Anchorage AK

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Found in Midtown Anchorage is a brilliant display of holiday lights, meant to share joy with those who pass by. Robin and Emmy Porte put up lights every year, as part of their Christmas tradition. This year, the Portes had their lights up before Halloween. Their...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - It’s an Alaska Film that won the Grand Prize in the Independent Film Competition at the 1979 Sundance Film Festival (The Utah/US Film Festival at the time). “Spirit of the Wind” is now having a rare showing in Anchorage. The film is about...

Specializing in care for pregnant people, newborns, and infants, Gentle Roots Chiropractic is working to qualify as in-network for Medicaid coverage. Anchorage has a new chiropractic office that specializes in prenatal and family care. Aimee Burgess opened Gentle Roots Chiropractic in the Mountain View neighborhood...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The first of several Regalia Workshop Nights was held at Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School on Friday, as a way to support indigenous students, or any students interested in Alaskan indigenous regalia. Several of the students at the workshop were working on regalia that will...

One Anchorage man is taking time off work this week to help storm survivors in Western Alaska. Brad Schmitz traveled to Bethel, one of the communities hit hardest by the remnants of Typhoon Halong, to volunteer with the local food bank. He told Your Alaska Link that the operation is in need of all hands, especially...

"I think this is an option for any organization that has some spare space and some access to volunteers and maybe access to some indoor facilities this is an option to consider."

As winter sets in, Anchorage residents are eager to strap on their ice skates and glide around the city's frozen lagoons and lakes. However, according to the municipality's website, ice maintenance has not yet begun for West Chester Lagoon. This has led to questions among the community about where it is safe to skate...

Sitting on a bed in an Anchorage hotel room, Ally Shangin put face paint on her 2-year-old daughter. Lola grinned and touched the green and blue on her forehead and the red whiskers on her cheeks. “I was keeping her busy!” Shangin laughed. Their room at the Wingate hotel...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - An Anchorage grand jury indicted 36-year-old Like Simonson Friday on charges of first- and second-degree murder in the shooting death of 45-year-old Timothy Grosdidier, according to a release from the Alaska Department of Law. Prosecutors also returned an indictment for third-degree assault...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - An Anchorage man convicted of killing a 19-year-old woman in 2019 as part of an alleged “catfishing” scheme was sentenced to serve 70 years in prison on Friday. Kayden McIntosh, 22, was sentenced to 85 years — with 15 suspended — for shooting and...