Recount underway for closely-contested midtown Anchorage Assembly seat
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - An automatic recount is underway Friday for a Midtown Anchorage assembly seat. The race between Janice Park and Dave Donley for Seat G is separated by a scant 26 votes, with Park in the lead. The recount was automatically triggered due to the margin between the...
In Anchorage, many factors behind high number of pedestrian deaths
Nearly 100 Anchorage pedestrians have died after being struck by vehicles, according to a bulletin from the state Section of Epidemiology issued Wednesday. In 2025, 15 pedestrians were killed by vehicles, the same number as 2024. Both years marked the city’s highest pedestrian death toll in more than a decade.
Feds: While out on bail, Anchorage man robbed 2 banks in 24 hours
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - An Anchorage man who authorities say robbed two banks in less than 24 hours while out on bail was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in federal prison. Ezekiel Thomas, 38, carried out the robberies in Anchorage and Palmer in September 2025, according to court records cited...
A tiny Arctic village in Alaska is trying to revive its polar bear tourism...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Late every summer, hulking white bears gather outside a tiny Alaska Native village on the edge of the continent, far above the Arctic Circle, to feast on whale carcasses left behind by hunters and to wait for the deep cold to freeze the sea. It’s a spectacle...
Nominee for Alaska Police Standards Council defends conspiracy theories
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Members of the Senate Judiciary committee put questions to a governor’s nominee for the Alaska Police Standards Council about her social media posts during a confirmation hearing Wednesday, according to Corinne Smith with the Alaska Beacon. Veronica Lambertsen defended conspiracy theories around the Holocaust, blood-harvesting...
The Anchorage Weekender: Slush Cup, Comic Con, poop pick-up party and 4 more local...
It’ll be a wet weekend, but that doesn’t mean you need to stay indoors. From a Korean food bazaar to a fandom gathering, the Anchorage Weekender has you covered with seven things to do in the city this weekend. 1. Spring Carnival and Slush Cup. All weekend, Alyeska...
2026 Alaska March For Life: Jim Minnery
Jim Minnery joins the Must Read Alaska Show and discusses the 2026 Alaska March For Life with Natalie Spaulding. They go through history of the March, the speakers that will be at the rally, and great ways to participate in the event. The March For Life begins at 12PM on Saturday with the rally starting at 1:30PM on the Delaney Park Strip, Downtown...
One Anchorage high school will lose its band program next year. The director says...
East High band director Todd Barton understands how hard it is to learn an instrument. “I started playing in third grade, on a saxophone, and boy, I hated it,” he said. He stuck with it though. He had a great teacher, and slowly, he started to like it. By seventh grade he was having so much fun that he decided he wanted to be...
Chester Creek Trail in Anchorage closes after erosion sinks bridge
A section of the Chester Creek Trail in Anchorage is temporarily closed due to erosion that has caused part of a nearby bridge to sink near Hillstrand Pond. The closure affects a portion of the trail near Lake Otis Parkway, and officials are asking users to follow posted detours on both the east and west sides while the area remains blocked off.
Big Lake man arrested while riding lawnmower on bike path
A man in Big Lake was arrested after authorities say he was found riding a lawnmower on a bike path while wanted on an outstanding warrant. On April 21, 2026, members of the Highway Interdiction K9 Team contacted 56-year-old Raymond Pointer of Big Lake while he was riding a lawnmower on a bike path in the area.
