Anchorage AK

Smile, LLC (dba Basil Ginger), a Wasilla, AK-based restaurant operator, filed for Chapter 11 protection on Oct. 8 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Alaska. The company reports $1 million to $10 million in assets and $10 million to $50 million in liabilities. The filing indicates that there will be funds available for distribution to unsecured creditors. The case number is 26-00261.

Sophomore sensation Bri Parrent hit the touchdown trifecta Thursday in the quarterfinals of the ASAA flag football state playoffs in Wasilla, cashing in for passing, rushing and defensive scores to highlight a 53-6 victory over Service. The Railbelt Conference MVP threw for touchdowns of 9, 27, 6, 16 and 4...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A man has been charged in last month’s shooting near Chilkoot Charlie’s Wednesday. According to charging documents, 32-year-old Michael Reynolds is being charged with four counts of first-degree assault with a weapon, four counts of second-degree assault with a weapon with intent to injure and one count of third-degree misconduct involving a weapon, felony possession.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska’s four candidates for governor met Thursday night for the first of three “Debate for the State” broadcasts, live from Alaska Public Media’s Anchorage studio. Alaska’s News Source’s political reporter Wil Courtney was on stage questioning the candidates, alongside Alaska Public Media’s...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - At 9 years old, Sam Mihara filled his free hours in Wyoming the way a boy might: searching the ground for stone arrowheads and looking for rattlesnakes. He did it as a prisoner of his own government. “Barbed wire fence, guard towers, sentries with weapons, we...

The Anchorage Fire Department has put its newest fire engine into service, completing a five-engine fleet upgrade. Residents and firefighters gathered at Station 12 Thursday afternoon for a traditional push-in ceremony marking the engine’s entry into service. The engine is the fifth and final one purchased as part of...

The Anchorage Assembly has postponed a controversial proposal to loosen rules on home-building in some parts of Anchorage. The plan, called MMHOP, comes in response to a housing shortage in the city. The Assembly spent about four hours this week hearing public testimony on the proposal before voting to postpone...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The superintendent of the Anchorage School District is leaving Alaska for a new job. In a letter emailed to parents and families of students in the district, Dr. Jharrett Bryantt disclosed that he has accepted the superintendent position with the Alexandria City School Board in Alexandria, Virginia.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Soldiers at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson start their day with physical training at Geronimo Gym, the headquarters for the base’s Holistic Health and Fitness program, known as H2F. H2F Program Director Eric Middleton described the gym as the Army’s human performance optimization program for the brigade....

The top-polling Republican in the Alaska governor's race has a history of being sued for not paying bills. That's according to court records and recent reporting on Bernadette Wilson by the Anchorage Daily News. Wilson is a conservative activist and former talk radio host who owns Denali Disposal, an Anchorage-based...