Board of Regents leadership, known as BOR, consists of 11 members selected by the governor. Each regent is eligible to serve on the board for eight years. The BOR includes a student regent who is also ...

UAA Journalism and Public Communications professor, KTOO reporter and former National Public Radio correspondent Elizabeth ...

The Northern Light had lunch from Pasta La Vista, a local pasta food truck, and spoke with owner Caitlyn Sweeney. Pasta La ...

The 23rd annual Downtown Summer Solstice Festival was held on June 20 and was hosted by Anchorage Downtown Partnership. The ...

Matt Schultz is a lifelong Alaskan and Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in the upcoming November election. Schultz spoke with The Northern Light about his belief in ...

UAA’s Lavender Graduation was established by the pride center in 2017, and is held in the Student Union each year in May. The event celebrates graduating LGBTQ+ students. Social work student and ...

UA General Council Wayne Mowery Jr. and UPD Chief Jeff Earle discussed student rights related to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — or ICE — during a public Zoom conference on April 24. The ...

The Northern Light interviewed former state Sen. Tom Begich, who is running for governor of Alaska in 2026, about music, education, corporate interests, energy and more. “Just to be blunt, you know, I ...

In the late 1950s, NASA and the U.S. Naval School of Aviation Medicine launched a joint research program. The program recruited 11 deaf men from Gallaudet College — a university for the deaf and hard ...

Alaska State Legislature House Bill 101 remains on the Senate floor in gridlock. The Northern Light took a deeper look at the history and context of the bill. House Bill 101, introduced in February ...

University of Alaska staff voted in favor of union representation, 1,106 to 610, with 1,716 eligible voters, according to an April 1 newsletter from UA Chief Human Resources Officer Nickole Conley.

Anchorage’s Pride Month festivities pulled attendees to two distinct hotspots on June 29. Anchorage PrideFest brought dozens of partner organizations and sponsors together with vendors and performers ...