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Dance groups from across the Bering Strait region gathered in Wales last weekend for the Kingikmiut Dance Festival, a three-day event centered on sharing songs and dances that leaders say were absent from some communities for decades. This year marked the event's 25th anniversary. Fog limited the festival's opening nig

Every fall, Katmai National Park hosts a competition that's part wildlife spectacle, part community voting event. Viewers watch bears gorge on salmon through live webcams and pick their favorite contender.

A boat fire at the commercial ship dock in Whittier prompted a multi-agency response and temporarily closed the tunnel leading into the community. Girdwood Fire and Rescue says its crews responded around 11 a.m. to assist Whittier with the fire involving the Klondike Express. The U.S. Coast Guard says the...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Seven Seas Tattoo held its yearly semicolon tattoo event Saturday, using punctuation to symbolize an unending resolve. “Semicolons have this representation as a tattoo symbol,” studio owner Ian McCusker said. “It means your story isn’t over. It’s kind of the same thing as the sentence goes on

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A suspect was hospitalized with gunshot wounds after an officer-involved shooting in east Anchorage Sunday. During a press conference Monday, Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case said the shooting stemmed from an incident that began around noon Sunday, when an elderly man had his new truck stolen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The streets surrounding Turnagain Ceramics shut down Saturday to make room for artists, vendors, and fairgoers alike as the pottery studio’s flagship event marked its fourth year. “We’ve got vendors who are selling pottery from all over Alaska,” Turnagain Ceramics studio manager Brian Adams s

Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Copy Link copied ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska prosecutors are dropping voter misconduct cases against a group of residents born in American Samoa after a state appeals court threw out felony charges against a woman who c

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - University of Alaska Anchorage hosted its first day of Engineer Week Saturday where more than 100 kids, ranging from preschool...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - More than 60 people marched Saturday in downtown Anchorage for the 13th annual United Way's annual Walk for Warmth event...

It's the toughest snowmachine race in the world, and one of Alaska's extreme sport challenges... It's the 2024 IRON DOG!. Tune-in for daily race...