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1+ hour, 51+ min ago (590+ words) All weekend at locations throughout Anchorage The Anchorage International Film Festival completes its 25th edition, with films throughout the weekend and multiple locations. Check the AIFF site for full scheduling and ticketing details. Dark Daze returns for a second year with a loaded lineup and a bigger festival. It features more than two dozen bands, including Animal Eyes, SunDog, Ryan Sollee of The Builders and The Butchers, Rain Dogs, Brother Buffalo and more. Shows will be at Club Nyt Lyt and the Anchorage Museum. Ticketing options are available for individual shows or the full weekend. 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; Discovery Theatre, 621 West 6th Ave. The first act of this performance features dancers of all ages performing festive pieces in a variety of styles " including appearances by the ADT Company and the ADT Alaskan Rockettes. The second act is the debut of ADT's new…...

2+ hour, 10+ min ago (445+ words) SALT LAKE CITY " Utah and Salt Lake City leaders gathered at a Salt Lake City homeless resource center Thursday to announce a new effort geared toward sustainability and enhancing their current services. Part of the effort is a gift of $10 million to "Shelter the Homeless" by The Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Foundation in the spirit of continuing to work together and investing in people, according to Gail Miller. "We are entrusting this gift to a remarkable group of people who are stewards of 'Shelter the Homeless,'" said Miller at Thursday's ceremony. "You can tell a lot about a society by the way the treat those who are most vulnerable and most in need, and the Millers have shown time and time again," said "Shelter the Homeless" board chair and president, Josh Romney. Miller said the investment announced Thursday will…...

9+ hour, 50+ min ago (217+ words) Anchorage Digital and OSL Group partner to launch USDGO, setting a new standard for regulated stablecoin issuance under a federal charter. The post Anchorage Digital to issue OSL's USDGO stablecoin under U.S. federal bank charter appeared first on Crypto Briefing. Anchorage Digital to issue OSL's USDGO stablecoin under U.S. federal bank charter Anchorage Digital and OSL unite to launch a compliant US dollar stablecoin, aiming to set new standards for secure global payments. - Anchorage Digital will issue OSL's USDGO stablecoin under a U.S. federal bank charter. - USDGO aims to provide compliant, multi-chain, and instant cross-border settlements fully backed by U.S. Treasuries. Anchorage Digital, the only federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., will issue USDGO, a new dollar-backed stablecoin developed by OSL Group, Asia's leading stablecoin platform. The partnership enables the issuance of fully regulated, multi-chain stablecoins under U.S. banking supervision. USDGO will launch with 1:1 backing…...

9+ hour, 58+ min ago (122+ words) December 11, 2025 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois Anchorage Digital will partner with OSL to issue a new dollar-based stablecoin " USDGO. OSL Group (HKEX: 863) is a Hong Kong-based stablecoin trading and payment platform for financial institutions and individuals. The company offers crypto trading, custody, payments, and tokenization services. Anchorage Digital and OSL are said to share a "long-term vision for programmable, borderless, instant settlement rails built within regulated financial frameworks." Nathan McCauley, co-Founder and CEO of Anchorage Digital, said they were proud that OSL was partnering with them to bring USDGO to market. "When institutions look at crypto, the first question they ask is simple: "Who regulates you? Our federal bank charter is the answer."...

11+ hour, 13+ min ago (842+ words) Puppeteer Ma't" Agopian is the only Fairbanks artist to receive a $10,000 individual artist grant from Rasmuson Foundation this year. Fifty artists from around the state are on the list. Ma't" Agopian handcrafted this puppet. Ma't" Agopian makes all her puppets herself, from scratch. Puppeteer Ma't" Agopian holds workshops in puppetry, which is her passion. Puppeteers want audience members to focus on the puppet, not the puppeteer, as Ma't" Agopian tries to do in this performance. Fairbanks puppeteer Ma't" Agopian is the only Fairbanks artist to receive a $10,000 grant from the Rasmuson Foundation's 2025 Individual Artist Awards. Fifty Alaska artists, in disciplines from literary arts and script works to folk and traditional arts, music composition and visual arts, were among this year's recipients. Agopian plans to create a three-act puppet production for adults, all about the theme of belonging. Although she has…...

