Caswell Lakes RSA Plans Field Meeting
The Caswell Lakes Road Service Area Board will meet this week to discuss a materials storage site. Board Chair DJ McBride says the site is needed to provide a location to store traction sand and other road materials in the Caswell Lakes area. The site has been on the Board’s...
Alutiiq Museum launches new interactive map sharing locations in native language
The Stone Soup Cafe’s community garden in Fairbanks is expanding with new plants including trees. Alaska Department of law says DNA evidence links River John George Aspelund to mother’s murder. Experts offer tips for hiking glaciers safely. Updated: 6 hours ago. |. By Jayce Bertrand. Following two separate...
Anchorage apartment fire fueled by oxygen tanks burns 6 units
Alaska Department of law says DNA evidence links River John George Aspelund to mother’s murder. Alutiiq Museum launches new interactive map sharing locations in native language. Updated: 4 hours ago. One of the core tenets of any museum is preservation. For Alaska Native museums statewide, the preservation of...
Glacier safety: Expert tips following deadly week in Southeast
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - In the past week, officials have responded to the deaths of two hikers from two separate incidents, near a glacier in Southeast Alaska. On September 2, the body of Thomas Casey, a 69-year-old hiker from Arizona, was identified after being recovered from the Mendenhall Glacier. Six...
Alaska’s youngest convicted female killer granted release after 40 years
After four decades behind bars, Alaska’s youngest convicted female killer is set to walk free. At the Nesbett Courthouse in Anchorage, a judge has reduced the sentence of Winona Fletcher, making her immediately eligible for release. Fletcher was just 14 years old in 1985 when she and her boyfriend...
New speed limits on Spenard Road mean drivers should slow down
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - New speed limit signs went up on Spenard Road Monday morning telling drivers to slow down. The section of Spenard from Hillcrest Drive to Northern Lights Boulevard is now 25 mph, as is the section from Northern Lights to Benson. The section of Spenard between Minnesota Drive and Benson...
More than 100 students compete at UAA’s Engineer Week event
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - University of Alaska Anchorage hosted its first day of Engineer Week Saturday where more than 100 kids, ranging from preschool...
Thousands of dollars raised to help pay utility bills during Walk for Warmth
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - More than 60 people marched Saturday in downtown Anchorage for the 13th annual United Way's annual Walk for Warmth event...
Iron Dog Updates 2024
It's the toughest snowmachine race in the world, and one of Alaska's extreme sport challenges... It's the 2024 IRON DOG!. Tune-in for daily race...
Nordic Skiing: Anchorage’s Gus Schumacher makes history as first American men’s distance World Cup...
Gus Schumacher finished his 10-kilometer interval-start race ahead of the 34 men who'd started before him. "I thought 'Sweet, I gotta get in the...
