Anchorage Assembly Amends Taxi Cab Ordinance
By Reporter Blake Essig and Photojournalist Shawn Wilson. (KTUU-TV)
View ArticleSpenard La Mex Set to Close in December
A popular Mexican restaurant will close its Spenard location after 42 years in business. Managers of La Mex announced Monday they will shut down the eatery at 2550 Spenard Rd. after a two-day “closing...
View ArticleParamedic Gives Account Of Plane Crash Rescue
Clifford Dalton has been a paramedic for more than 20 years. Dalton said he has taken part in hundreds of medical evacuations in the Bethel region, but what he saw in the wake of a fatal crash near...
View ArticlePolice Arrest Anchorage Minister on Child Porn Charges
A local minister was arrested on child pornography charges, and Anchorage police ask anyone with information about further abuse to come forward. 57-year-old Ronald Paul Rathbun, Sr., is a minister...
View ArticleAFD Rescues 12 Residents from Spenard Apartment Fire
Anchorage firefighters rescued 12 people, almost all of whom were asleep, from a fire at a Spenard apartment complex without injuries early Tuesday. Anchorage Fire Department units responded to the...
View ArticleVIDEO: Mountain Village Remembers its Fallen Friends
When a small plane crashed on a hill just miles from its destination, the town of mountain village played a big role in the rescue and recovery that followed. Mountain Village City Manager Brenda...
View ArticleThe Morning Show (Dec. 3, 2013)
KTUU Channel 2 News presents The Morning Show with David George and Sheila Balistreri.
View ArticleUnited Way Gives Details on Giving Tuesday
The Tuesday after Thanksgiving is known as "Giving Tuesday," as part of a national movement dedicated to helping others. Michele Brown, president of the United Way of Anchorage, visited the Morning...
View ArticleAnchorage Assembly Reviews Taxicab Ordinance
Taxi drivers in Alaska’s largest city are prepared for a change to the city code that governs their operations, but aren't giving ideas proposed at an Anchorage Assembly work session Monday a free...
View ArticleJuneau Teachers Cut Back Hours; Talks at Stalemate
Some Juneau teachers are cutting back on hours with no new contract deal in sight with the local school district. Parents received emails last week, telling them some teachers would no longer be...
View ArticleInitial Plans Emerge for Kenai, Interior State Disaster Aid
Alaska officials have begun to release details Tuesday on how to apply for assistance after Gov. Sean Parnell declared state disasters in this season’s Kenai Peninsula flooding and Interior storms....
View ArticleMother Brings Baby Boy?s Body to Fairbanks Hospital
Alaska State Troopers say the death of a baby boy brought to a Fairbanks hospital is under investigation. According to a Monday AST dispatch, troopers were informed at about 11 p.m. Sunday that the...
View ArticleParnell Wants Reduced Spending in Next Budget
Gov. Sean Parnell says he'd like to see state spending well below current levels for the upcoming fiscal year. Parnell is expected to release his budget proposal next week. He says revenues are...
View ArticleLack of Signatures Stops Big Lake Incorporation Drive
Backers of a petition for the Mat-Su Valley community of Big Lake to incorporate as a city have temporarily tabled their campaign to do so, for lack of signatures in an initial drive to put the...
View ArticleForecast Calls for Strong Cook Inlet Sockeye Run
Alaska state fishery managers are predicting a strong sockeye salmon run in Upper Cook Inlet next year. The Alaska Journal of Commerce says the 2014 forecast by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game...
View ArticleFairbanks Men Suffer Stab Wounds in Fight About Pie
A Fairbanks man looking for a piece of pie the day after Thanksgiving has been charged with felony burglary and assault. Fairbanks police say 26-year-old Kyle David Wilcox unsuccessfully tried to talk...
View ArticleOutside Political Group Targets Senator Begich
About a dozen people rallied for campaign finance reform outside of the federal building Tuesday and expressed concerns about ads paid for by Outside political organizations. Two nearly identical ads,...
View ArticleInvestigation Will Rely on Survivor Accounts: NTSB
An investigation into the cause of a fatal plane crash near the Western village of St. Mary's will rely heavily on information learned from survivors. National Transportation Safety Board spokesperson...
View ArticleBethel, Beware, Muskoxen Are Near: AST
Bethel, beware, muskoxen are near. Alaska State Troopers issued that warning after receiving calls from concerned residents who spotted the animals that can weigh upwards of 900 pounds in and around...
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