Alaska News Nightly: Friday, August 22, 2025
Advocates react to a move by the state medical board to restrict gender affirming care for minors.
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LatestRenowned jazz vocalist and band to perform this weekend | State of Art
Svetlana and her band the New York Collective will be performing on Saturday along with Anchorage musician and educator John Damburg.
Rockslides have battered Skagway’s biggest cruise ship dock. What else is at risk?
Researchers are studying rockslide risk in the tourism-dependent town as part of a regional effort to help seven tribal governments understand and respond to local geohazards.
Anchorage Assembly to vote on allowing marijuana smoking at licensed cafes
An Assembly ordinance, if approved, would legalize the purchase and smoking of marijuana at businesses that receive an onsite consumption endorsement from the city and state.
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LatestMillions in West facing dangerous heatwave amid multiple wildfires
Parts of California, Oregon and Washington state will experience extreme heat at least through Tuesday, forecasters said.
Illinois officials blast Trump’s threat to deploy National Guard in Chicago
Earlier in August, Trump deployed hundreds of National Guard members to Washington, D.C., as part of what he touted as an effort to reduce crime and root out homelessness.
It was the costliest hurricane in U.S. history: Have we forgotten Katrina’s lessons?
Nearly 1,400 people died after Hurricane Katrina crashed into Louisiana and Mississippi. Most of the deaths were in New Orleans, which has had an uneven recovery in the past 20 years.
The state of Michigan hopes its scents will bring people to visit
The state’s tourism campaign offers a fragrance for the summer with notes of the beach, wineries and lavender. They struck a chord with some people relaxing by the water.
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