A campaign spokesperson for Rep. Mary Peltola, who is one of the state’s automatic Democratic delegates and also facing 11 challengers in the race for Alaska’s only congressional seat, cited Tuesday’s state primary election as the reason she will not be attending the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Officials with the Anchorage Police Department divulged more details Monday on the officer-involved shooting last week that left a teen girl dead in a University Area apartment.
A nice break for Southcentral, the interior and southeast Alaska continues. But there is a new large fall storm looming to the west, already impacting the western end of the Aleutian Chain. A new round of advisories, watches and warnings are up for parts of the west, northwest and northern interior for the next round of rain, wind, high surf and possible river and low-lying flooding.
A 33-year-old man called 911 and told police he is taking responsibility for the death of a man known to him, the Anchorage Police Department reported.
Police officers were responding to North Bliss Street and Mountain View Drive at 3:13 Saturday morning when APD said they found a man in the 400 block of North Bliss Street with a gunshot wound to his upper body.
Crossing the finish line in the final stage of the Tour De France Femmes, Homer’s Kristen Faulkner put a bow on what’s been a career-soaring run for the Alaska-born cyclist.
Senior Zephaniah Sailele dashed 60-plus yards into the endzone to set the tone in a Week 1 statement victory over the Colony Knights in enemy territory.
Signs reading, “Justice for Easter” and “Stop Killing Us” flooded downtown Anchorage streets, as dozens marched on Saturday in honor of Easter Leafa, who was killed in an Anchorage Police officer-involved shooting.
The Department of Transportation says it has recognized the need for improvement on the Sterling Highway for years, but a massive highway project through Cooper Landing is now expected to take longer.
Community leaders throughout Anchorage are responding to Mayor Suzanne LaFrance and Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case’s comments regarding Tuesday’s fatal police shooting of 16-year-old Easter Leafa.
The Alaska State Fair officially opened Friday and runs through Sept. 2. The fair is open Thursdays through Mondays from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. The fairgrounds will close early on Labor Day at 8 a.m.
The president of the Anchorage police employee’s association fired back Friday at Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance’s reaction to recent police shootings, saying there is more nuance to each incident than would appear to the public.
Anchorage’s American Samoan community, outside organizations, and citizens will assemble Saturday morning outside the Anchorage Police Department’s downtown headquarters for a march for Easter Leafa.
Farina Brown is nine days into her role as Special Assistant on Homelessness and Health to Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance, but she is already working on a plan.
Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance apologized directly to the family of a teen girl shot and killed earlier this week by police and promised action to help prevent future deadly interactions with Anchorage officers.
Two state troopers were charged with assault stemming from an incident earlier this year in Kenai in which a man was mistaken for another suspect and hospitalized due to actions by the officers, according to law officials.
