Anchorage AK

Three years ago, when Sayvia Sellers was a senior in high school, she was snubbed for the McDonald’s All-American Game. It ruffled a lot of feathers in Alaska, but Sellers played it cool, even though you knew it left her a little heated entering college. Since then she’s played...

Kendrick McFarland was shot while working security at a Carrs grocery store in September. Prosecutors reviewed surveillance video and determined they couldn’t disprove a self-defense claim.

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The controversial unguided halibut angler issue will kick off the North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting on Feb. 5 in Anchorage. The action comes by request from the International Pacific Halibut Commission after its annual meeting earlier this month. The action responds to a proposal submitted to the IPHC...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - All Anchorage School District schools are closed Thursday due to hazardous road conditions, ASD says. Only emergency staff are asked to report for duty, according to ASD. All after-school sports, activities and community rentals are also canceled. Additionally, non-mission essential...

Anchorage voters will decide this spring whether to approve a one-time, $11.8 million tax increase to fund the local school district. That’s after the Assembly voted Tuesday night to put the tax on this April’s municipal ballot. The proposal was brought forward by Mayor Suzanne LaFrance, with Assembly...

There’s a moment when a cinnamon roll transcends mere pastry and becomes something spiritual – that moment happens daily at Kriner’s Diner in Anchorage, where locals line up for what might be Alaska’s most dream-worthy breakfast indulgence. In a state known for its majestic wilderness and...

Around 4,600 combined gallons of diesel and hydraulic oil appear to have spilled in the Jan. 23 fall, officials say.

An Alaskan teenager sustained horrific injuries in a disastrous snowmobile accident earlier this month, breaking his back in four places.

Tucked between the majestic Chugach Mountains and the urban sprawl of Anchorage sits a bargain hunter’s paradise that defies Alaska’s notoriously high cost of living. The Goodwill on Old Seward Highway stands as a beacon of affordability in a state where even basic necessities often come with eye-watering price tags.