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.
In this 30-minute special presentation “7.1: Five Years Later,” we look back at the impacts of the earthquake as a reminder of what we learned, how much better prepared we are today, and what work still needs to be done.
On Nov. 30, 2018, many of our phones, TVs, and radios sounded an alarm that warned of a potential tsunami in Southcentral. But how do you know if you should respond to that warning?
An Alaskan on a mission to bring attention to some of the needs of Alaska and the Indigenous peoples of the Arctic is in Dubai for the United Nations’ climate change conference.
Shelley Connolly was last seen alive in the early morning hours of Jan. 7, 1978. The 16-year-old was spotted at a local bar and later at an Anchorage restaurant. Later that morning her body was discovered down an embankment near Beluga Point on the Seward Highway.
Mayor Dave Bronson laid down multiple vetoes on the municipal budget Tuesday, a week after the city’s general operating budget was approved by the Anchorage Assembly.
Alaska history professor Ian Hartman received the Historian of the Year award by the Alaska Historical Society, and explains what makes history feel so alive to him.
After a devastating landslide tore down a mountainside in Wrangell, destroying several homes and killing at least four people, the interim city and borough manager is taking action.
Snow removal is turning into a campaign issue for the candidates running against Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson in 2024, and it’s gaining steam due in part to this month’s record snowfall.
A man was found dead in a Spenard neighborhood home early Saturday morning, according to Anchorage police. JBER officials identified him as a private in the U.S. Army.
Dozens turned out at the Wasilla City Council meeting on Monday to hear Wasilla Public Library Director Zane Treesh speak on the library’s book selection process and to address community concerns over the sexualized books in the teen section of the library.
Despite the snowy start to winter in Anchorage, municipality leaders have not moved homeless people camping in the Mountain View snow dump site, near Davis Park.
As crews continue to search and clean up debris in and around the area of a deadly landslide that hit Wrangell on Nov. 20, community members have been banding together with authorities from across the state as the town and a single survivor of the slide try to recover from the disaster that has thus far taken the lives of four people.
A shocking 50 people have died outdoors in Anchorage this year, according to the Anchorage Police Department. In just the month of November, the Anchorage Fire Department reported 20 emergency calls to the three largest camps at Davis, Cuddy, and Buttress Park areas.
A Healy snowmachiner received a citation on Friday for his part in a recent crash with a sled dog team on the Denali Highway, according to Alaska State Troopers.
Saturday kicked off the start of the holiday shopping season for local establishments with Small Business Saturday, a day dedicated to shopping locally.
Two families in the tight-knit Wrangell community are mourning this week following the loss of three community members from a landslide on Monday night. Three others are still missing.
Residents looking to shop local this weekend may want to head out to the Mat-Su Valley, with a number of holiday markets and bazaars taking place across Palmer.
A woman was shot and transported to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries on Thanksgiving morning in Fairview, according to the Anchorage Police Department.
The Alaska State Troopers announced on Thanksgiving morning active search and rescue operations have been suspended after a large landslide struck the tiny Alaska town of Wrangell.
The DEA held a number of Red Ribbon Week events across Anchorage and the Mat-Su earlier this month in partnership with local law enforcement and emergency services agencies, as well as the Alaska National Guard.
The Anchorage Assembly signed off on the 2024 general government operating budget Tuesday night, helping fund operations within the city as residents prepare to put food on their plates for a big annual holiday.
