The Death of Alaska Retail? Massive Store Closures Confirmed for 2026
As 2026 begins, the Last Frontier finds itself in a strange position. Because we lack many of the failing "big box" chains (no Big Lots, no Macy's, no Family Dollar), we have been spared the worst of the national apocalypse. However, we are facing our own unique threats: a pharmacy contraction, crumbling...
Blackhawk Group expands with Silver Sky Aviation acquisition
The Blackhawk Group (TBG), a provider of turboprop performance solutions, has acquired Alaska-based Silver Sky Aviation. The transaction establishes Wasilla as the sixth location in TBG’s expanding Performance Center Network and extends the company’s footprint into one of the world’s fastest-growing turboprop...
Winners Announced For The 2025 BroadwayWorld Anchorage Awards
Winners have been announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Anchorage Awards!. The 2025 Regional Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025. This year the BroadwayWorld Regional Awards were bigger and better than ever,...
Alaskan-made ‘Overland!’ heads to New York after one last Anchorage performance
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Blanche Stewart Scott’s 1910 cross-country jaunt — part publicity stunt, part daredevil feat — has been reborn onstage in Overland!, a spirited Alaska-made comedy now bound for New York. The show, equal parts history and comedy, brings Scott’s improbable adventures to the stage....
Extreme winter weather expected in both Southeast and Southcentral over the weekend
FIRST ALERT: Here's the latest on this next storm, bringing heavy snow, rain, and flooding to Southeast, then snow and wind to Southcentral.
From nonprofit to state control: Refugee support funding moves to Alaska office
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Alaska Office of Citizenship Assistance, which opened in Anchorage nearly a year ago to help immigrants access job training, language classes and other local resources, will take on additional responsibilities beginning in early 2027: administering federal refugee support dollars that...
Weekend storm to bring Anchorage another 5 to 10 inches of snow and warmer...
Forecasters are expecting another wave of snow for Anchorage heading into the weekend. A system is on track to blow in from the Gulf of Alaska on Friday evening, said National Weather Service Anchorage Meteorologist Daniel Johnston. "We're fairly certain that the Anchorage area will get between five and 10...
Fish and Game urges people to be cautious as more moose move into Anchorage
"Once we get to that snow level where moose are really having to plow through snow in the higher elevations they start migrating down into our neighborhoods to get away from that snow, find what forage they can and that’s when we start seeing human -moose conflicts."
Record Snowfall Sinking Boats in Alaska
Most of the lower 48 has been missing out on a lot of Winter. Areas along the West Coast and Great Lakes have had an active Winter, but other than them, many along or east of the Rockies have been quiet so far. Not Alaska. Heavy snowfall towards the end...
Morning Edition Extra, Jan. 7, 2026
Over 50 cars have crashed in Anchorage since Monday, and how the Anchorage Zoo has dealt with the cold, on this Morning Edition Extra.

















