Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, January 7, 2025
As Alaska’s climate changes, Anchorage is adapting its plans to respond and prepare.
Alaska News
LatestMacKenzie Scott bestows $18M on APU
“It’s really validating and and we’re excited about what’s next for us,” says APU’s president.
In Mulchatna bear-culling lawsuit, state ordered to pay over $500K
The Alaska Wildlife Alliance sued in 2023, and on Dec. 31, 2025, a Superior Court judge ordered the state to pay up.
This week’s snowfall in Anchorage was record-breaking
Over 19 in. of snow has fallen on the city since Sunday evening.
NPR
LatestSnow and ice ground flights and choke highways in parts of Europe
More than 1,000 stranded passengers spent the night at Amsterdam’s international airport as snow and ice that is pummeling parts of Europe grounded hundreds of flights.
Trump invites Colombian president to White House after threatening his country with military strike
President Donald Trump abruptly changed his tone Wednesday about his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, saying they had exchanged a friendly phone call and he’d even invited the leader of the South American country to...
Rep. Steny Hoyer, the longest-serving House Democrat, to retire at the end of term
The Democrat from Maryland is the longest-serving Democrat in Congress, and was once a rival to become House speaker. Hoyer will announce Thursday he is set to retire at the end of his term.
U.S. to exit 66 international organizations in further retreat from global cooperation
Most of the targets are U.N.-related agencies, commissions and advisory panels that focus on climate, labor and other issues that the Trump administration has categorized as catering to diversity and “woke”...
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