The Northern Light had lunch from Pasta La Vista, a local pasta food truck, and spoke with owner Caitlyn Sweeney. Pasta La ...

The 23rd annual Downtown Summer Solstice Festival was held on June 20 and was hosted by Anchorage Downtown Partnership. The ...

Parts of the UAA/APU Consortium Library will be affected by renovations until late 2026 for the addition of the Alaska Leaders Archive. The Alaska Leaders Archive will be a public archive that ...

Bill Hill is an Independent candidate running for Alaska’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Hill spoke with The ...

Tom Begich is a Democratic candidate and former minority leader in the Alaska Senate from 2019 to 2023. Begich is running for governor with former USDA Director Julia Hnilicka as his running mate.

Michael Jackson’s iconic 1982 album “Thriller” is one of the greatest albums of all time. Having remained on the Billboard 200 chart for more than 600 nonconsecutive weeks, it is still widely listened ...

Matt Schultz is a lifelong Alaskan and Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in the upcoming November election. Schultz spoke with The Northern Light about his belief in ...

UAA’s Lavender Graduation was established by the pride center in 2017, and is held in the Student Union each year in May. The event celebrates graduating LGBTQ+ students. Social work student and ...

Aubree Kline is a UAA Bachelor of Arts student and the first UAA graduate to obtain her degree through the Strategic Use of Nationally Registered Apprenticeships for Educators program — or SUNRAE. The ...

Several bookshelves at the UAA Consortium Library will remain temporarily empty as staff rearrange collections. Head of Access Services Lorelei Sterling said journal collections were relocated from ...

In the late 1950s, NASA and the U.S. Naval School of Aviation Medicine launched a joint research program. The program recruited 11 deaf men from Gallaudet College — a university for the deaf and hard ...

Alaska State Legislature House Bill 101 remains on the Senate floor in gridlock. The Northern Light took a deeper look at the history and context of the bill. House Bill 101, introduced in February ...