Anchorage AK

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Ryan Simpson was only 23 years old when he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. “I was pretty down in the dumps for the first probably six or seven months,” he said. After undergoing a treatment that removed 97% of the tumor, Simpson said he...

Tucked between the mountains and the sea in Anchorage sits a shopping experience so uniquely Alaskan it deserves its own Northern Lights display – Value Village on East Northern Lights Boulevard. While tourists flock to salmon runs and glacier cruises, locals know the real adventure awaits inside this unassuming...

The month with the most deaths wasn't the coldest, June had seven outdoor deaths followed closely by September and August.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Alaska — Snow whips sideways across Prince William Sound as powerful winds erase the horizon. Visibility drops fast, drifts form quickly, and travel becomes a gamble as blizzard conditions tighten their...

A winter storm earlier this week dropped a record-breaking amount of snow on the state’s largest city. Brandon Lawson is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Anchorage. He said 19.4 inches of snow accumulated from Sunday evening through Tuesday. “This is the highest two-day snow total for...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Select Anchorage Fire Department (AFD) apparatuses are operating with three people per vehicle, slightly under the national standard of four firefighters per apparatus. According to Chief Doug Schrage, that standard falls under the National Fire Protection Association, a nonprofit that...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - In the second week of 2026, local physical therapist Cortland Reger says the secret to lasting fitness success isn’t trying harder but smarter. “I think, sadly...how many resolutions I’ve set and then not followed through with. It’s a bummer,” Reger, owner of Reger Physical Therapy, said.

Nearly six years after winning a junior national title, Alaska’s Ari Endestad collected his first medal at the senior level Tuesday at the U.S. National Championships in New York. Endestad, a 25-year-old who grew up in Fairbanks and trains in Anchorage, grabbed the silver medal in the men’s freestyle...

Anchorage Street Maintenance has begun round-the-clock plow operations after a winter storm dumped 12 to 14 inches of snow in different parts of the city on Monday and Tuesday.

Turning to Anchorage, a new report from Anchorage Police reveals that 45 people died outdoors in 2025. While this isn’t a record — 50 outdoor deaths were reported in both 2023 and 2024 — it’s still a concerning number, particularly when viewed over the past five years.