By Aaron Morrison, Melissa Frey and Gilbert Cordova
With water continuing to overflow the banks and the ice jam remaining in place, the National Weather Service out of Fairbanks has issued a flood warning for the area.
The new guidance still calls for wearing masks in crowded indoor settings like buses, planes, hospitals, prisons and homeless shelters, but will help clear the way for reopening workplaces, schools, and other venues — even removing the need for masks or social distancing for those who are fully vaccinated.
The runoff race for Anchorage mayor is still neck and neck, with updated preliminary results on Wednesday showing candidate Dave Bronson pulling slightly ahead of Forrest Dunbar.
Born in Afghanistan, Sam Sidiqi spent part of his life growing up here in Alaska, now he's looking to merge the two experiences with an ascent of Denali as he raises funds for those in the Afghan mountain regions.
The Coast Guard will have a higher profile role in the coming years as the U.S. ramps up its presence in an Arctic region rapidly changing as the climate warms.
The University of Alaska Anchorage announced Wednesday that former Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell has been selected to serve as the next chancellor of the university.
The Anchorage School District is revising its policy on cultural regalia at graduation ceremonies after two seniors were prohibited from wearing traditional attire with their cap and gown.
The Anchorage staple hadn't sat a table in over a year. Now they are welcoming customers in to a restaurant that looks a lot more pandemic friendly, even though it's late in the pandemic.
A mall in Arizona with a droid cop, a video game that's designed to teach people how to say no, and a tipping feature on Twitter in this week's Tech Beat.
