Anchorage AK

Alaskans will celebrate one of the state's most recognizable symbols this week as Alaska Child & Family hosts its annual Alaska Flag Day fundraiser in Anchorage. The celebration honors the Alaska state flag, which first flew on July 9, 1927, after a design created by 13-year-old Benny Benson was selected while he was l

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Surrounded by zoo fans singing her Happy Birthday, Natasha, the zoo’s Amur tiger, celebrated her 13th birthday on Monday. “I think everyone deserves to celebrate being one year older,” said Amy Cahalane of the Alaska Zoo. It was Natasha’s second birthday celebration at the...

While setting up Birch & Bloom Family Lounge on Mausel Street, co-owners (left to right) Kyle Haken, Ashley Haken, Katrina Quinn, Skyler Quinn, and their children have been drumming up business at Eagle River Market. What is a “family lounge”? Eagle River is about to find out. Birch & Bloom...

Petr Kellner, alongside four others, died in a Heli-skiing accident in Alaska in 2021.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The annual Girdwood Forest Fair continued to be a massive draw in its 51st year, bringing in attendees, musicians, and vendors of all types and disciplines. “This is my most wonderful working event,” jeweler Leah Sturgis, a twenty-year Forest Fair veteran, said. “I don’t feel like...

On the eve of July 4 and a plethora of holiday barbecues, Alaska's commercial salmon harvest had already brought in over 14 million wild sockeye salmon, with the big surge coming from Bristol Bay. Silver Bay Seafoods and Trident Seafoods posted $1.60 a pound for chilled, bled sockeye, 30 cents...

Across decades and hundreds of vendors, the Forest Fair has had its share of knitted, cross-stitch, embroidered, and crocheted patterns and fabrics. Weaving with wheat may be a first of its kind at the fair, but it certainly isn't a new craft. On Saturday, using five blades of black top...

A man from Anchorage is facing charges after Alaska State Troopers say two young children were left unattended at Kasilof Beach while he was intoxicated. Troopers say they were called around 10 p.m. Saturday night after a toddler was found walking alone on the beach near the south entrance of Kasilof Beach.

SEWARD, Alaska (KTUU) - In a highly-competitive women’s field of Mount Marathon, there is often jostling and swapping of positions on the podium. One runner who has yet to be knocked off from the top in recent years is Anchorage’s Klaire Rhodes. “I’m super pumped,” Rhodes said after...

ANCHORAGE, AK (Alaska’s News Source) - Low pressure near Kodiak Island has been wrapping in showers for much of Southcentral today and even into Sunday. Coastal areas will continue to plan around showers into the close of the weekend, but on the other side of the state, high pressure is bringing sun, sun, sun!