On July 1, the U.S. Senate voted to pass the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which is currently on its way to be passed into law, according to the White House. In a clip provided by Time, J.D. Vance is ...

Recent releases in The Legend of Zelda series, “Breath of the Wild” and “Tears of the Kingdom,” are praised for their open-world exploration. This is largely due to the series featuring primarily ...

“Sinners” is a film about the son of a preacher named Sammie — played by Miles Canton — who works on a plantation in Clarksdale Mississippi in the late 1930s. Sammie is invited by his twin cousins, ...

Hours before the press conference, Kennedy announced that the Department of Health and Human Services will end 22 vaccine development research programs by cutting $500 million in funding, according to ...

Liz Cheney teases Alaska run at Anchorage talk Cheney, a conservative, has opposed President Donald Trump since he lost the election in 2020, eventually losing her U.S. congressional seat because of ...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska and the Nations Law Group filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on April 23. The lawsuit was filed to protect the due process ...

UAA Chancellor Sean Parnell answers questions from UAA's student government, USUAA, regarding recent changes to university policy on DEI. Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. Photo by Matthew Schmitz.

The University of Alaska Board of Regents passed a motion on Feb. 21 requiring all satellite universities to assess and eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion — or DEI-related language on websites ...

The union representing faculty at the University of Alaska, United Academics, sent a letter signed by 356 union members to the Board of Regents asking for the board to rescind a motion that directed ...

Correction: 3/25/25 6:47 p.m. The headline of this story previously read "Eruption alert: Mount Spurr" and was changed to "Eruption update: Mount Spurr." The history of Mount Spurr spans 10,000 years, ...

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — DEI — developments are changing daily, The Northern Light interviewed UAA staff and faculty about their perspectives on DEI. The Northern Light spoke with Community ...

On Feb. 26, the Coalition of Student Leaders created a resolution against the University of Alaska Board of Regents’ motion to assess and reform programs and terms related to diversity, equity and ...