A new storm is set to hit the northwest part of the state, just weeks after an historic weather event pummeled Western Alaska, and officials say they are ready for it.
Anchorage police reported that inbound lanes of the Glenn were closed for several hours following the fatal car crash, and said the highway was reopened at 1:49 a.m. Thursday.
Kylene Everett and her husband purchased their Wasilla home in 2019, and until this year had barely even seen a puddle on their property - but that has since changed.
Multiple municipal elections were held Tuesday around the state, asking Alaskans to elect a variety of assembly, school board and council seats, as well as several propositions up for debate.
In Superior Court on Tuesday, an Anchorage man was sentenced to serve 50 years for attempted kidnapping, escape and robbery, according to a press release from the Alaska Department of Law.
The two foreign nationals were taken into local custody and are being held at the local public safety facility pending further response, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
While the trip to the extreme north is an exciting one for Coast Guard crews — who rarely get the opportunity to travel to such high latitudes — the mission also has major scientific and security implications.
Tuesday night's Anchorage School Board meeting centered on the district's budget and a large amount of one-time funding, leading to a room packed with people who wanted to voice their opinions.
Billionaire philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott recently donated $15 million to the Mat-Su Health Foundation, which is the largest single donation ever received by the community health organization.
A new ordinance sponsored by Assemblymember Ron Bernier would do just that — requiring ballots to be counted by hand instead of run through voting machines.
Seeing for sale signs staying up longer has been a recent trend seen. According to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, interests have gone up since 2021. Last year, Anchorage saw a tight housing market. There were not many houses on the market, but there were a seas of home buyers looking to find their perfect home.
The Alaska Community Foundation announced Monday that over $500,000 will be dispersed this week to towns that need it most, with the rest of the $1.25 million total to be handed out starting in early November.
Use of the Golden Lion Hotel as an emergency shelter will be up for public testimony and a possible vote at the Anchorage Assembly’s next meeting, slated for Oct. 11.
As proposed, the resolution would require high school students in the Mat-Su to take two semesters of logic. The first semester would occur in 9th grade as an introductory course with the second semester in 11th grade that would focus on “Socratic” logic
At a special meeting of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. Board of Trustees, Acting Revenue Commissioner Deven Mitchell was approved by a unanimous vote to become the next Executive Director of the corporation.
The Alaska Department of Corrections announced that a 15th incarcerated Alaskan has died in the department’s custody in 2022, tying the previous calendar-year record set in 2015.
The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced late Monday that it would be extending Disaster Unemployment Assistance to residents of the regions most affected by the storms caused by the remnants of Typhoon Merbok.
Brushkana resident and four-time Iditarod Trail sled dog race finisher Jessie Holmes was injured after traveling to Golovin last week with a group of other mushers to assist in cleaning up after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok ravaged the western coast of Alaska.
The venue is once again being used as a temporary homeless shelter after many residents were given space this summer at a campground at Centennial Park in Northeast Anchorage.
According to the Municipality of Anchorage, they will not be forcing campers who are already at the site to leave. However, no new campers will be allowed on the property.
In a letter emailed to parents of district students, District superintendent Jharrett Bryantt said that the anticipated end to the use of cohorts for school bus routes will not happen in October.
The corner of Minnesota and Northern Lights was filled with people wearing orange shirts and waving signs Friday morning in honor of Orange Shirt Day, also recognized as The National Day Of Remembrance Of U.S. Indian Boarding Schools.
Jordan Flowers, 23, was sentenced to second-degree murder for 30 years with 10 years suspended, as well as 10 years supervised probation following his sentence.
Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan introduced a bill Thursday that would designate one of Alaska’s most active volcanoes — Mount Cerberus, located on Semisopochnoi Island on the Aleutians — as “Mount Young.”
In a memo obtained Thursday, Homeless Director Alexis Johnson states that the Health Department — the agency responsible for homelessness services — has been made aware that the municipality’s Department of Maintenance and Operations would need “more than a week of lead time” to conduct repairs on the Golden Lion facility.
Property manager Suzy Campbell was surprised to see a video taken by a tenant last month, shocked that the privacy trees that surrounded three sides of the complex had been leveled - including the backside of the property that faces the notoriously dangerous road.
According to the Anchorage Police Department Employees Association (APDEA), the delays are due to a disagreement with APD command and the Municipality of Anchorage over pre-statement reviews for officers.
The Bronson administration will implement the assembly's emergency shelter plan, moving people to the Sullivan Arena. The Golden Lion Hotel is still under consideration.
Safety crews completed an assessment of the landslide area and have determined that the risk to the public has returned to pre-event levels, and are now allowing residents of the affected area access to their homes.
Sandy Snodgrass recently filmed on the set of the Dr. Phil show as part of a series on the fentanyl crisis currently sweeping the nation. She lost her 22-year-old son to fentanyl poisoning in October of 2021.
Two more inmates have died while in the custody of Alaska’s Department of Corrections, according to a press release issued Tuesday. That brings the total number to 14 for the year.
The Legislative Budget and Audit Committee heard a presentation Wednesday detailing the events leading up to — and stated justifications for — the firing of former Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation Executive Director Angela Rodell.
The report says the amount spilled and dumped in wastewater from drilling rigs and production platforms has increased because there’s more work offshore.
Following the Anchorage Assembly’s passage of an emergency cold weather shelter plan for homeless residents Monday, some people who live in those areas are worried about what may be next.
The overall tone of the report suggests that state funds appropriated by the legislature for AIDEA would have been better served in the state’s permanent fund.
As part of a push to get more women into wildland firefighting, seven women from across the country were part of an all-women fire crew hosted by the National Park Service.
The Department of Public Safety announced that retired Alaska State Trooper Lt. Lonny Piscoya will return to service as the new head of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Initiative leader.
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