...

Anchorage football star Deuce Zimmerman is enjoying a breakout season at Western New Mexico University
East High's Deuce Zimmerman in 2022. (Marc Lester / ADN) There isn’t a bevy of Alaskans tearing it up and posting prolific production for their respective college football programs right now. One of the few is Anchorage’s Deuce Zimmerman. Now a...

Alaska Grows Single Sign-On With Mobile App, Focuses on Privacy
It’s no small task to stand up a single digital portal to access government services. A “one-stop shop” or “Amazon-like experience” has long been held up as the goal as governments work to provide easier access to everything from receiving social...

Alaska airlifts hundreds from coastal villages hit by typhoon
Alaska is undertaking one of the most significant airlifts in its history as hundreds of people are being evacuated from coastal villages hit hard by Typhoon Halong last weekend, according to officials. The storm resulted in record water levels...

The Alaska Airlines Sports Center becomes temporary home for 100’s evacuated from floods
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Crews scurried to turn the Alaska Airlines Sports Center into an emergency shelter for evacuated flood victims Wednesday night. Within hours there were 300 cots set up inside. Harry Snyder was one of the people who spent...

Evacuees detail harrowing scenes of flooding in coastal Alaska villages as airlift continues
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The house rocked as if an earthquake had struck, and suddenly it was floating. Water seeped in through the front door, and waves smacked the big glass window. From the lone dry room where Alexie Stone and his brothers and...

WA college sports schedule: Oct. 17-24, 2025
MOSES LAKE – College athletes continue to battle through the season as the weather gets colder and the games get hotter. Check out where your favorite college team will be playing this week. Football Oct. 18 UW (5-1) @ Michigan – 9 a.m. WSU (3-3)...

BSU’s Luke Roelofs details progress, penalties and his bizarre hunt for stitches in Anchorage
BEMIDJI — Every Bemidji State men’s hockey player made the trip to Anchorage, Alaska, for the season-opening series against the Seawolves. And almost every player followed the scheduled itinerary. Sophomore defenseman Luke Roelofs, however, did...

In photos: Tears and uncertainty in day two of mass evacuation from western Alaska
Flights continued on a C-17 military transport plane Thursday evacuating hundreds of residents of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok after the devastation of ex-Typhoon Halong. Evacuees sheltered overnight in Bethel on Wednesday after being airlifted from...

‘Everything is lost now’: Hundreds evacuate from Western Alaska villages
A massive airlift is underway in Western Alaska as Alaska National Guard planes and helicopters take people from villages devastated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong. On Wednesday and Thursday, hundreds of people from Kipnuk and Kwigillingok...

Media reveal how the Alaska summit with Putin helped shift Trump's stance on Ukraine
The shift in US President Donald Trump's stance on Ukraine is becoming increasingly evident, giving the Ukrainian side hope for a tougher approach from the White House leader towards Russia to push it into negotiations. Sources told Politico that...
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird Continues Fight to Protect Women’s Sports
DES MOINES, IOWA (October 16, 2025) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced Wednesday, October 15, that she was leading a coalition of eighteen states challenging a Minnesota state law that mandates allowing men to participate in women’s...

This Week in Alaska History: Oct. 13-19
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - This week marks several significant anniversaries in Alaska history, from the founding of a university to the territory’s purchase from Russia. On Oct. 13, 1960 — Alaska Methodist University held its first classes on the...

One of Alaska’s biggest airlifts is now underway, after massive storm
Officials are evacuating hundreds of Alaskans after a powerful storm system hammered the state’s western coast this week, in what the National Guard described as one of the largest airlifts in the state’s recent history. In the aftermath of...

Lifetime’s 2025 ‘It’s a Wonderful Lifetime’ Lineup: Guide to New Movies
‘Tis the season to celebrate new holiday movie releases — and Lifetime is ready for the festive season with its annual “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” lineup. The network announced on Thursday, October 16, that the Lifetime Channel will release 12 new...

After DOGE cuts and now ex-Typhoon Halong in western Alaska, trust is needed to rebuild forecasting
When the remnants of Typhoon Halong hit western Alaska this week, radar showed color bands curling across meteorological maps, but people on the ground were already watching what those models could not see. On social media, especially TikTok,...

TalisWoman returns: Women's art show opens Saturday at Petersburg library
This Saturday, the Petersburg Public Library is hosting the opening reception for TalisWoman, this year’s iteration of Petersburg’s long-running Women’s Art Show. While the library regularly features art displays and maintains a permanent art...
How Trump Crushed The Left's Media Machine
Submitted By Thomas Kolbe Donald Trump is the master of memes — and of the media. No modern political figure understands better how to energize the long-humiliated conservative-patriotic soul that has been crushed for decades by a left-liberal...

GMC COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Cinema Night, Creepy Critters, and Trunk or Treat!
Fairbanks families have several fun community events to look forward to this weekend — from cultural films to Halloween celebrations. Here’s a look at what’s happening around town. Japanese Cinema Night at UAF The University of Alaska Fairbanks...