The Anchorage Assembly passed an ordinance as amended late Tuesday night, effectively eliminating single-family zoning in Anchorage in the hopes of empowering people with better access to housing across the municipality.
Tuesday was the fifth day in a row with above-average temperatures in Anchorage, and the 10th consecutive day without any measurable rainfall. This warm and dry trend will continue through the end of June, and likely into the first week of July.
Members of the community react to the announcement Deputy Chief Sean Case will head the department when Mayor-Elect Suzanne LaFrance is sworn in on July 1.
Alaska's wildfire season is ramping up after a slow start — as of Wednesday morning, there were 123 fires actively burning in the state, charring over 133,000 acres, with 15 of those fires currently being manned.
A male black bear was shot and killed by a U.S. Forest Service officer Tuesday morning after it was found trying to break into an occupied tent near Portage.
The Anchorage Assembly has launched a Public Restroom Survey to gain feedback from residents and tourists on whether additional public restrooms are needed in the city and if so, where?
The Native Heritage Center in Anchorage is putting together an exhibit to educate the public on abuse that occurred decades ago at the Indian Boarding Schools.
Just days after a fourth officer-involved shooting within 40 days, the Anchorage Police Department revealed that the SWAT team that responded to the incident was not equipped with body cameras.
Soldotna distance runner Allie Ostrander stamped her place in the final for the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase Olympic qualifying final Monday evening.
The small Southeast Alaska community of Angoon celebrated the fruits of past leaders’ labors earlier this month when it was announced that the long-awaited Thayer Creek Hydroelectric Plant would be a reality, with construction set to begin before the end of the decade.
Two people are charged with second-degree murder for their alleged connection in the shooting death of a 30-year-old victim on Saturday in Midtown Anchorage.
As candidates for the U.S. House vie for election in the few dozen districts that are likely to determine political control of the chamber, they are leaning into local issues. Yet they are also wrestling with how to talk about the two men at the top of the ballot this year, President Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
One man was killed and three others injured early Tuesday morning following a two-vehicle crash in the Sand Lake area, according to the Anchorage Police Department.
Every year in June, Alaskans gather in the northeast corner of the cemetery near East Ninth Avenue and Fairbanks Street for a Pride Memorial Service to remember those who have impacted the LGBTQ+ community.
In a community conversation on Sunday, the Alaska Black Caucus asked the Anchorage Police Department’s chief designee about transparency and accountability in law enforcement.
According to a press release from the National Park Service, the Foraker Fire was discovered using remote sensing on June 21 near the Foraker River drainage on the south side of the Alaska Range.
Over 50 riders and drivers followed a black hearse through the streets of Anchorage Saturday afternoon honoring the life of Timothy Hoffman, who died during a memorial ride for his daughter earlier this month.
U.S. Air Force Col. Mark “Tyson” Sletten, the operations director of Alaska’s largest defense and rescue mission network (ALCOM), is being remembered by family and fellow service members.
Alaska Junior Theater has come up with a creative way to fund its scholarship program — a yearly garage sale. All of the items for sale are donated by community members.
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled to uphold a federal law prohibiting people under domestic violence restraining orders from owning firearms, with Alaska residents and state lawmakers voicing their opinions.
Joshua Wade, an Anchorage man serving out a life sentence in federal prison after committing a string of murders over two decades, died last Friday. He was 44.
With the weather warming up and fire danger on the rise, a South Anchorage community group has a wildfire mitigation project in the works for residents on the hillside.
According to the Anchorage Police Department, officers were called to the 7400 block of East 20th Avenue for a report of a "disturbance with a weapon."
Thursday is the day with the longest amount of time between sunrise and sunset this year. In Anchorage, that equates to 19 hours, 21 minutes, and 29 seconds, from when the sun rises at 4:20 a.m. to when it sets at 11:42 p.m.
The family of two victims killed in an Anchorage duplex fire are still searching for answers over four months after police launched an arson-homicide investigation into the incident.
The State of Alaska is preparing to present its argument to the Alaska Supreme Court to reverse an April ruling by the Alaska Superior Court that found the correspondence study program unconstitutional.
The Homer Police Department and a Homer man rescued a moose calf Friday that was stuck underneath a floatplane and pinned between the aircraft and a dock along the Kenai Peninsula’s Port, Harbor and Spit town.
It's her third attempt to make the U.S. Olympic team, but it feels like her first. For the past three years, Soldotna's Allie Ostrander, known by many as "Allie-O," has documented her life on her YouTube page, and now is facing a third attempt to make Team USA for the Paris Olympics.
Last week, Gov. Mike Dunleavy received a bill sponsored by Sen. Elvi-Gray Jackson, D-Anchorage, that would recognize June 19 as an annually observed state holiday.
Three years ago, Jacoby became the first Alaskan swimmer to ever reach the Olympics. But after winning a gold medal, Jacoby's fame and pressure to perform made life tough on the Seward native.
