Alaska Dispatch News

• As Alaska’s legislative session begins, masks stay required at the state Capitol January 17, 2022
  Rep. Sara Hannan, D-Juneau, and Sen. Lora Reinbold, R-Eagle River, discuss a mask mandate in the Alaska State Capitol on Monday, Jan. 17, 2021. Hannan is chair of the House-Senate Legislative Council, which declined to make face masks optional in the Capitol. (James Brooks / ADN)JUNEAU — Face masks are required in the Alaska State […]
• This man was at the end of his life. Strangers stepped up to take him on bucket-list adventures. January 17, 2022
  Vanessa Mitchell-Delmotte and her father at Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado, Calif., on Dec. 9. (Courtesy of Vanessa Mitchell-Delmotte) (Courtesy of Vanessa Mitchell-Delmotte/)Throughout his adult life, Patrick Mitchell had one goal in the distance: live to be older than 100.He knew it was ambitious, but he took steps he thought might help get […]
• Alaskans with roots in South Pacific wait to hear from relatives after massive volcano eruption January 17, 2022
  From left, Sela Ofiu, Fehoko Pulu, Mahina Inoke and Lineni Makihele of Anchorage on Sunday were waiting to hear from relatives in Tonga on Sunday. (Bill Roth / ADN) (Bill Roth / ADN/)The massive undersea volcano eruption near Tonga in the South Pacific affected Anchorage residents who have family and friends on the islands almost […]
• Religious opposition to vaccines is rooted in politics, not tradition January 17, 2022
  The Supreme Court shown Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (Evan Vucci/)On Thursday, the Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration’s coronavirus vaccine mandate for the nation’s largest employers but allowed the policy to stand for health-care workers at facilities that receive Medicare and Medicaid funding. As a result, only 17 million - […]
• Storm front whips US Northeast with snow and knocks out power January 17, 2022
  Birds stand on a patch of ice in the Allegheny River on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, on the North Shore in Pittsburgh. (Emily Matthew/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP) (Emily Matthews/)NEW YORK — A dangerous winter storm brought significant snowfall, strong thunderstorms and blustery winds to the northeastern U.S. on a holiday Monday.A foot or more of […]