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Parents and students are expected to flood Mat-Su public meetings this week to protest proposed school funding cuts.

Steve Lukshin had been carving snow in the cold for 12 hours. Discomfort is only relative, he said. He’d be fine. He scraped texture into the hair of his Statue of Liberty sculpture using a chunk of plywood with some metal truss nailed onto it. “What gets me is...

One person was found dead after a fire in Spenard, and why school buses in the Mat-Su are not running, on this Morning Edition Extra.

The Alaska House Labor and Commerce Committee convened Monday afternoon to confront one of the state’s most pressing fiscal challenges: escalating health care costs for municipalities and their employees. The session featured detailed testimony from local leaders before turning to two governor-backed and...

The cost of living has grown to historic levels since the pandemic, as home prices and the cost of everyday goods have far outpaced wages. A large portion of this increase has come from housing. The national median sale price hit a record in 2022 and has continued to set new monthly highs nearly every month since,...

Dashawn Street was sentenced to serve a composite sentence of 88 years in prison for murder and attempted murder.

A lifelong Anchorage resident and graduate of the Anchorage School District and UAA, Bittner has held leadership roles advancing business growth and economic opportunity across the state. Having previously served at AEDC, Bittner combines deep institutional knowledge with new energy and perspectives, balancing...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Blayne “Buddy” Streeper took home the 2026 Fur Rendezvous Open World Championship Sled Dog Race title Sunday for the 11th time, breaking a tie for the most wins in the race’s long and illustrious history. “It takes a lifetime,” Streeper said after crossing...

ANCHORAGE, AK (Alaska’s News Source) - Meteorological winter officially ended over the weekend, with meteorological spring keeping winter temperatures around in the forecast. Winter officially closed as the 10th coldest on record in Fairbanks, and the coldest winter since 1970. Expect ongoing cold weather for many...

WASILLA, Alaska (KTUU) - The Robinson name continues to dominate the Jr. Iditarod. In the first year after four-time defending champion Emily Robinson aged out of the race, her younger brother Stanley aged in - and picked up right where his sister left off by taking the win on his very first attempt.