Parents, students and staff have given nearly six hours of passionate testimony against the deep cuts proposed by the board to balance the budget.

The blaze occurred Friday at the former Americas Best Value Inn and Suites on Spenard Road. None of the people, rescued from a balcony with a ladder truck, were hurt.

Police responded shortly before 4 a.m. Friday to the Hampton Inn, in what soon became a SWAT response. Nobody else was injured.

Southcentral mushers say they’re fleeing north to find snow due to bare trails back home.

“We're not telling you you can't have these things in your home,” said Assembly member Karen Bronga. “We're just saying, if you have these things, that you need to check your kids.”

A driver in one of the fatal collisions is charged with murder and DUI.

Municipal Manager Becky Windt Pearson says community members want the building to house a more all-purpose recreation center, like the city operates in the Spenard and Fairview neighborhoods.

A total of 91 skiers and snowboarders mixed and mingled as they paired up to take a chairlift up part of the mountain, and use the time to get to know each other.

The state of the egg-conomy is forcing Anchorage eateries to raise prices and rethink recipes. It has also increased the demand for local farm fresh eggs.

The body voted 7 to 4 Tuesday night to indefinitely postpone an ordinance that would’ve reinstated a $40 fine for jaywalking. In 2023, Assembly members voted to eliminate the fine.

The change is set to last until the end of May 2028.

The ruling comes after the ACLU asked a judge for a temporary restraining order against the city’s plans to abate an encampment near North Star Elementary School.