Downtown flowerbeds or illegal camp clean-ups? Anchorage officials debate budget priorities
Some want to cut the city’s horticultural budget and use the money for other things.
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Sydni Stallworth makes the most of a rare start to lead UAA women to victory
The 5-foot-3 senior racked up career-highs of 23 points and nine assists as the 6th-ranked Seawolves remained undefeated.
Ketchikan couple have measured over 17 years of Alaskan weather
Bill and Wynn Hopkins have been National Weather Service cooperative observers since 2001.
Enormous blast in Siberia more than a century ago remains a mystery
If the Tunguska event was not from a heavenly body crashing into or exploding just above Earth, what was it?
School employees find package of meth hidden in village food shipment
Employees at the Wainwright school were beginning to prepare a meal for students when they discovered a container of food looked suspicious.
Charges: Man stabbed Alaska Zoo’s head gardener to death and ran over him with a stolen vehicle
The man, Clayton Charlie, had stolen a car earlier in the day, police said.
The Anchorage School District and teachers union reached a tentative contract deal. Here’s what it includes.
That contract proposal includes increases to union members’ salaries and to the district’s contribution toward their health insurance premiums.
Former detention center officer convicted of sexually abusing 16-year-old inmate
Phillip Bigham was also accused of helping the girl plan her escape from McLaughlin Youth Center in Anchorage.
School district seeks public tips after new Anchorage high school threats
The latest messages join others at Dimond and Service high schools. Officials urge parents to notify authorities — before posting on social media.
US Senate passes funding bill authorizing Kodiak land swap for conservation
The swap has concerned some Kodiak residents over the development of a dock in Womens Bay.
Study finds healthy polar bear population in Chukchi Sea
The study found that the population is thriving for now despite a loss of sea ice because of climate change.
APD: Passenger badly hurt when dump truck hits sedan on Tudor Road
The driver of a sedan tried to turn on to a side street and was struck by the truck, police said.
Graffiti found at Service High, including ‘hateful slur,’ prompts restroom closures
Some of the graffiti was similar to written threats found at Dimond High School last week.
Box in holiday wrapping prompts Anchorage federal building evacuation
The evacuation was ordered by federal officials in light of what was considered a suspicious package, wrapped for the holidays.
‘Defendants are slumlords’: Tenants sue Anchorage hotel over rodents, roaches, bed bugs
The owners of the Mush Inn dispute the complaints.
Judge agrees to trial date in Anchorage transgender case
A federal judge in Alaska has agreed to a 2020 trial date for a lawsuit filed by a faith-based Anchorage women’s shelter against the city over a requirement that it accept transgender women.
Settlement allows campaign signs on private property near Alaska state roads
A lawsuit was filed against the state in August by the ACLU of Alaska, a private resident and an independent expenditure group supporting Gov.-elect Mike Dunleavy.
Victim in ‘one free pass’ case files civil lawsuit against Justin Schneider
The lawsuit asks for damages for “intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress.”
Woman killed in Anchorage hit-and-run was mother from St. Lawrence Island
The driver accused of hitting Michele Kulukhon near Orca Street and East Third Avenue on Saturday evening remains at the Anchorage jail.
Family accused of Ohio massacre spent months living quietly in an Alaska mobile home
Four members of the Wagner family moved north of Kenai last summer. On Tuesday, they were charged with killing eight people in Ohio.