Anchorage AK

300 fewer students than projected are enrolled in elementary schools across the district so far this school year. According to the Mat-Su Borough, it is cleaning neighborhoods with some of the highest concentration of code compliance cases. Historic 156-year sentence handed down in Bethel child sex abuse case....

Ahead of an expected run for governor, former Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor is asking the state’s campaign finance regulator to exempt him from a law that requires he disclose who is renting apartments in several Anchorage buildings he owns. Treg Taylor and his wife Jodi Taylor own the Inlet View Tower in...

The two people killed near a Mountain View park that once housed a homeless camp are fondly remembered by people still on the streets nearby, as Anchorage police continue to investigate. A police update named the man and woman found dead early Tuesday in a snow-dump area near Davis Park...

‘Ignite a force in everyone’: JBER personnel honor the lives of first responders during annual 9/11. To honor those who served and passed, service members and first responders wore heavy gear as they climbed 110 stories. Anchorage Firefighters take part in 9/11 step challenge. Updated: 2 hours ago. Fully...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Anchorage Fire Department Wildfire Division is looking to get public feedback by the end of the month. Stephanie Dufek, AFD Wildfire Division project manager, said the survey is meant to give the fire department an idea of what the community’s wildfire concerns are and help them learn...

A man shot by Sand Point police last week was arraigned in Anchorage Thursday after his arrest at Ted Stevens International Airport on Wednesday. According to court documents, 42-year-old Sand Point resident Duke Ogata faces two felony drug charges, manufacturing or delivering heroin and possessing methamphetamine...

Alaskan businesses and several rural communities are expected to benefit from a new air-cargo route designed to deliver freight more quickly, reliably, and economically. Northern Air Cargo (NAC) has announced a new direct freight route from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Ted Stevens Anchorage...

Vessels are lined up in Whittier's harbor on July 16, 2025. The harbor look out onto western Prince WIlliam Sound, which is packed with melting glaciers and narrow fjords, where steep slopes are at risk of tsunami-generating landslides. Whittier, a 60-mile drive from Anchorage, is one of the sites most at risk,...

We now know the identity of the man killed in a shooting earlier this week in Spenard. Anchorage Police say 23-year-old Amona Sam died Tuesday night after an altercation at an apartment complex on West 26th Avenue. Investigators say the suspect, 20-year-old Matthew Siavalua, pulled out a firearm during the...

Alaska State Troopers and volunteer searchers have so far been unable to recover the bodies of three heli-skiers caught in an avalanche last spring in the Chugach Mountains near Girdwood. The March 4 avalanche killed 39-year-old Florida resident David Linder, 39-year-old Montana resident Charles Eppard and...