The Northern Light issued a campus-wide poll on the closure and interviewed UAA Provost Denise Runge and UAA Testing Center ...

When I say the name Steven Wolfe, you probably have no idea who I’m talking about. When I say the name Johnny Sins, however, you know exactly who I’m referring to — unless you’ve been living under a ...

On March 28, Stand Up Alaska — or SUA — hosted the third No Kings protest in Town Square Park in Anchorage. No Kings is a protest centered around people advocating for equality and safety. The ...

On July 10, the University Police Department, known as UPD, sent a text message at 1:01 a.m. informing students that shots had been fired on campus. UPD advised those on campus to seek safety.  At ...

I remember where I was on April 30 when “Euphoria” by Kendrick Lamar first dropped. I had just gotten home from the morning shift at my job and had opened TikTok only to see video after video about ...

Former Republican Alaska Sen. Shelley Hughes announced her campaign for governor in July 2025. She served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 2012 to 2017. Hughes spoke with The Northern Light ...

Governor Mike Dunleavy signed the fiscal year 2025 budget on June 28, according to his press release — just in time for Alaska’s new fiscal year starting on July 1. The total operating budget is ...

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 ...

UAA’s Lavender Graduation was established by the pride center in 2017, and is held in the Student Union each year in May. The event celebrates graduating LGBTQ+ students. Social work student and ...

In the late 1950s, NASA and the U.S. Naval School of Aviation Medicine launched a joint research program. The program recruited 11 deaf men from Gallaudet College — a university for the deaf and hard ...

Michael Jackson’s iconic 1982 album “Thriller” is one of the greatest albums of all time. Having remained on the Billboard 200 chart for more than 600 nonconsecutive weeks, it is still widely listened ...

Thinking of the barren, frigid interior of Alaska can send a chill down your spine — not just from the cold temperatures there, but from the tall tales of strange happenings many brush off as good ...