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Man arrested in Wasilla kidnapping, rape of teen girl at gunpoint

David Wayne Anderson, 49, faces numerous charges including attempted murder, assault, sexual assault, sexual abuse of a minor and kidnapping.

Ghouls and graphs: Soldotna house tallies 779 trick-or-treaters

Even with a heads-up from the neighbors, Nick Berlon and Nikki Stein got more trick-or-treaters last year than they were expecting — 731. This year, they were ready.

Angst over youth outmigration emerges in Alaska campaign rhetoric and debates

University funding, career prospects and lifestyle amenities are factors cited as important to young Alaskans pondering their futures.

Snow storm closes Anchorage schools, slows morning traffic

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for the Anchorage area, in effect until 6 p.m.

A woman in a blue shirt helping another woman with her voting ballot

How Alaska handles election security

Answers to six frequently asked questions.

From across the street is the Anchorage Police Department, where an American and Alaskan Flag sit in front of a parking lot full of police cars.

Anchorage Police Department and union to settle body camera debate in arbitration next year

Municipal attorney Blair Christensen says the arbitration process will likely wrap up six to nine months from now.

Key GOP groups are more fired up to vote in midterms than Democrats, NPR poll finds

Heading into the final week of voting, some of Democrats' key base voters' levels of enthusiasm are far below that of Republican-base voter groups, a recent poll found.

Here’s what Alaska’s gubernatorial candidates say they’ll do about the state housing shortage

An early-October forum in Anchorage addressed the issue and the topic of homelessness, but not everyone was there.

Slot machines are illegal in Alaska. So how is Klawock’s casino in business?

In Klawock, the local tribe is now running more than 20 machines that look an awful lot like the kind of slots you might find on the floor of a Las Vegas casino.

An Alaska tribal court judge breaks down ICWA’s past, present and future

Judge Debra O’Gara has spent over a decade working on Indian child welfare cases and directing trainings on the Indian Child Welfare Act for guardians, case workers and lawyers.

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