Sitka Music Festival brings Grammy winners Mark and Maggie O’Connor to Anchorage
The Sitka Music Festival is bringing Grammy Award winners Mark O’Connor and Maggie O’Connor to Anchorage for Alaska Airlines' Autumn Classics. The concert is set for Saturday, September 13, at 7 p.m. at the Wendy Williamson Auditorium. The husband-and-wife duo is known for blending classical, folk, and bluegrass...
AROUND ALASKA: Boating Accident, Train Schedule, and Salmon Derby!
Alaska Wildlife Troopers are investigating the death of 27-year-old Baxter Cox of Anchorage, who died September 3 when a steel cod pot struck his head aboard the commercial fishing vessel Halcyon north of Akutan Island. Crew members tried to save him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities say foul play...
The Q&As with 2025 candidates for Palmer, Wasilla and Houston City Councils
Over the past few months, voters in Palmer, Wasilla and Houston sent us their top questions for this year's city council candidates. We compiled the most frequently asked questions and the hottest local issues into a survey and contacted each candidate to get their input. All but one candidate responded...
Sand Point captain faces charges after officer-involved shooting on docked vessel
A Sand Point boat captain is facing multiple charges following an officer-involved shooting last week. 42-year-old Duke Ogata was arrested on Wednesday at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport and remanded to the Anchorage Correctional Complex. He faces charges including Assault in the Third Degree and...
Houston forum looks to connect voters with candidates
The forum will be hosted by the Mat-Su Sentienl and held on Thursday, Sept. 18 at Houston City Hall.
Anchorage apartment fire, fueled by oxygen tanks, burns 6 units
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - One person was injured, and seven were impacted, when a fire tore through a multi-residential building off 32nd Avenue in Anchorage on Monday, according to the Anchorage Fire Department. Officials say Anchorage Fire Department units were dispatched after smoke was spotted rising into the...
One dead after shooting near Spenard Road
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - One man has been arrested following a deadly shooting that left another man dead near Spenard Road. A news release from the Anchorage Police Department states around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, police responded to a shooting off 1300 West 26th Avenue. Officers located an adult man suffering...
Another bust year for Yukon River king salmon returns, sonar counters show
Last year, Alaska and Canada set a new goal for the number of king salmon returning up the Yukon River and into Canada’s Yukon Territory. Now, fish counters show 2025 returns have again failed to meet that target after missing in 2024 as well. Through Aug. 28, when officials at the Alaska Department of Fish […]
Man, woman dead near Anchorage’s Davis Park in double homicide
Anchorage police are investigating a double homicide Tuesday near a Mountain View park, in an area that has seen a contentious homeless camp cleared as well as two fatal shootings earlier this year. Police said in a statement that officers were dispatched to the Davis Park area at about 3:15...
FBI offers reward for Anchorage man wanted on federal drug charges
The FBI Anchorage Field Office is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of a man wanted on federal drug charges. Authorities say 43-year-old Esthepen Delossantos Pebenito, also known as “Pepe” or “Stephen Pebenito,” is wanted for his alleged role in distributing methamphetamine in Anchorage back in...