Alaska Dispatch News

• 6 dead, 30 wounded in shooting at July 4 parade in Chicago suburb July 4, 2022
  Terrified parade-goers fled Highland Park's Fourth of July parade after shots were fired, leaving behind their belongings as they sought safety, Monday, July 4, 2022, in Highland Park, Ill. (Lynn Sweet/Chicago Sun-Times via AP) (Lynn Sweet/)HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — A gunman on a rooftop opened fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago on […]
• OPINION: Alaska needs to move on from its gas line dream — to hydrogen July 4, 2022
  A gas flare burns near Prudhoe Bay's Lisburne Production Center on Friday, May 22, 2015. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News) (Alaska Dispatch News/)If we build it, will they come?Since the April Sustainable Energy Conference, these opinion pages offered a series of gently competing views of our North Slope stranded natural gas development projects. These […]
• OPINION: Border carbon adjustment can help reduce carbon emissions July 4, 2022
  Downtown Anchorage, photographed on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. (Loren Holmes / ADN) (Loren Holmes/)Have you ever heard of border carbon adjustment? You might have, if you’re a regular reader of this page, because it’s become kind of a topic here. Perhaps you saw Brooke Cusack’s April 7 commentary in support of border carbon adjustment (BCA), […]
• Curious Alaska: What’s the story behind the Too Much Johnson Cabin in Wrangell-St. Elias? July 4, 2022
  Sid Johnson leaves Bonanza for McCarthy, 1915. (Lewis V. Stanley photograph collection, 1904-1929 via Alaska State Library) Curious Alaska is an ongoing feature powered by your questions. What do you want to know or want us to investigate about life in Alaska, stories behind the news or why things are the way they are? Let […]
• These 4 Anchorage businesses are making trail-friendly snacks fit for your next outdoor adventure July 4, 2022
  It’s no surprise that there’s a steady market for trail snacks in our state — Alaskans have been hitting the outdoors for ages and the need for fuel on the trail remains constant.In Anchorage, several local business owners have been working hard to provide healthier food options on the trail, made in Alaska by Alaskans.Four […]