Good morning, Anchorage.

The Alaska Native Heritage Center announced that four Native boarding school students will be repatriated from Carlisle this coming week as families reclaim remains from a historic cemetery.

The discovery of documents from Sheldon Jackson aided in identifying the children (whose relatives have waited over a century).

Yesterday after 5 p.m., community members + emergency responders lined a route from Anchorage to Palmer in honor of helicopter pilot Greg King, who died on Sept.

20 fighting the Dome Fire in Yosemite; his fellow pilot Ryan Cutter was returned to Park City after his death.

Anchorage Community Theatre's production of 1776 is sold out as it enters its third week, with performances held Thursday through Sunday until Oct.

11. Interested audience members can join the waiting list by calling the theater.

Alaska Native veterans gathered at the Ngíisdla Garden at the Alaska Native Heritage Center on Sept.

27 to unveil a monument honoring their service and healing journeys. The carved monument—featuring a Tlingit dagger and quilted Athabaskan designs—was created with input from veterans and will inspire reflective visits.

Scientists examined a dead beluga recovered Tuesday morning at Ship Creek for a necropsy while another beluga, beached near Birchwood, drifted back into Cook Inlet on Tuesday afternoon; researchers are asking for a volunteer to tow it for further analysis.

Climate specialists at the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness said that Alaska burned the smallest area in 31 years during its wildfire season, marking a quiet period compared to recent history.

Anchorage Assembly is reviewing MMHOP — a plan to ease zoning rules that let builders use smaller lots and raise construction coverage in selected areas north of Tudor Road.

Public testimony is set for Oct. 6, and a vote may follow later.

Almost 600,000 eligible Alaskans will receive $1,200 from the Permanent Fund Dividend payments starting tomorrow, Oct.

1, with a $1,000 PFD + $200 in energy relief from the state budget. A second payment round is scheduled for Oct. 22 for remaining applicants.

APFC released its FY2026 Annual Report on Sept.

28 showing a 12.42% return that beat its 8.54% target & reaching a 50th anniversary milestone with $91.9 billion in assets. The report outlines plans to restructure the Fund for future growth ahead of its Board meeting Sept. 30-Oct. 1.

Anchorage pickleball coach Lima Unga — who represented Samoa at the Pickleball World Cup in Vietnam last month — now trains local players while preparing for a professional camp next month after moving from Utah with Delta Airlines.