Chief Sean Case addressed questions raised by the national series and said recent policy changes, outreach and coordination are helping the department improve MMIP investigations.

City officials say the designs are part of a larger strategy to ease the housing shortage.

Students in the IditaRead Challenge move along the trail one mile per minute spent reading.

Officials say helping people stay housed is an important part of their homeless response.

Snow continued to fall Saturday as 37 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race teams mushed through Alaska’s largest city.

Officials said the crowding is stretching resources and making it tough to take care of all the animals in need.

Ready to mush into the weekend?

After Saturday's ceremonial start in Anchorage, the race clock starts ticking for real with a restart Sunday in Willow, as teams head out on the 1,000-mile trail to Nome, where a first-place finisher is expected in about eight days.

Geopolitical tensions last year caused some international travelers to cancel their vacations to the United States, and locally, Alaska tourism operators were navigating a puzzle of uncertainty.

Some carvers worked through the final night to bring their visions to life during the annual Fur Rondy festival.

One ballot initiative is a roughly $80 million bond. The other is a one-time $11.8 million tax hike that school district leaders plan on using to hire 80 teachers.

Data shows there’s one major thing that predicts whether a pedestrian will actually die when they’re hit: the speed of the vehicle.