Anchorage AK

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The preliminary report on the plane crash that killed four people near Seldovia last month was released Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board. On Aug. 26, the Piper PA-24 flying to Seldovia from Anchorage’s Merrill Field Airport crashed into the water near Seldovia and was...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Dense fog and risky landing conditions played a major role in the crash of a chartered plane that left all eight onboard dead last month at a remote military radar site in western Alaska. A preliminary report released Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)...

The proposed state plan would gift AIDEA nearly 20,000 acres of state recreation land near Houston.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Two men are dead after a plane crashed near Aniak Tuesday, according to the Alaska State Troopers. Troopers received a report at 12:21 p.m. that a Cessna 185 had crashed after taking off from a moose camp near Aniak. Troopers have been unable to reach the crash site because of poor weather.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A fire that burned at a Whittier dock for over 12 hours Monday is now being investigated to find a cause to the blaze that torched roughly 70% of the wood decking on the town’s new cruise ship terminal. Part of the investigation by the...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A recent study says over a billion birds are killed every year in the in the U.S. from striking windows, and the numbers may be even higher since the figures only include birds that were taken to rehab clinics for treatment. “So, you extrapolate that to...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Newly released data obtained by a public records request with the Anchorage Fire Department highlights a stubborn opioid crisis on the streets of Alaska’s largest city, but first responders say a new frontline intervention program is beginning to break the “revolving door” cycle of overdose a

Civil engineering, surveying, and environmental firm R&M Consultants welcomes Collin Hodges as a Senior Planner in the Planning Department. Hodges returns to Alaska after spending the past six years on the East Coast, where he worked on transportation and community planning projects. Prior to leaving Alaska in 2020, Ho

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - She took a new job with the state, and six months later, there was a worldwide pandemic. You know her name. You know her face — at least what it looks like during a Zoom presentation: Dr. Anne Zink, Alaska’s chief medical officer during the COVID pandemic.

Teen activists in Alaska are opposing a state plan to transfer nearly 20,000 acres of public land near Houston to a development authority, citing concerns about potential threats to forested land, trails, and wildlife habitat. Teen activists are pushing back against a state plan to hand nearly 20,000 acres of...