Alaska Dispatch News

• Scott Patterson claims 8th title and Christy Marvin sets new course record in 7th straight win at Crow Pass Crossing August 8, 2022
  Amanda Hegna and Viviana Mina travel together along Eagle River en route to finishing the Crow Pass Crossing on Sunday. (Bill Roth / ADN) (Bill Roth / ADN/)The 37th annual running of the Crow Pass Crossing was originally scheduled to take place last weekend but weather conditions forced the 22.5-mile wilderness marathon to be postponed […]
• Campaign aide to U.S. lawmaker among 4 Muslims killed in New Mexico August 8, 2022
  Raul Bujanda, FBI special agent, speaks during a news conference to address the killing of a fourth Muslim man that happened early Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, in Albuquerque, N.M., during a news conference at the ADP headquarters. (Chancey Bush/The Albuquerque Journal via AP) (Chancey Bush/)The tightknit Muslim community in Albuquerque was rocked by the killings […]
• Senate Democrats pass sweeping health care, tax and climate bill August 8, 2022
  Vice President Kamala Harris waves as she departs the Senate after the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act at the U.S. Capitol on August 7, 2022, in Washington, DC. The Senate worked overnight Saturday into Sunday as they moved toward the final passage of the Senate budget reconciliation deal, which Senate Democrats have named The […]
• Winners and losers in Democrats’ signature tax and energy bill August 8, 2022
  U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., gives a thumbs-up in his office after the Senate approved Democrats' big election-year economic package, in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Lisa Mascaro) (Lisa Mascaro/)WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are the biggest winners now that a huge piece of Democrats’ economic agenda is […]
• Efforts to help residents at Centennial Campground muddied by city’s refusal to call it a homeless response August 8, 2022
  Centennial Park Campground on Thursday. (Anne Raup / ADN)Anchorage residents, social services and community groups have sprung into action in an attempt to fill the gaps in services at Centennial Park Campground, which were left after Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration shut down the Sullivan Arena mass shelter in June and directed homeless residents to the […]