The wind event that marked the start of 2022 made the tower go dark shortly after it was lit, which is why the group of community members has started a GoFundMe to raise money for a more permanent solution.
Ms. Hebert was joined by staff and students as well as family and friends, but what really made this gathering so special was the previous generations of students she taught who once walked the same halls.
The Vans High School Custom Culture competition awards the top five participating high schools money for their art programs as a way to draw attention to fleeting arts education budgets.
An Anchorage woman is competing in the Mrs. Alaska America pageant in Mid-May, and she is using her platform to spread awareness for her invisible, underdiagnosed illness.
Pilots began landing their planes in Palmer Friday morning in anticipation for the 25th annual Great Alaska Aviation Gathering that will take flight this weekend.
Originally, Ethan Wolf was going to pick up trash along the side of the highway, until he spotted a pile of old carpet and insulation dumped in a residential neighborhood.
Around 40 farmers started rolling into the gravel lot early Monday morning to take a group photo before firing up their John Deere and Kubota tractors to parade through the streets of downtown Palmer in a celebration of the start of growing season.
After the nonprofit previously in charge of hosting Anchorage’s main Fourth of July celebration dissolved, a new organizer has stepped up and begun the process of permitting the Independence Day celebration on the Delaney Park Strip.
The Alaska and Washington branch of the Make-A-Wish Foundation are making a final push to reach one million donated airline miles as a part of the Wishes in Flight campaign to help children with severe illnesses travel to their wishes.
Nenana Ice Classic Manager Cherrie Forness will step down from the helm of the state’s oldest wagered guessing game after the tripod falls this spring.
The Alaska Native Heritage Center has nearly doubled it's collection after a donation from the Wells Fargo Museum, which closed in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A dedicated group of volunteers have begun their spring tradition of clearing what others have left behind — litter strewn along the shoulder of the Glenn Highway within the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge.
The Alaska Association of Secondary School Principals recently announced Colony Middle School's Mary Fulp as the Alaska Principal of the Year for 2022, citing her statewide leadership and her advocation of students, education, as well as other principals.
Some Anchorage residents are finally able to get outdoors for summer bike riding, thanks to a yearly bike swap Sunday in Anchorage. At the ABC Bike Swap event hosted by the Arctic Bicycle Club, people can buy, sell or trade anything bicycle related, and this year it was a seller’s market.
Hundreds of community members utilize the pop-up store as a way to declutter and repurpose items they no longer want or need for shoppers looking to steal a deal.
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources announced in a press release on Friday that the Mat-Su Trails and Parks Foundation accepted a grant of $1.3 million to complete restoration and preservation work over three years at the Independence Mine State Historical Park in Hatcher Pass.
Back in February, photos on social media from the group Alaskans for Palmer Hay Flats showed the bathrooms at Cottonwood Creek trailhead defaced with spray-painted profanity and lewd drawings.
The bakery owner said a number of people showed interest in potentially purchasing the business, but after some time it became apparent that they were going to have to close to commit to their goal of retiring in spring 2022.
Just three days after announcing a rebrand of the historic Colony Days midsummer celebration in Palmer, the Greater Palmer Chamber of Commerce announced in a Facebook post on Sunday morning that they were reversing their decision, and the June event would continue to go be called Colony Days.
Greater Palmer Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Ailis Vann announced this week that the summer celebration started by the Matanuska Colony’s original residents in 1936 has been rebranded, and will instead adopt the moniker “Braided River Festival” starting this June.
Elishaba Doerksen, the oldest daughter of the Pilgrim family, has written a book detailing the years of abuse at her father's hands and how she escaped.
Around 400 years ago, someone lost a wooden hunting bow in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. Then in September 2021, some park employees found it.
Talkeetna is a popular destination for tourists in the summer and a quiet winter wonderland when the temperatures drop, but no matter what time of the year it is, their mayor is always on the clock, usually napping at Nagley's.
At flower shops all over the nation, florists were busy putting together beautiful arrangements on Valentine's Day. Hummel’s Flowers in Anchorage was no exception.
