As Winter Deepens, Shelters See Mixed Demand for Beds
As the temperature drops, the need for shelter rises for Anchorage’s homeless population. Some organizations are consistently at full capacity, while others have seen a decline in numbers. Steve...
View ArticleAnchorage Police, SWAT Team In Standoff At Downtown Apartment Building
[UPDATE 11:43 p.m.] Anchorage police spokesperson Jennifer Castro says police initially received a call just after 8 p.m. Thursday of a man threatening a woman inside a unit in an apartment complex...
View ArticleThe Morning Show (Dec. 27, 2013)
KTUU Channel 2 News presents The Morning Show with David George and Sheila Balistreri.
View ArticleAppeals Court Reinstates Charges in Fishing Case
The state appeals court on Friday reinstated charges of excessive fishing against a former state senator and two others. A wildlife officer in August 2009 cited former lawmaker Albert Kookesh,...
View ArticleMan Arrested Following Standoff at Downtown Apartment Complex
[UPDATE 8:21 a.m.] Anchorage Police officials found "peaceful resolution" to a hostage standoff that began Thursday evening with the arrest of a man who had barricaded himself inside an apartment...
View ArticleHuman Remains Exhumed From Basement of Old House
Old human remains have been exhumed from the basement of the historic building that houses Sitka radio station KCAW, more than two years after they were discovered. KCAW reports the bones removed from...
View ArticleDowntown Standoff Ends 'Peacefully'
Anchorage police and a SWAT team responded to reports of a man pointing a gun at a woman inside a residence on west 11th avenue last night.
View ArticleDoctors Say Not Enough Alaskans Getting Vaccinated
Fighting the flu is almost easier than fighting the reasons why people don't want to get the shot. In Alaska, doctors say some feel they are “too healthy” to get an annual flu shot. Other patients say...
View ArticleDonations for Kotlik Rallied By Young Benefactor
A young boy in Wasilla, Alaska is collecting bottled water to have delivered to Kotlik. Sewer and water lines in the west Alaska village were damaged after a flood in November.
View ArticleKotlik Donations Rallied by Young Benefactor
The western Alaska village of Kotlik is still recovering from powerful storms that flooded the community. Now some help may be on the way thanks to a 12 year old boy from Wasilla. A series of powerful...
View ArticleAnchorage Assembly to Look at Tougher Synthetic Drug Ordinance
Anchorage Municipal Prosecutor Cynthia Franklin says what you don't know may kill you when it comes to synthetic drugs. "These chemists are just making this stuff up, and it’s sending people to the...
View ArticleTroopers Search for Missing Arizona Man Near Fairbanks
Alaska State Troopers in Fairbanks are asking for the public’s help in locating an Arizona man who hasn't been seen since Dec. 14. Troopers say 66-year-old Keith Stompro was checked into Pike’s...
View ArticleMan Arrested After Standoff With Police, SWAT Team Charged in Court
Jeremiah Hancotte, the 35-year-old man police arrested after a tense hours-long standoff, was officially charged in court Friday. Police say Hancotte kept officers and a SWAT team at bay in a downtown...
View ArticleSpenard Duplex Fire
Small duplex fire was quickly contained, but would have been more severe had a passerby not notified AFD.
View ArticleSpenard Duplex Fire
A duplex home in Spenard had a close call when a passerby spotted smoke and fire coming from its roof Friday afternoon. The Anchorage Fire Department responded to the house on Orion Circle around 3...
View ArticleQuarter of Alaska?s Unemployed To Lose Benefits
More than 6,500 Alaskans receiving federal emergency unemployment will see their benefits disappear Saturday. That amounts to roughly a quarter of Alaska’s more than 25,000 recipients of federal...
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