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Snyder said he doesn’t know what’s next but will likely be in Anchorage for a while. He hopes to find a job and a more permanent place to live.

All week long, the excitement for the start of the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention has grown like a rising tide in downtown Anchorage. Alaska Natives from all over the state arrive early to take in the Elders and Youth Conference and the Tribal Unity Gathering, but it is AFN that draws the biggest crowd.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Anchorage Police Department responded to a Mountain View neighborhood Thursday morning on reports of a man firing a gun in the area, according to APD. Police said in a release they responded to the scene at approximately 7:29 a.m. after receiving multiple reports of gunfire...

Tribal leaders from across the state met in Anchorage on Wednesday for the Alaska Tribal Unity Gathering. At a session on subsistence rights, Native Peoples Action Executive Director Andrea Burgess said working together is imperative. “Things are literally shifting from beneath our feet, beneath our waters, that...

Evacuees from Western Alaska arrive in Anchorage amid coastal flooding from Typhoon Halong. COPYRIGHT 2025 BY KOAM NEWS NOW. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Thursday morning, a steady line of evacuees formed near the armory building in Bethel to load up on a C-17 to be flown to Anchorage. Most people carried one bag. The children held dolls or stuffies. It was all they could take after the water flooded their homes, carrying some of the...

The Alaska Federation of Natives convention, which is scheduled to start Thursday, always focuses on issues most pertinent to local Indigenous communities. This year, a catastrophic storm that battered predominantly Alaska Native villages in Western Alaska is already the center of the conversations. The remnants of...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Anchorage triathlete Samantha Skold showed up and showed out at the 2025 Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The 31-year-old earned a top finish in her division (30-34 years old) and first overall for amateur athletes. Skold, stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson...

A trained volunteer from the American Red Cross of Southern Nevada was sent to Anchorage, Alaska, to help more than 2,000 people displaced by severe flooding.

At least 300 people have been airlifted from parts of Alaska after the remnants of Typhoon Halgong sent storm surge of over 6 feet into the state's coast.