Survivor Recounts How Kaguyak Was Lost Forever
Sally Carlough didn’t know March 27, 1964 would mark the last steam bath she would ever take in Kaguyak. As she and her young daughter bathed in the banya, or bathhouse, she had no idea how her life...
View ArticleA Contentious Three-way Race for East Anchorage's Assembly Seat
The three-way race for the East Anchorage seat on the Anchorage Assembly is pitting an incumbent against a former state House representative and a political novice. It’s a close race against a diverse...
View ArticleEarthquake Advisory Group Wants Lawmaker to Join Ranks
The United States Geological Survey reports Alaska experiences more than one thousand earthquakes every month. Four in five shakers in the U.S. occur in the Last Frontier. Alaska has also had three of...
View ArticleThree Arrested in String of Overnight Vehicle Vandalism
Three men have been arrested after vandalizing more than 50 cars overnight in areas of downtown and South Anchorage. Just before 1:00 a.m. Wednesday APD Dispatch received multiple calls that...
View ArticleAPD Arrests 1 of 2 Suspects in East Anchorage Armed Robbery
One person has been arrested by police who responded to an armed robbery in a East Anchorage trailer park Wednesday, with officers still searching the area for a second suspect. According to a...
View ArticleThe Incumbent in East Anchorage Has Two Challengers For His Assembly Seat
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View ArticleAppeals Court Sides with Alaska on Roadless Rule
A divided federal appeals court panel has sided with the state of Alaska in reversing a decision that reinstated the roadless rule in the Tongass National Forest. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of...
View ArticleAlaska Air National Guard Rescues 2 Skiers near Anchorage
Two skiers have been rescued near Wolverine Peak in Anchorage. The Alaska Air National Guard says in a statement that the skiers were picked up Wednesday morning after spending a night in the...
View ArticleParnell Asks Feds to Investigate Alaska National Guard Sexual Abuse
Gov. Sean Parnell has requested a federal investigation of sexual abuse allegations which have rocked the Alaska National Guard, citing existing cases which have been dropped by law enforcement. In a...
View ArticleChurch Provided Safe Haven for '64 Tsunami Refugees
Before the earthquake and tsunami, there was a fire. It destroyed homes and businesses in Cordova almost a year before the quake. It was that event that Bert Hall said prepared the community for the...
View ArticleMurkowski Takes On Jewell over King Cove Road
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) made it clear that she "means business" on Thursday as she addressed Interior Secretary Sally Jewell again about a road connecting the Alaska communities of King Cove...
View ArticleNew Ban on Synthetic Drugs Close to Legislature Vote
The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony on companion bills in the House and Senate Wednesday that would tighten restrictions on the sale and distribution of synthetic marijuana.
View ArticleNew Ban on Synthetic Drugs Close to Legislature Vote
The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony on companion bills in the House and Senate Wednesday that would tighten restrictions on the sale and distribution of synthetic marijuana. The drugs, often...
View ArticleClosing Arguments Heard in APD Discrimination Trial
After nearly a month of hearing from witnesses in a lawsuit over alleged discrimination at the Anchorage Police Department, attorneys on both sides argue there are still many things that weren't...
View ArticleAnchorage Entrepreneur Offers Locally Made Baby Food
Zoi Maroudas-Tziolas, whose family owns Spenard eatery Pizza Olympia, started Bambino Baby Food a year ago. She makes baby food and snacks without sugar or salts added. Instead of sugar, she sweetens...
View ArticleVenetie Men Indicted in Relative?s Stabbing over Dogs
Two Venetie men have been indicted on more than a dozen domestic-violence assault and burglary charges in the stabbing of a male relative who was attacked as he slept earlier this month. According to...
View ArticleHelmet Saves Boy?s Head in Alyeska Snowboard Crash
While National Ski Areas Association statistics say suffering a severe injury or dying while skiing or snowboarding is a one-in-a-million event, a Girdwood incident shows chance favors the prepared...
View ArticleDemand Increases At Food Pantries
The need for food pantries has increased in Anchorage.
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