Anchorage Food Pantries See Increased Demand
Alaska's largest food pantry says more families are feeling the pinch after extended federal unemployment benefits expired late last December. According to Catholic Social Services, it anticipated a...
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 ArticleThree Arrested in String of Overnight Vehicle Vandalism
Three suspects have been arrested after vandalizing more than 50 cars overnight in areas of Downtown and South Anchorage.
View ArticleCordova Fishermen Oil Spill Impact
How has fishing been in the Prince William Sound since the historic Valdez Oil Spill? A local fisherman from Cordova takes us through the struggles that his community encountered and how the recovery...
View ArticleResolution Calling for Constitutional 'Convention of States' Advances
The Senate Judiciary Committee has moved a resolution calling for a convention of states to amend the federal constitution. House Joint Resolution 22, sponsored by Rep. Tammie Wilson, requests...
View ArticleFairbanks Makes Strides Toward Cleaner Air
The director of the Alaska's Air Quality Division says Fairbanks is making progress toward cleaner air but could be classified as a "serious" offender in 2015. Alice Edwards says Fairbanks can...
View ArticleWoman Dead, Man Critical in Juneau Semi-Truck Collision
An 18-year-old woman has died in a Juneau traffic collision with a semi- truck that left a 20-year-old man in critical condition. Juneau police say Jessica Louise Billy was pronounced dead at the...
View ArticleAPD Arrests Man in Liquor Store Armed Robbery
Police have arrested a man who they say used a gun to rob an East Anchorage liquor store Wednesday night. Officers responded to a report of a robbery at the Brown Jug on Abbot Road around 9:49 p.m....
View ArticleUAF Priest Arrested for DUI
A 52-year-old Roman Catholic priest who serves in the University of Alaska Fairbanks parish has been placed on administrative leave following his arrest on a driving under the influence charge....
View ArticlePentagon Pledges Investigation into National Guard Sex Abuse, Parnell Says
After requesting an official inquiry into sexual abuse within the Alaska National Guard, on Thursday a spokesperson for Gov. Sean Parnell says defense officials are following through. A spokeswoman...
View ArticleTwo Ballot Props Ask for $8.5 Million for Parks, Public Facilities
Should taxpayers take on more than $8 million in debt to improve parking lots, golf courses, parks and libraries? That’s the question Anchorage voters will answer at the polls on April 1 when they...
View ArticleTurnagain Children of '64 Remember Good Friday Quake
On March 27, 1964, nine-year-old Joan Kennedy helped her father put up trim on the stairs of their house when the ground started to shake. Kennedy didn't even realize what was happening. "The...
View ArticleTroopers Investigate Fatal Car Crash near Copper Center
Alaska State Troopers are investigating a fatal single-vehicle car crash near Copper Center Thursday afternoon. In an email to Channel 2, AST spokesperson Megan Peters says troopers were first...
View ArticleThe Destruction of 4th Avenue Through the Eyes of a 7-year-old
Lori Gillam was celebrating her 7th birthday at the historic 4th Avenue theater with her sister when the 1964 quake struck. Lori shares her story and a letter from her mother recounting the drive...
View ArticleCabela's Prepares for Anchorage Grand Opening
By Reporter Mallory Peebles and Photojournalist Shawn Wilson. (KTUU-TV)
View ArticleUnstable Ground, Part 1
Fifty years after the Good Friday earthquake and tsunami, Alaskans and Channel 2 remember the disastrous events which reshaped both the state and its residents.
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