Anchorage AK

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (ALASKA BEACON) - Alaskans in need of legal services can connect with attorneys for free in locations in Anchorage, Bethel, Fairbanks and Juneau on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday on Monday Jan. 19, according to Corinne Smith with the Alaska Beacon. The Alaska Court System is...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A crash involving a school bus and a truck temporarily closed both lanes of Northern Lights Boulevard between East High School and Wesleyan Avenue on Wednesday morning. One ASD employee and 31 students were on board at the time, according to Corey Young, Anchorage School District...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Tuesday’s assembly meeting included a look at what could potentially be on April’s ballot, from several new bond proposals to a tax levy aimed at boosting the Anchorage School District. On the agenda were eight bond proposals, accompanied by the $12 million education tax...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Anchorage, Alaska – Drivers across Southcentral Alaska could face very difficult travel early Wednesday as a fast-moving snow system drops several inches of powdery snow during the height of the morning...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A Kansas couple is taking a trip to the Last Frontier - and they’re taking a ton of beef with them. The journey is being led by Cow Team 6, an organization that works to help communities recover from recent disasters. The initiative was started...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A 43-year-old Anchorage man was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison with three years suspended for exposing himself in front of a 4-year-old girl at Alaska Club’s south location in February 2024. Natchez Dunlap pleaded guilty to indecent exposure in the first degree under...

LOVELAND, COLO. – Ella Bromee led the University of Alaska Anchorage ski team with a fourth-place finish in the slalom at the CU Invite Tuesday. Bromee recorded the fourth-fastest first run and followed up with the 11th-fastest second run to finish fourth in 1:30.83. Carmen Nielssen finished 18th (1:32.53),...

From roads to airports to waterways, Alaska’s transportation leaders say 2026 is shaping up to be a year of big improvements across the state. Southwest Airlines is set to start service at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport this year. Beginning May 15th, travelers will be able to fly nonstop to destinations...

A key step to preventing the spread of diseases like COVID-19 or influenza is simple: washing hands. But lack of piped water in parts of rural Alaska has made that simple practice not so easy to carry out. Now a technological innovation has boosted rural Alaskans’ ability to do that important disease-fighting task....

Anchorage firefighters had a busy night, responding to multiple emergencies in less than an hour. Anchorage Fire Department crews were called to three separate residential structure fires across the Municipality on Monday evening. The first call came just after 8 p.m., when Station 11 – The River assisted Chugiak...