Over the past year, the Anchorage International Film Festival has been making strides as it showcases films that are a big part of the cultural identity in Alaska.
School board members, staff and administration gathered at the Anchorage School District Education Center Saturday morning for a work session to brainstorm potential areas that could be trimmed from next year’s budget.
Gregory Golodoff, the last surviving person from the village of Attu, died on Nov. 17. With his passing, the story of the Japanese invasion of Attu will now only be found in history books.
According to Street Maintenance Manager Paul Vanlandingham, crews are on schedule to plow all major roadways and residential streets they’re responsible for by Tuesday.
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District appointed Anthony "Brooks" Pitcher to fill the vacant seat of District 5, following Jacob Butcher's resignation in early November.
During an Anchorage Assembly special committee meeting on Wednesday, municipal leaders gave generally good grades for how the municipality responded to record-breaking snowfall last month, but not all residents agree.
Two third-party mailbox management companies have been at odds with the Palmer postmaster over the legal nature of their respective businesses, leaving some Palmer homeowners without residential mail delivery.
Alaska's top veterinarian reports that a mysterious respiratory illness in dogs in the Lower 48 that has killed canines has so far not been reported in Alaska.
Shedd Aquarium, one of only a few facilities in the United States with the resources to care for rescued otters, was contacted by the SeaLife Center and the aquarium’s otter team made the cross-country journey with the fluffy brown marine mammal who arrived in Chicago at the end of November.
A large fire put billowing black smoke into the sky over Anchorage Thursday morning as fire crews rushed to put out a camper trailer, according to officials.
A piece of legislation seeking to expand energy production on Alaska’s North Slope is heading for debate in the U.S. House of Representatives after moving out of the House Natural Resources Committee and being formally introduced on Wednesday.
A community conversation took place Wednesday night at the Anchorage Public Library as leaders from Anchorage and Houston, Texas, shared insight on systems and solutions that have effectively worked in other communities’ homelessness response.
The Alaska National Guard's Counterdrug Support Program has received national recognition from the Department of Defense with the 33rd annual Community Drug Awareness Award.
From graffiti to drug activity to theft, several Anchorage businesses are reporting disturbances around their downtown locations that are beginning to take a toll on them.
The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday night effectively overrode Mayor Dave Bronson’s veto of ordinance No. AO 2023-95 as amended in a vote of 8-2, with only assembly members Kevin Cross and Randy Sulte voting against it. The Assembly only needed eight votes to successfully overrule the mayor’s vetoes of the amended General Operating Budget for 2024.
In a document prepared for the work session, the administration outlined its response, giving generally good grades for how city workers responded to the record-setting snowfall event.
Anchorage's marijuana retailers could soon be allowed to sell their products online, over the phone and through drive-thru windows if a pair of ordinances are passed by the Anchorage Assembly.
The new contract covers the period between July 1 of next year through June 30 of 2025. It reflects an increase in compensation as well as working conditions for the approximately 3,000 educators working within the Anchorage School District.
A third lawsuit was filed Monday against the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District since mid-November alleging that the district's practice of seclusion and restraint is illegal and targets students with disabilities.
Leaders of the Houston Coalition on the Homeless, as well as members of the Houston business community and that city’s top municipal official on homeless issues, were brought to Anchorage to advise on the new pilot program in Alaska's largest city.
On the heels of a visit to the nation's capital by supporters of ANWR development projects, Gwich'in Nation members landed in D.C. this week as part of an effort to protect and conserve the area.
After record-breaking snowfall in the early weeks of November, the Anchorage Assembly and administration will be recapping the municipality’s snow removal plan and its impact on residents, their safety and the economy of Anchorage.
Anchorage Assembly members, Mayor Dave Bronson, and much of his staff were at the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness headquarters talking about the plan, which is a $1.5 million initiative to transition 150 people out of cold weather shelters into more permanent housing.
A Healy Lake man remains missing more than two days after he departed in an all-terrain vehicle on what was supposed to be a short trip across rural terrain.
The Hawaiian voyaging canoe that set sail this summer from Alaska on a years-long circumnavigational journey around the Pacific is cutting its trip short — for now.
Anchorage’s elections may be inadequately protected from interference, according to a report released by the city assembly on Nov. 17, and Assembly leadership said they will be proposing changes to municipal code at its regular meeting on Tuesday in what they say will better protect Anchorage’s election from interference.
A federal judge in Alaska on Friday rejected requests from environmental groups to halt winter construction work for the massive Willow oil project on Alaska’s North Slope.
Artist at the bazaar said the event helps them to keep their culture alive, passing it down to the next generations as they experience and learn about traditional ways.
A new lawsuit against the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District claims free speech rights were violated over a district-led investigation and student-led protests.
The board will be advising the Assembly and mayor on issues regarding homelessness, housing, and related matters from the perspective of those with lived homelessness experience in Anchorage.
The Anchorage Assembly and Mayor Dave Bronson are at odds on how the Mobile Crisis and Intervention Teams should be funded. Some members of the Assembly are concerned that if the team is not properly funded, it could go away.
