Alaska Dispatch News

• Anchorage-based Army paratrooper killed in Ohio motorcycle crash June 30, 2022
  Sgt. Seth Vision, a paratrooper with the 11th Airborne Division at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, was killed in a motorcycle accident in Ohio on Saturday, June 25. (Photo provided by U.S. Army Alaska)A 21-year-old Alaska-based paratrooper died last weekend in a motorcycle crash in Ohio, military officials said Thursday.Sgt. Seth P. Vision, who was from Ohio, […]
• Some medical debt is being removed from US credit reports June 30, 2022
  Brooke Davis, photographed Thursday, June 30, 2022 in McDonough, Ga., has been struggling with medical debt. Starting Friday, the three major U.S. credit reporting companies will stop counting paid medical debt on credit reports. (AP Photo/Ben Gray) (Ben Gray/)Help is coming for many people with medical debt on their credit reports.Starting Friday, the three major […]
• OPINION: How to fix the U.S. labor shortage? Provide decent child care. June 30, 2022
  Preschoolers eat lunch at a day care center, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in Mountlake Terrace, Wash. Child care centers once operated under the promise that it would always be there when parents have to work. Now, each teacher resignation, coronavirus exposure, and day care center closure reveals an industry on the brink, with wide-reaching implications […]
• Justice Department investigating how NYPD handles sex-assault crimes June 30, 2022
  Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Kristen Clarke speaks at a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) (Andrew Harnik/)The Justice Department on Thursday opened a federal investigation into the New York City Police Department’s handling of sexual assault cases, citing allegations that investigators did […]
• This weekend: Girdwood Forest Fair returns, and Hawaiian bands bring aloha to Anchorage and Hope June 30, 2022
  People listen to an Anchorage Summer Arts in the Park concert on the front lawn of the Anchorage Museum on June 4. (Emily Mesner / ADN) (Emily Mesner/)The Fourth of July lands on Monday. And while there will be many major commemorations, celebrations and backyard barbecues across the state, there is still plenty to do […]