Tim Rockey

Anchorage police say they are investigating a shooting early Saturday morning.

Photos of the collapse show the building that had been occupied by FashionPact, a clothing thrift store.

A comment from a member of a city commission that contained racial undertones has drawn criticism from Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson and members of the Anchorage Assembly.

Bus drivers in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District have tentatively agreed to a contract with Durham School Services.

A water line break in the Southwest Alaska community of Tuluksak is impacting most residents in the community, according to two Tuluksak School staff members.

A man was arrested in the Lower 48 and charged for the alleged sexual abuse of a five-year-old child in an Anchorage park in 1994.

An infant for whom an Amber Alert was issued has been found safe in Anchorage and the suspect in the kidnapping — and a related homicide — has been arrested.

A knife was found at Creekside Elementary School in Northeast Anchorage on Friday, according to Anchorage police.

A new commissioner has been appointed to head the Department of Education and Early Development.

The water supply line issue was discovered in early February by maintenance employees of the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation, and won't be able to be repaired until spring due to winter weather.

Anchorage School District alerted the parents of the 268 students who attend Abbott Loop Elementary School where they will attend next year in an email sent Friday evening.

Two Juneau residents were arrested at the Juneau International Airport on Thursday after authorities seized thousands of counterfeit pills from their luggage.

The Glenn Highway was closed for over an hour Friday morning north of Eagle River after multiple cars and trucks slid off the roadway due to icy conditions.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski spoke to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature on Wednesday, reaffirming her full-throated support for the Willow project on the North Slope.

A pair of tribal councils that had originally joined the lawsuit challenging the Ambler Road project in Northwest Alaska have now withdrawn, according to a press release from the Alaska Industrial Export Authority.

The library in Palmer partially collapsed on Wednesday evening near closing time.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced $117 million in undesignated general fund budget amendments to his proposed budget.

A house fire in Northeast Anchorage has sent two people to the hospital with injuries.

Alaska Public Offices Commission Chair Anne Helzer has been nominated by Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson to serve as municipal attorney.

A Texas man was arrested in Wasilla and charged with sexual abuse of a minor after connecting with a juvenile online.

A man who moved to Haines in 2015 has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually exploiting minor victims.

Alaska Public Defender Samantha Cherot said that staffing shortages in Nome and Bethel could leave some Alaskans without state-appointed attorneys in Class A felony and unclassified felony cases.

A Fairbanks man was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder Wednesday after he swung a hatchet on another man at a nightclub in Fairbanks in 2017.

Cold case investigators have identified human remains approximately five decades old, according to the Alaska Bureau of Investigation.

The Alaska State Troopers released a draft policy for their body-worn cameras, which will be distributed in a pilot project starting this spring.

Tanner crab fishermen in Kodiak have left the docks and gone fishing after receiving a modest increase in the price per pound of crab from the four cannery plants on Kodiak Island.

Former Republican Rep. Cathy Munoz has replaced Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Tamika Ledbetter, who resigned Tuesday morning.

The village of Newtok has been without electricity since Jan. 26 when the building housing the power plant burned.

Anchorage police say they arrested an 18-year-old West Anchorage High School student early Wednesday morning.

A Halibut Cove restaurant owner has been indicted on federal charges after a video went viral on social media showing the restaurant owner circling a float plane in a boat at dangerously close proximity.

Alaska’s lone member in the U.S. House of Representatives, Mary Peltola, has secured a seat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

A young Ambler man who went missing on Jan. 16 has been found dead near Kotzebue, Alaska State Troopers say.

Anchorage’s Acting Municipal Attorney Blair Christensen is resigning from her position.

Anchorage police are investigating an assault at the Sullivan Arena.

A pedestrian was struck and killed Saturday afternoon and the driver of the vehicle arrested for DUI.

A man has turned himself in to law enforcement after Alaska State Troopers say they responded to a double homicide reported in Delta Junction.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has appointed Sitka Superior Court Judge Jude Pate to the Alaska Supreme Court.

Anchorage Municipal Ombudsman Darrel Hess alleged in a memo sent Thursday morning that a municipal “executive” said Mayor Dave Bronson’s office was viewing surveillance footage of the ombudsman’s office to see which employees visited the office and spoke with members of the Anchorage Assembly.

A polar bear attacked and killed a St. Michael mother and her young son Tuesday in Wales, according to troopers, on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula.

Two people were reported dead in the Southeast Alaska community of Skagway over the weekend that police believe are related to fentanyl.

In a 2-1 decision made by the Alaska Supreme Court, House District 16 winner Jennie Armstrong’s eligible Alaska residency was confirmed — meaning that she can serve her term in the Alaska House of Representatives.

An Anchorage man died after crashing his vehicle into a semi-truck near Palmer on Thursday night.

A United States District Court Judge in Seattle has granted a motion for the state of Alaska to intervene in the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s regulation of air quality in and around Fairbanks.

Ketchikan Police Chief Jeffrey Walls has been placed on leave, according to Ketchikan City Manager Delilah Walsh.

Seward police arrested a man after he drove his Chevrolet pickup truck into Resurrection Bay while his three daughters and a loaded rifle were in the vehicle.

Anchorage police have responded to a Northeast Anchorage neighborhood with crisis negotiators and a SWAT team.

A grand jury on Thursday returned an indictment for Ketchikan Police Chief Jeffrey Walls for six charges including felony third-degree assault.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a woman who Anchorage police say stole mail from more than 90 people.

A U.S. Army officer’s wife who previously lived in Bethel has finally been granted a status adjustment to allow for her lawful permanent residency in the United States after an eight-year-long battle working toward American citizenship.

The city of Palmer declared a local disaster on Dec. 23 due to drifts from the feet of snow that fell in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.