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Community mourns the death of an Eagle River Pilot Nick Peters
Peters' father said his son's greatest love was his family. "He was a superb pilot, but most of all he was our first born and a wonderful son, father and husband."
Anchorage Walmart Shopper Finds Häagen-Dazs Locked Up While More Expensive Ice Cream Sits Out...
Times must be desperate when a store locks up its ice cream, which is exactly what happened at a Walmart in Anchorage, Alaska. Reddit user The Trash Bear said he was buying a cold sweet treat for his sick wife when he was stunned by what he saw in the frozen section. All the Häagen-Dazs flavors were locked up, so staff
Houston man drank heavily prior to fatal shooting, charges say
A Houston man faces murder charges in the shooting death of another man Monday night in the small Matanuska-Susitna Borough community. Michael Pulliam, 72, appeared to have been drinking heavily prior to shooting Devin Blawat, 43, as a group of neighbors gathered at Pulliam’s trailer to grill ribs, according to a charg
New details of fatal Seldovia plane crash released by investigators
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The preliminary report on the plane crash that killed four people near Seldovia last month was released Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board. On Aug. 26, the Piper PA-24 flying to Seldovia from Anchorage’s Merrill Field Airport crashed into the water near Seldovia and was...
Prelim report of Cape Newenham plane crash that killed all 8 reveals new details
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Dense fog and risky landing conditions played a major role in the crash of a chartered plane that left all eight onboard dead last month at a remote military radar site in western Alaska. A preliminary report released Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)...
Mat-Su Assembly calls for industrial projects at Point MacKenzie, West Susitna; opposes AIDEA transfer
The proposed state plan would gift AIDEA nearly 20,000 acres of state recreation land near Houston.
Two dead in fatal Aniak plane crash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Two men are dead after a plane crashed near Aniak Tuesday, according to the Alaska State Troopers. Troopers received a report at 12:21 p.m. that a Cessna 185 had crashed after taking off from a moose camp near Aniak. Troopers have been unable to reach the crash site because of poor weather.
Investigation into Whittier dock fire begins
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A fire that burned at a Whittier dock for over 12 hours Monday is now being investigated to find a cause to the blaze that torched roughly 70% of the wood decking on the town’s new cruise ship terminal. Part of the investigation by the...
Window strikes kill more than a billion birds a year
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A recent study says over a billion birds are killed every year in the in the U.S. from striking windows, and the numbers may be even higher since the figures only include birds that were taken to rehab clinics for treatment. “So, you extrapolate that to...

















