Former Anchorage firefighter and paramedic Ben Schultz, who's been with the department for about a decade, will leave his current role as a special assistant for the department as of Nov. 1.
About half the main road through Denali National Park and Preserve will be remain closed next year as officials work to address a long-running landslide issue.
There's a lot of planes in Alaska, and at some point they all need fixing. The Mechanical Helper Education Program aims to help people learn how to do that.
Patti Layou was a beloved member of the Anchorage School District. Her son is accused of shooting and killing her on Sunday in a domestic violence incident.
With the help of several people, the family was able to take a flight from the Kabul airport and flee the country back in August — just hours before chaos erupted in that same location. After a long journey, they arrived in Alaska last week.
An abandoned city bus that people sometimes went on deadly pilgrimages to Alaska’s backcountry to visit can now safely be viewed at the University of Alaska Fairbanks while it undergoes preservation work.
One local teen has some big dreams and is spreading cheer with a coffee truck. She might only have a learner’s permit, but this 15 year old knows how to make a cup of joe and how to turn her dreams into reality.
When Anchorage artist Gayla Ranf was introduced to encaustic painting 14 years ago, she knew she had found a new love. Ranf has been working in the medium ever since.
For the first time since 1929, water will flow from Eklutna Lake into the Eklutna River and one of the sole purposes of this is to bring salmon back to the river and lake.
Just before sunrise on Saturday a large group of volunteers gathered on the Anchorage Park Strip. The group wanted to pay tribute to the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Year after year, Donna Baker drops off baskets filled with cookies, fudge and other treats to the fire stations at JBER and in the Municipality of Anchorage.
The overall proposed plans seem to have boiled down to two imperative questions: What will the municipality do with the mass shelter, for example, the Sullivan Arena, and what’s the long-term plan to combat homelessness.
Visitors are encouraged to wear masks, maintain a safe distance from each other and get free COVID-19 vaccination at the fair if they have not received the vaccine.
The fair will run for three weeks long with its opening day on Aug. 20, and it will run through Sept. 6. The fair will be closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Alaska Airlines and GCI announced Wednesday morning that both organizations will finance the team’s trip to Orlando, Florida, for the games in June 2022.
Today was the grand opening of the new Hilltop Bike Park with a series of three trails a pump track and jump line. The ski area also utilizing the ski lift to bring riders and their bikes to the top of the trail.
