Anchorage AK

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...

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...

The forum will be hosted by the Mat-Su Sentienl and held on Thursday, Sept. 18 at Houston City Hall.

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...

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...

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 […]

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...

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...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A 27-year-old Anchorage fisherman was killed when heavy gear struck him aboard a commercial vessel, Alaska Wildlife Troopers said. Troopers say they received a report around 9:45 p.m. Sept. 3 that Baxter Cox had been struck in the head while working aboard a fishing vessel. Investigators...

Jeff Lowenfels, the legendary organic gardening expert, will take the audience on a fascinating journey beneath our feet. For years, we've heard that humanity knows more about the cosmos than the soil we stand on—but is that still true? In this riveting presentation, Lowenfels will shed some light on what actually...