16+ hour, 9+ min ago (298+ words) A very shallow magnitude 3.6 earthquake was reported after midnight near Perryville, Lake and Peninsula, Alaska, USA.According to the United States Geological Survey, the quake hit on Thursday, December 11th, 2025, at 12:59 am local time at a very shallow depth of 2.5 miles. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.Our monitoring service identified a second report from The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) which listed the quake at magnitude 3.6 as well. A third agency, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), reported the same quake at magnitude 3.6.According to preliminary calculations, we do not expect that the quake was felt…...

18+ hour, 20+ min ago (1061+ words) At less than 100 square feet, the homes have space for a twin XL mattress, a microwave and a compact refrigerator, but that's about it. Arranged in rows, each residence has two windows to let in natural light and a number marked on the front door, as if to indicate an address. The tiny homes, or "microunits," are located in an icy city-owned parking lot near the intersection of Tudor and Elmore roads in the Campbell Park neighborhood. The community is part of a two-year pilot project led by the Municipality of Anchorage and the Anchorage Community Development Authority. The 32 "recovery residences" will give people experiencing homelessness and struggling with a substance abuse disorder a place to receive shelter and treatment. While the project is not ready for move-in, Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday. Roughly 60 people, bundled…...

18+ hour, 37+ min ago (428+ words) Boys & Girls Clubs of Southcentral Alaska will close all its remaining clubhouses and two remaining child care centers on Christmas Eve. Club leaders cited financial pressures in a statement posted to the organization's website Tuesday. The statement said efforts to seek additional funding were not enough "to address a financial situation years in the making." The organization previously asked for donations from the community in October, at the time pausing clubhouse and athletic programming for about 500 kids. The statement posted Tuesday said those efforts raised $70,000, which went toward facility utilities costs and keeping child care centers open. Anderson said in October that more than half of staff members were being furloughed. Along with its clubhouses, the organization also runs two child care programs in Anchorage at Woodland Park and Turnagain Elementary School. On Wednesday, Anderson said that 136 employees are losing…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago (182+ words) Alaska is losing a longtime community resource. The Boys and Girls Clubs of Southcentral Alaska is shutting down all of its programs and services. The organization says the decision comes after years of financial challenges, including delayed government reimbursements, rising costs, and changes in funding streams. Just last month, rural clubs and the Fairbanks location were closed, leaving five sites in Anchorage, Eagle River, and the Mat-Su Valley. Now, the board of directors says all remaining clubs, licensed childcare, and afterschool programs will cease operations. The final day of care for children will be December 24th, and staff will remain employed through December 26th to help with the wind-down. A small administrative team will stay on to manage the closure and explore what a smaller, "right-sized" model could look like in the future. The Boys and Girls Clubs of Southcentral Alaska has…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago (127+ words) Detailed info, map, data, reports, updates about this earthquake: Moderate mag. 4.2 earthquake - North Slope Borough, 191 mi northeast of Kotzebue, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States, on Wednesday, Dec 10, 2025, at 01:17 pm (Anchorage time) - Look up quakes in: Mag. 4.2 earthquake - North Slope Borough, 191 mi northeast of Kotzebue, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States, on Wednesday, Dec 10, 2025, at 01:17 pm (Anchorage time) - A moderate magnitude 4.2 earthquake hit 308 km (191 mi) away from Kotzebue, Alaska, Ground shaking from this quake User-reports for this quake Data for the same earthquake as reported by different agencies Aftershocks for this quake What about this quake? Recorded aftershocks, latest first (0 quake) Previous quakes in the same area of this earthquake...