State Fair-goers disappointed by Beach Boys’ cancellation
Anchorage's Dale Marshall won the Alaska Midnight Sun Great Pumpkin Weigh-off for his 14th title at the Alaska State Fair on Monday afternoon with a whopper weighing 1,820 pounds. VIDEO: How does the Alaska State Fair host Cancer Screening Day?. Updated: Aug. 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM AKDT. We're live...
To Confront Homelessness, Base Policies on Outcomes, not Impulse
The recent presidential executive order on homelessness, “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets,” cuts against the grain of current academic and practitioner best practice. But underneath its short-sighted policy proposals is a thematic vein worth considering: accountability. In the name of accountability,...
Amid ongoing education funding battle, new task force outlines potential solutions
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - On the tail end of a special session that overrode the governor’s second education funding veto this year, a group of lawmakers met in Anchorage Monday to move toward what they say is their answer to the ongoing crisis: a task force on education funding.
Teen dies after ATV crashes into trailer hitch
‘I heard him screaming’: Ketchikan landslide survivor reflects 1 year later. Monday marked one year since the Ketchikan landslide that took one man’s life and injured three others. Updated: 4 hours ago. A body was found washed up on a beach in Nome last week, according to the...
Arrests made in investigation of Chelsea Inn Hotel drug operation
‘I heard him screaming’: Ketchikan landslide survivor reflects 1 year later. Monday marked one year since the Ketchikan landslide that took one man’s life and injured three others. Updated: 4 hours ago. A body was found washed up on a beach in Nome last week, according to the...
Anchorage pumpkin grower claims Alaska State Fair prize yet again
‘I heard him screaming’: Ketchikan landslide survivor reflects 1 year later. Monday marked one year since the Ketchikan landslide that took one man’s life and injured three others. State Fair-goers disappointed by Beach Boys’ cancellation. Updated: 7 hours ago. Fans of the Beach Boys are lamenting the...
LLCs: Limitless Potential of Limited Liability
Like the water a fish swims in without recognizing it, LLCs are everywhere. Not just the limited liability companies themselves; the letters are part of the background of everyday commerce. The abbreviation appears in business names so often that it becomes invisible. Similar suffixes suffuse signage, saturating...
Fastcast Aug. 25, 2025
Reflecting: Monday marks one year since deadly Ketchikan Landslide. Fairbanks North Star Borough amps up enforcement against ‘junkyard’ properties. The Fairbanks North Star Borough is finishing cleaning a property in the Badger Road area this week, representing what is expected to be the start of an increased effort...
Midday Report: August 25, 2025
Anchorage could soon join other communities in the state that allow people to smoke marijuana at licensed cafes. A researcher has designed a program meant to help small communities make big energy decisions. And the federal government is in the process of rewriting the rules for how it issues federal contracts,...
Anchorage firefighter injured after being assaulted while responding to fire
An Anchorage firefighter was injured last Thursday while responding to an alarm at a South Anchorage assisted living facility. According to the Anchorage Fire Department, Engine 7 responded after a resident activated a pull station. While speaking with the resident, the firefighter was assaulted and knocked to the...