Anchorage AK

Discovering the best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) gyms in Anchorage, Alaska, can be an exhilarating journey for martial arts enthusiasts. Whether you are a seasoned practitioner or a newcomer eager to learn the ropes, Anchorage offers a variety of top-notch BJJ schools to help you hone your skills. In this guide, we’ll...

Elizabeth Amber, a writer and artist who has cystic fibrosis, had a double-lung and liver transplant in late 2020 at the age of 38. She says she’s always been passionate about personal growth and finding joy no matter the circumstances. She lives in Anchorage, Alaska, with her husband and ninja cat, Pi, and is...

WASILLA, Alaska (KTUU) - Two high school students in the Mat-Su won third place in a video competition for the 2025 U.S. Courts Ninth Circuit Civics Contest. The team of Everett Piaskowski and Sebastian Young, both homeschool students, collectively produced a creative video essay highlighting the prompt, “When Duty...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The family of a 16-year-old Wasilla teen who fatally overdosed last year were in an Anchorage federal courtroom Tuesday, as the man prosecutors say supplied her with carfentanil pled not guilty to charges related to her death. Alena Toennis’ family said Tuesday’s hearing was a step...

Multiple fires were seen burning Tuesday morning in Mountain View’s Davis Park as the city began clearing out homeless camps in the area. Mat-Su students win 3rd place in Ninth Circuit Civics Contest. Temperatures warming across Alaska this week. Updated: 5 hours ago. It’s been a cooler and wetter...

Belts move vehicles through the indoor detailing at the first CYBER Express Wash location in Alaska. The sudsy wave of new carwashes splashed ashore in Anchorage on Friday with the grand opening of CYBER Express Wash in the former Johnson’s Tire Service building in Midtown. Mayor Suzanne LaFrance helped cut the...

Northern Journal helicoptered out to the offshore rig drilling for the increasingly scarce natural gas that powers urban Alaska. SPARTAN 151 RIG, COOK INLET — Deep below the ocean floor outside Anchorage this spring, a huge drill bit chewed through multi-million-year-old sandstone, sending crushed bits of rock back...

The Marijuana Herald - Marijuana news and information A group of Alaska advocates has launched an effort to legalize certain natural psychedelics and establish a regulated system for their supervised use. Organizers with Natural Medicine Alaska began collecting initial signatures this week in Anchorage and Palmer....

Squatters who have taken over Davis Park and the nearby snow dump in Anchorage had weeks of warning that the park was being taken back over by the city, and encampments would be abated. On the day that abatement started, Tuesday, the vagrants began torching it, with multiple fires, in protest.

SHI is asking for the public's help in identifying people from Tlingit elder’s photo collection. Multiple fires were seen burning Tuesday morning in Mountain View’s Davis Park as the city began clearing out homeless camps in the area.