Anchorage

Always on guard for Alaska

On Sunday during a rainy Memorial Day weekend, tourists pass by a statue of Maj. "Muktuk" Marston of the Alaska Territorial Guard outside the Alaska Veterans Museum on Fourth Avenue in downtown Anchorage. Marston led thousands of Native volunteers who watched the shores of Alaska for enemy movement during World War II.

World War II veterans to be featured in Park Strip ceremony

COMPASS: Don't lose true meaning of Memorial Day

Memorial Day 2012: Roll call

Memorial Day events

Memorial Day closures

Memorial Day closures

Holiday weekend closures

Memorial Day Events

Memorial Day events in Anchorage and the Mat-Su

World War II veterans to be featured in Park Strip ceremony

Surviving World War II veterans will be honored as part of Memorial Day observances on Monday. The Staff Sgt. Archie Van Winkle Memorial Chapter of the Korean War Veterans Association will host a service at 3 p.m. on the Park Strip at the Veterans Memorial, west of I Street between Ninth and 10th avenues.

Memorial Day closures

The Dome's parking lot slated for makeover

The deeply rutted dirt parking lot at The Dome -- soggy and challenging to drive especially during breakup -- will be getting a makeover, thanks to the state Legislature.

Memorial Day closures

Holiday weekend closures

Black bear causes stir in Anchorage visit

Police tracked a black bear in the Abbott Loop area of South Anchorage through residential and industrial areas Saturday. The small bear, which residents said they've seen in the neighborhood recently, scampered away unharmed after officers followed it for about 30 minutes.

JULIA O'MALLEY

Army wife blogs about life with 2 sets of twins

There’s still a war going on. Even in a military town, we sometimes forget that. Bridget Rainey’s blog, Twinisms, brings the life of one local military wife into tight focus. She’ll crack you up and choke you up all at once.

Photos: Life with twins

O'Malley blog, previous columns

Keyes returns to court 2 days after apparent escape attempt

Wearing a new red jumpsuit and now labeled a dangerous prisoner after an apparent escape attempt, Israel Keyes, the man charged with abducting and killing 18-year-old Samantha Koenig, sat calmly through a federal court hearing Friday.

Bears on moose kill prompt closure of Turnagain wayside

A sow brown bear and cub at a moose kill near the McHugh Wayside off the Seward Highway have prompted Chugach State Park managers to close the area. Trails in the area remain open.

Pedestrian struck and killed by van on freeway on-ramp

A woman was struck and killed by a passenger van early Friday while walking on a freeway on-ramp between the Glenn Highway and Muldoon Road, Anchorage police said.

Stolen eagle carving returned; police seek tips on suspect

Anchorage police are asking for help in the search for the thief or thieves who stole a large eagle carving and chain saw from a carver's pickup.

Informant in militia case admits running drugs for Hells Angels

The confidential informant who brought down the Fairbanks militia leadership finished his testimony in federal court Wednesday, admitting under oath that his work as a drug-hauling Alaska trucker years ago was as an initiate for the Hells Angels motorcycle gang.

Photos: Federal evidence in militia case

More coverage of the militiamen's trial

Missing teen found safe at Anchorage home, police say

A 17-year-old girl missing from a military academy since Sunday was found safe Thursday morning at a friend's home in South Anchorage, police said.

Anchorage city clerk resigns in wake of troubled election

After nine years of overseeing Anchorage elections and serving as the Assembly's right hand in city government, City Clerk Barbara Gruenstein had just announced her resignation Wednesday. Everyone wanted to talk. She had little to say.

Anchorage cab driver charged with sexual assault of customer

Anchorage police on Tuesday arrested a Checker Cab driver accused of raping a passenger. Paul Velasco, 28, was charged with sexually assaulting a woman on May 1.

Troublesome Turnagain Arm bear killed by Fish and Game

A 2-year-old female brown bear that had become dangerously comfortable around humans along the Turnagain Arm Trail was killed Tuesday by an Alaska Department of Fish and Game officer.

People get too close to Turnagain bear

Defense begins questioning of Fairbanks militia informant

A defense lawyer homed in today on Gerald "J.R." Olson's criminal past, including running drugs for the Hells Angels, in the federal trial of Fairbanks militia leader Schaeffer Cox and two others accused of plotting to kill officials.

Photos: Federal evidence in militia case

Fairbanks militia's '241' killing plan was secretly recorded

More coverage of the militiamen's trial

Residents escape but dogs die in Spenard house fire

No one was reported injured but two dogs died in a house fire on West 47th Avenue in Anchorage early Wednesday morning. The fire's cause is under investigation.

Anchorage police seek help finding missing teen

Anchorage police are looking for a 17-year-old girl they say ran away from the Alaska Military Youth Academy on Sunday.

Fourth Avenue fence art is a warning with alcohol bottles

On a stretch of East Fourth Avenue, a tenth of a mile of chain link fence is festooned with empty booze bottles, all arranged in the shape of hearts, skulls, the state of Alaska and the words "NO BOOZE."

Photos: Bottle art along Fourth Avenue