Mayor proposes alcohol tax for Anchorage homelessness and substance abuse treatment services
The proposal would need eight Anchorage Assembly votes to make the April 2019 ballot, and then a simple majority of voters would be needed to pass it.
Limited hall passes, access to upstairs bathrooms at Dimond High Tuesday after last week’s threats
There will also be an increased presence of school resource officers, according to an email from the principal to parents.
Man accused in Anchorage hit-and-run told police he stopped to help victim
Charges say the victim was found dead in the street.
The ‘gravy lady’ needs a hand: Donation drive underway for Thanksgiving meals in Southcentral Alaska
Bean's Cafe expects to serve 1,000 meals. A Wasilla mission holds a full sit-down dinner. None of it comes without help.
Why did Ballot Measure 1 get crushed? Opponents outspent backers – by a lot – but other factors were also at play.
Analysis: Political consultants and others say a key handicap was the complexity of the measure, which would have set new regulations for activity affecting salmon habitat.
No quick resolution expected in shelter’s lawsuit over Anchorage’s LGBT non-discrimination law
Alliance Defending Freedom filed a scheduling report in federal court Friday, noting tentative trial dates in April 2020.
Amid deep grief over whalers’ deaths, Utqiagvik celebrates end of whaling season
Subsistence hunters in Utqiagvik brought in their full quota of 19 bowhead whales.
Sinema wins in Arizona as Democrats capture a longtime GOP Senate seat
Democratic Senate candidate Kyrsten Sinema captured a long-held Republican seat in Arizona, defeating Republican Martha McSally and narrowing the GOP’s majority in the upper chamber.
Nobody injured when vans carrying soldiers crash on Parks Highway
Sixteen Fort Wainwright soldiers and other motorists escaped injury in a four-vehicle crash on the Parks Highway.
Dunleavy names new members of the team that will shape state government, including a familiar face
The new state government will be making hundreds of hires as Dunleavy replaces Walker.
Comic book genius Stan Lee, Spider-Man creator, dies at 95
The creative dynamo who revolutionized the comic book and helped make billions for Hollywood by introducing human frailties in superheroes such as Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and the Incredible Hulk died Monday.
