Good morning, Anchorage.

Southcentral Foundation hosted its annual walk for Domestic Violence Awareness Month on Friday, Oct.

9, offering community members a safe space to share their stories and support each other. Organizers say the event will strengthen local bonds and build awareness.

Hammers Family Birch in Talkeetna secured a $200,000 USDA grant and will match it with $200,000 for a $400,000 project that boosts manufacturing + marketing in Palmer and supports local food initiatives; the company will share its story at the Food Policy Council conference this month.

UAF researchers are working on a $6 million NSF project to extract critical minerals from coal waste (a locally promising initiative) using microorganisms and artificial intelligence; the collaboration includes new micro-credentials (industry training) and aims to create market-ready jobs over the next four years.

Anchorage School District Superintendent Dr. Jharrett Bryantt announced he will leave in early 2027 for a new role with Alexandria City School Board in Virginia, starting Feb.

1 + board president Carl Jacobs said his team will work with community and teacher input to guide the search for his successor.

Students from Bettye Davis East are fundraising to travel to Oahu in March to perform at schools and public shows; music teacher Kyle Schweitzer (who started the ukulele program 15 years ago) said the trip will let them share their love of music.

Scientists with NOAA Fisheries have discovered nine new sponge species including one that forms an entirely new genus + critical to Alaska’s seafloor habitat.

The findings intensify debates on bottom trawling, with parts of the Gulf still open to the practice.

British ultrarunner William Goodge is taking his 'Mission America' marathon challenge to Anchorage today at Westchester Lagoon starting at 9 a.m. to benefit Stand Up To Cancer (in memory of his late mother), and he invites local supporters to join him for the first three miles.