Alaska News Nightly: Friday, April 26, 2024
Lawmakers are skeptical of a social media ban for children. Plus, Native boarding school survivors share stories of their trauma.
27.Apr.2024
Social media ban for kids under 14 passes Alaska House
The social media proposal was added late in the process as an amendment to another bill and hasn’t been subject to public hearings.
27.Apr.2024
Anchorage policing of homeless encampments will hinge on U.S. Supreme Court decision
Anchorage and other western cities say a lower court's ruling has them hamstrung on responding to homelessness.
26.Apr.2024
Anchorage teen’s cold-case killer sentenced to 50 years
Donald McQuade, now 67, was sentenced for the death of Shelley Connolly, who was found dead near a Seward Highway pullout in 1978.
26.Apr.2024
Anchorage School District announces plan to close schools as part of ‘right-sizing’ effort
District staff hope to improve the process from the last time a school closed in 2022.
26.Apr.2024