Anchorage AK

Thursday’s victory in Billings, Mont., coupled with Northwest Nazarene’s upset over Simon Fraser in Nampa, Idaho, has the UAA volleyball team riding a wave of momentum going into Saturday’s regular-season finale in Seattle. The Seawolves (20-7) have won six in a row entering their key Great Northwest...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Alaskan Christmas Bazaar returns to ChangePoint Alaska on Friday and Saturday with 160 vendor booths of handmade items. “It’s one of my biggest events for the year, and it’s really good event and I love the vendors,” Chester Mainot, business owner and vendor this year, said.

ANCHORAGE, AK (Alaska’s News Source) - One of the first significant snowfall events of the season is in the forecast for Southcentral Alaska this weekend. There is still a lot of uncertainty with this storm, but snow is likely to fall across Southcentral Saturday night through Sunday, moving east to west across the region.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for parts of Southcentral Alaska, including the Kenai Peninsula. The agency is forecasting moderate to heavy snowfall impacting Kenai and Soldotna, among other peninsula and Anchorage communities. The storm watch is in effect through late Sunday night and is expected...

Two men are facing felony charges after a shooting involving two vehicles in Anchorage that left one person with a gunshot wound and another injured. According to charging documents, the incident happened just after midnight November 5 near Cordova Street and 2nd Avenue. Investigators say occupants of a silver sedan reported being chased and shot at by a dark-colored Tahoe.

On a Monday evening in November, nearly 200 seventh-through 12th-graders listened to Anchorage nonprofits talk about their mission at a Youth Philanthropy Alaska meeting. The meeting was similar to ABC's "Shark Tank”, but instead of entrepreneurs pitching business ideas to rich investors, nonprofits pitched their causes to kids who each brought $10 to give. Representatives from three organizations gave brief presentations about why the kids should vote for them to receive the funds.

A new effort is underway in Anchorage to help people experiencing homelessness move into permanent housing. The city is launching a housing voucher program in partnership with the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation. Officials say the program addresses a need that has existed in Anchorage for years. The vouchers are designed...

On a Monday evening in November, nearly 200 seventh-through 12th-graders listened to Anchorage nonprofits talk about their mission at a Youth Philanthropy Alaska meeting. The meeting was similar to ABC's "Shark Tank”, but instead of entrepreneurs pitching business ideas to rich investors, nonprofits pitched their causes to kids who each brought $10 to give. Representatives from three organizations gave brief presentations about why the kids should vote for them to receive the funds.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Wednesday was National Signing Day for most sports as the top high school athletes across the country made their NCAA decisions official. One Alaskan standout wasted no time, putting pen to paper on opening day. Three-time state champion runner Katahdin Staples signed to the University of...

An annual Veterans Day tradition brought Anchorage's military community together over a meal on Tuesday. Nuvision Credit Union partnered with American Legion Jack Henry Post 1 for its eighth annual Veterans Day Appreciation Luncheon. Organizers served 300 free meals to veterans, active-duty military members, and their guests. Don “DJ” Jones...