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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Palmer Police Department is asking for the public’s help after an attempted child abduction Friday night. Palmer Police said it happened at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints near Bogard Road and the Glenn Highway between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Friday.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Photographer and self-proclaimed “pet-ographer” David Jensen held a pet portrait fundraiser at Alaska Mill & Feed Saturday. The event helped raise proceeds to help families displaced by former Typhoon Halong to reunite with their pets, some of which were left behind during the evacuations.

“Overnight success” for Alaska artist Fred Machetanz and his author wife Sara took a “mere” 15 years of struggle and penny-pinching. Ever after Fred’s 1962 one-artist show at an Anchorage hotel, art dealers and buyers clamored to purchase his work. Often, they had to wait. Fred was a slow, careful artist, and he...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - An armed man barricaded himself near the Woodland Park Boys and Girls club on Friday afternoon after police say he was seen “behaving erratically.”. The incident briefly closed roads on 36th Avenue near Lois Drive around 1 p.m., according to the Anchorage Police Department. When...

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The University of Alaska Anchorage hosted its fifth annual UAA Cares for Kids event on Saturday for children ages three to 17 at the UAA Allied Health Sciences Building. The annual event draws many from the community who are in need of pediatric dental care and...

“Healing From Halong” explores the emotional impact of the devastation and reveals the terrifying moments right after the flood surge early Sunday morning on Oct. 12.

Anchorage Police Department (APD) responded to armed man near Woodland Park Boys and Girls club on Friday afternoon, that closed roads on 36 avenue near Lois St.

On October 24, 2025, police responded to a call about an armed adult male at 2300 W 36th Ave. The man, who had outstanding warrants, barricaded himself in a building in the 3500 block of Willow St. Police closed nearby roads, including 36th Ave near Lois St, and used a drone during the response.