A look back at news that affected libraries and library workers in 2025, including federal funding updates and changes at ALA ...

Federal funding for libraries and museums has been reinstated nine months after the Trump administration first sought to eliminate the agency that provides that money. The initial move sparked concern ...

A disgraced cardiologist who was quietly ousted from the Alaska State Medical Board was found dead in a house fire at his home mere days after he was arrested on child sex abuse charges — and bailed ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Days after he was charged with 10 counts of possessing child porn, an Alaska doctor died in a fire ...

Anchorage firefighters responded to a blaze at the Dimond Estates trailer court on Dec. 24, 2025. One person was found dead in the trailer. One person is dead after a fatal fire in a mobile home in ...

PALMER — A Wasilla cardiologist arrested Thursday on charges of possession of child sex abuse material was missing after fire consumed his home on Saturday evening, Alaska State Troopers said. A man’s ...

Stacks of cardboard boxes, many still taped shut, sit in an office on the fourth floor of Loussac Library in Midtown Anchorage. They contain a backlog of hundreds of new books that librarians must ...

Every fifteen minutes, on average, the ground moves somewhere in Alaska. Most of those quakes are too small to notice, but together they reveal a state under constant geologic pressure. That routine ...

Raging flames leaped from an apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side on Tuesday, raining debris onto the sidewalk and spewing smoke across the cityscape, but causing no major injuries, ...

Days after he was charged with 10 counts of possessing child porn, an Alaska doctor died in a fire he may have set himself. The investigation into the fiery death of Ryan McDonough continues, with ...

Library District will hold a public meeting at the Silver Lake Fire Department this Saturday, Jan. 10 at 10 a.m. to discuss ...

LAKE STATION — The Lake Station-New Chicago branch of the Lake County Public Library is closed indefinitely for cleanup and remediation following a small fire Monday morning.