Outcry over flowers leads Anchorage officials to back down on cuts
The administration of Mayor Ethan Berkowitz said Tuesday that projections for a higher PFD in 2019 would generate enough money for the city to pay for more homeless services.
Photos: Best of November 2018
Buildings in downtown Anchorage are illuminated by the setting sun in a view from Goose Lake. (Loren Holmes / ADN)
‘The system was unable to protect anybody from him’: Family struggled to help violent, mentally ill son charged in Alaska Zoo killing
Less than two weeks before he was charged in the death of a gardener at the Alaska Zoo, Clayton Charlie was found mentally incompetent to stand trial in three other assault cases.
Anchorage School Board votes to close one of three JBER elementary schools
Not enough students attend Mount Spurr and two other base elementary schools, Orion and Aurora, to justify keeping all three open, school officials say.
Man arrested in shooting at Anchorage motel
Anchorage police have found the man they believe may have been involved in a weekend shooting at the Black Angus Inn.
Dunleavy chief of staff: ‘No public servant should ever think that they are irreplaceable’
It’s unknown when hundreds of state employees will learn whether they will keep their jobs after Dunleavy takes office Dec. 3.
Thanksgiving Blessing event serves 10,000 Anchorage families
The Food Bank of Alaska helped distribute groceries to families in need.
Romaine lettuce unsafe amid a new outbreak of E. coli in multiple states, CDC warns
No deaths have been reported, and no Alaska cases have been reported.
Elderly prisoner claims he’s America’s deadliest serial killer with 90 victims. Police believe him.
Law enforcement officials from across the country are trekking to his jail cell, hauling along their open case files, hoping the convicted killer can offer answers.
Interior seeks to bolster oil and gas activity in National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
An Interior official indicated that the emergence of the Nanushuk formation and advances in drilling technology make it an appropriate time to rewrite the federal land-use plan for NPR-A.
People line up in Fairbanks for Costco opening
The new store fills a void left by the closure of Sam’s Club in January.
Open & Shut: Cannabis retailer opens shop No. 2, plus restaurant closures
There’s also a new pottery space in Anchorage.
