JBER’s Ursa Major Elementary School will close for at least a year due to earthquake safety
The Anchorage School District hopes to have Ursa Major students start their fall classes at other schools on base.
There will be no poultry at this year’s Tanana Valley State Fair due to bird flu concerns
The decision also took into account the fairgrounds’ location next to Creamers Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, said the fair's board president.
Anchorage Assembly puts more than $7 million toward sheltering and housing initiatives
The Assembly also rejected a proposal from Mayor Dave Bronson that would've allowed for the waiving of camping limits for people who are homeless and staying at the controversial Centennial Campground.
In rural Alaska, communities contemplate a double whammy from high fuel costs
Annual fuel deliveries are arriving with prices near record highs, crimping the budgets of small towns and villages with no road access.
Another big Fed rate hike is here to battle inflation. Economy hangs in balance.
U.S. Federal Reserve raises rates for fourth time in 2022, this time by another three-quarters of a percentage point to battle inflation. It's at a size and pace we haven't seen since the 1980s.
Four children killed in Fairbanks murder-suicide, troopers say
Troopers say their investigation determined that a 15-year-old boy shot three siblings and then himself.
Alaska voters are welcome to write ‘Tara Sweeney’ on the special election ballot, but here’s why it might not count
Sweeney is campaigning for a full term in Congress. She hasn't ruled out registering as a write-in for the special election.
Anchorage’s huge development deal for Girdwood draws local ire over lack of affordable housing
That's not because Girdwood doesn't need more housing. Most there agree it does. But the city's plan to develop 60 acres near Glacier Creek into more than a hundred homes does not include any units cheaper than half a million dollars.
Salvation Army moves families at Centennial Campground to Anchorage shelters
The Salvation Army took over efforts to connect campers to housing and other services last week and prioritized moving families into more permanent shelter. The youngest child at the camp last week was two days old.
A Buckland man was found dead and naked on an Anchorage beach. Police say his death isn’t suspicious, but his family disagrees.
"It doesn't add up," said Fred Lee's daughter.
Congress approves bill to boost US production of computer chips; Sullivan votes no.
Sen. Dan Sullivan was the only member of the Alaska delegation voting this week.
Alaska Airlines workers to vote on a new contract that could put them among the highest paid airline workers in the industry
IAMAW represents around 5,300 Alaska Airlines reservations and customer service agents, ramp workers and other employees. About 900 of those workers are spread out across Alaska.
Troopers say there’s ‘no obvious reasons’ why Fairbanks teen killed 3 siblings and then himself
“The only person — people — that know what really happened in that moment are deceased,” said a troopers spokesperson.
Cost estimates for constitutional convention in Alaska range widely
Issues include the length of the session and the amount of support delegates will need.
Tribal IDs should work at airports, but travelers say TSA often rejects them
Scanning machines at security checkpoints reject the cards even though they're on TSA’s list of accepted IDs.
For the first time, live invasive green crabs have been found in Alaska
Metlakatla Mayor Albert Smith says he’s concerned about what this means for the community’s traditional food sources.
Alaska’s first monkeypox case recorded in Anchorage
Anchorage Health Department officials say the person who tested positive is an Anchorage resident and is isolating at home. Officials say the person did not require hospitalization, and was a close contact of a person who recently traveled out of state.
‘Alaskan Bush People’ get the cold shoulder when looking for land in Southeast
The famous Brown family tried to buy land in Alaska after living in Washington the last three years. But locals did not welcome them as neighbors.
New K-12 charter school will serve growing Alaska Native population in Mat-Su Borough
The Knik Cultural Charter School will offer in-person learning, a homeschool program and a blended option. The Knik Tribe has spent the last three years planning the school with the help of a federal grant.
Summer boosters for people under 50 shelved in favor of updated boosters in the fall
The Biden administration is scrapping plans to offer COVID boosters for people under 50 this summer. Instead officials will push for an earlier release of the next generation boosters in the fall.