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...
Anchorage launches Household Travel Survey to plan safer, more efficient transit
Anchorage residents, you may soon be asked to help shape the future of transportation in the region. The Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Solutions, or AMATS, is launching a new Household Travel Survey called Your Daily Journey. In partnership with the Municipality of Anchorage and the Alaska Department of...
Neil Johannsen to share stories from Alaska State Parks leadership in Anchorage
Alaska State Parks is inviting residents to hear from one of its most influential leaders. Neil Johannsen, the longest-serving acting director of Alaska State Parks, will share stories from his tenure spanning 1971 to 1995 on September 10th in Anchorage. His presentation, held from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. at the Atwood...
Wet and windy through the Aleutians, with a return to wetter weather for Southeast
Jonson Kuhn gives an update on the verdict in the Winona Fletcher resentencing.
Police respond to West Anchorage shooting; suspect detained
Anchorage police investigated a shooting at a West Anchorage address. Officers responded to 1650 W Northern Lights Boulevard shortly after 8:30 a.m. Sunday for a reported shooting. When they arrived, they found an adult male with a gunshot wound to the upper body. The victim was treated for non-life-threatening...
Alaska’s youngest convicted female murderer to go free after resentencing
Judge Jack McKenna on Monday resentenced Winona Fletcher to 60 years. With mandatory parole reducing that by a third, to 40 years, it means Fletcher will be released from prison. -- Casey Grove/Alaska Public Media. Original story:. Winona Fletcher’s past 40 years have been spent in Alaska prisons, ever since...
One injured in Sunday shooting near Spenard grocery store
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - One man was taken to the hospital after a shooting on W. Northern Lights Blvd on Sunday. Anchorage Police responded to a reported shooting at 8:31 a.m. Sunday near the Carrs grocery store area, according to a statement from the APD. The investigation determined the shooting happened inside...
Hundreds of people climb Alyeska’s North Face trail to raise money, awareness
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Saturday, people spent the day climbing up Alyeska’s North Face trail and taking the tram down. “Participants climb the North Face of Alyeska as many times as possible within a 10-hour period of time. And that’s an over two miles climb ascending 2,000 feet. So, particularly for those...
Big vegetables for big appetites: Bears munch on produce from the Alaska State Fair
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - It’s a problem we all face: what to do with all those leftover vegetables so they don’t go to waste? The Alaska State Fair, in conjunction with the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, has devised a solution to the age-old problem: feeding them to the bears.
Large Sunday police presence in Spenard area cleared
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A large police presence in the Spenard area Sunday morning has cleared, according to the Anchorage Police Department (APD). APD wrote online that it happened around 8:30 a.m. near 1650 W Northern Lights Boulevard. That’s near the intersection on Northern Lights and Minnesota. A dispatch...
