At the Spenard Community Recreation Center on Monday, area children in first through 12th grade were invited to hear guest speakers encourage them to live their dreams. It was an event to commemorate the achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
A full moon occurs tonight, called the wolf moon, old moon or ice moon in January. If you have clear skies where you are, check it out. In Anchorage the moon sets at 11:11 Tuesday morning.
The Hunga Tonga ha’apai volcanic eruption that occurred Friday evening sent pressure waves around the world, multiple times. The Hunga Tonga undersea volcanic eruption was the largest on earth over the last 30 years, according to Research Physical Scientist Brian Brettschneider with the National Weather Service Alaska region.
A tsunami warning has been issued by the National Weather Service following the eruption of an undersea volcano just before 4:30 a.m. near the Pacific nation of Tonga. The warning has been issued for coastlines all the way from Attu island to the border of California and Mexico.
The state of Alaska reported more than 5,500 additional COVID-19 infections over the last two days, breaking the previous record for the highest number of cases reported in a single day that had last been set on Tuesday.
In honor of Betty White’s death just before what would have been her 100th birthday, animal shelters are coming together to participate in the Betty White Challenge.
The Anchorage Assembly is considering a measure that would update the requirements in city charter for filling a vacancy in the mayor’s office, requiring a special election to be held within a set amount of time to ensure an elected successor.
As the omicron variant of COVID-19 drives case numbers up exponentially in Alaska, a shortage of commercially-available at-home tests has some Alaskans wondering what the best course of action is, and when federal tests will be available.
U.S. health officials on Friday encouraged more Americans to wear the kind of N95 or KN95 masks used by health-care workers to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities reported that the M/V Kennicott collided with the M/V Hubbard while docking in Ketchikan at 4:25 a.m. on Friday.
North Pole police have arrested a man involved in the attempted robbery of firearms on North Santa Claus Lane on charges of robbery and manslaughter after his co-conspirator was shot and killed during the incident.
A front pushes into southcentral Saturday, bringing snow. 1-4 inches is expected with this storm for most of the region. Anchorage is expecting 2-4 inches of snow.
The FBI in Alaska says three men were recently sentenced for sex and human trafficking. One Anchorage man received a sentence of 35 years in federal prison on five counts of sex trafficking minors.
The Anchorage School District has extended its requirement that masks be worn by staff and students, as the omicron variant continues to spread and is causing COVID-19 cases within the district to rise.
The Canadian government clarified on Thursday that all truckers who enter Canada must be fully vaccinated, whether they are Canadian citizens or foreign nationals.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a state disaster declaration Thursday after a snowstorm dumped up to six feet of snow in Southeast Alaska, with communities like Yakutat seeing building damage due to heavy snow.
Providence Alaska Medical Center announced Thursday morning that it was upgrading the visitation policy to the highest level in response to the growing number of daily COVID-19 cases in the community.
The court’s orders Thursday during a spike in coronavirus cases was a mixed bag for the administration’s efforts to boost the vaccination rate among Americans.
The state of Alaska reported more than 4,000 additional COVID-19 infections over the last two days, breaking the previous record for the highest number of cases reported in a single day as the rapid spread of the omicron variant continues.
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