Good morning, Anchorage.

Alaska Adoption Services is hosting its fifth annual Diaper Dash on Saturday at Tudor Elementary to collect diapers and raise money for its Community Diaper Pantry.

The event features a children’s one-mile race followed by a 5K at 10:30 a.m. (sizes 5, 6, and 7 are especially needed).

Anchorage first responders took part in a stair climb to remember those lost on 9/11.

Participants, in full gear, climbed what would equal 110 World Trade Center floors (their steps honored both veteran and new firefighters) during a local commemorative event.

The Sitka Music Festival brings its Autumn Classics series to Anchorage from Sept.

18 to 27, featuring Grammy winners Zuill Bailey & Jason Vieaux as they perform in a special show on Sept. 26 and a free concert at the Anchorage Museum on Sept. 25.

Hilcorp, HEX and Chugach testified before the House and Senate Resources Committee on Thursday about Cook Inlet gas reliability.

Hilcorp confirmed ample storage for this winter while HEX and Chugach warned that without extra production, LNG imports or additional North Slope gas will be needed by winter 2029.

Anchorage Assembly will review the Missing Middle Housing Opportunity Overlay (MMHOP) proposal at a hearing Tuesday, Sept.

15 at 6 p.m. at the Z.J. Loussac Library. The plan permits housing types such as duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes along major roads and transit corridors to boost affordable options while raising neighborhood concerns.

North Slope crude oil topped $100 on Wednesday, boosting state revenue to nearly $7bn and adding $128 million to Permanent Fund dividends so that payments rise to $1,200 per recipient starting Oct.

1 (with extra funds for schools and fuel loans).

Former Assemblyman Dick Traini, known for his 19 years of service and five terms as Assembly Chair, died last Friday at 77.

His family invites community members to attend his service at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on Sept. 19 at 4 p.m.

New data from the state shows a ten-year high in youth suicide deaths in 2025, with boys dying by suicide over four times as often as girls and Alaska Native youth affected most.

Tara Schmidt at (PC CARES) recommends families limit access to guns and medications to help prevent acts.

The design for Iditarod 2027 was unveiled by organizers (created by longtime partners Alaska Serigraphics) and will appear on merchandise from Iditarod Headquarters and online in October; the ceremonial start is set for March 6 in downtown Anchorage.