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Anchorage Mayor LaFrance announces 6 new executive hires
Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance has announced six new executive appointments. In a statement, LaFrance said Barbara Jones will be deputy chief of staff. Jones previously served as Anchorage municipal clerk before retiring last year. She has also worked as the municipal ombudsman and as executive director and staff attorney for the Anchorage Equal Rights Commission. Jones joins LaFrance’s previously announced chief of staff Katie Scovic.
Alaska Regional Plans New ER as Anchorage Faces Growing Need for Emergency Care
There's a growing need for emergency care in Anchorage and Alaska Regional is trying to answer that call. The hospital wants to build a full-service emergency room facility along the Old Seward Highway in South Anchorage. This new ER would include imaging and diagnostic laboratories and five emergency room beds.
Rainbows, glitter and glam: Our favorite photos from the annual Anchorage Pride Parade
The Delaney Park Strip was gleaming with rainbows and glitter as crowds gathered on Saturday for the annual Anchorage Pride Parade. Dozens of booths were set up to sell art, clothes and trinkets while others distributed information about queer support services in and around the city. A parade of hundreds circled downtown, with people dancing, cheering and waving rainbow flags. Participants walked, danced, drove and rollerbladed their way through the street to fun music and massive cheers.
New Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance Announces Key Appointments to Team
Just days after her inauguration the new mayor of Anchorage has announced a few additions to her team. A deputy chief of staff and a policy director are among the latest appointments made by Mayor Suzanne LaFrance. She's also dubbed two "special assistants" to focus on homelessness and health as well as housing and transportation.
Eagle River woman adopts pothole for latest planting endeavor
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A peeved Eagle River woman is planting a message about which potholes need to be filled. This week, Lark Shellhamer placed a flower and topsoil in a pothole at one particularly pesky pothole that she runs over “three, four times a day,” located at North Montague Loop and Eagle River Loop.
Palmer’s Coby Marvin wins third straight Mount Marathon junior title while Seward’s Olive Jordan claims first
Palmer’s Coby Marvin was marvelous once again in Seward as he won the Mount Marathon juniors race for the third straight year. Marvin was the first racer at the halfway point, and he was the first to cross the finish line in Thursday’s juniors race, which included 300 boys and girls who ran together but were separated in the results.
Southcentral celebrates the 4th of July
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Looking for parades or fireworks in your area this Independence Day? Here’s a small sampling of this year’s Fourth of July events in Southcentral. Anchorage. The Fourth of July celebration parade is held at the Delaney Park Strip at 10 a.m. After the parade,...
The do’s and don’ts around Anchorage’s open fire ban
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Fourth of July fun this year comes with extra rules to follow. Due to high fire danger in the Municipality of Anchorage, the city has prohibited all campfires, burn pits and open fires on the ground. But that does not mean all recreational fires are prohibited.
Maj. Gen. Brian Eifler bids farewell during JBER change of command ceremony
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Surrounded by loved ones, community members, and fellow soldiers, Maj. Gen. Brian Eifler bid farewell on June 24 during a change of command ceremony on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Eifler, who took command of the 11th Airborne Division just over two years ago, passed the torch to...
Rain help for a dry Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Fire danger is still high in Anchorage on the eve of the Fourth of July, so several restrictions are in place. Everyone should be familiar with the allowed methods of enjoying the outdoors or cooking outdoors. The first round of rain to impact the state is...
Live blog: 26-year-old Alaskan wins Mount Marathon women’s crown
2:55 p.m. - Anchorage mountain runner takes women’s title. One year after a mother in her 40s claimed the women’s title, the 2024 Mount Marathon title went to a 26-year-old. Klaire Rhodes, of Anchorage, finished first in the women’s Mount Marathon, which featured several hundred runners. The professional...
Mount Marathon Preview: All 4 reigning champs return to defend title
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - While anyone who conquers Mount Marathon — the holiday run up and down a 3,000-foot tall rock outside of Seward — could be considered a champion, there are four winners of the 2023 race returning to defend their respective titles on Thursday. The “Marvelous...
Alaska Railroad's Anchorage-to-Wasilla path to follow the straight and narrow (7/6/2001)
Alaska Railroad Corp. (ARRC) is straightening itself out — literally. The 482-mile railroad plans to spend $77.8 million to straighten 70 curves between Anchorage and Wasilla, Alaska, to improve safety and reduce transit times. Work began in late April on the project's $54 million first phase: a 10.5-mile segment...
A Palmer mom lost $3K to scammers. She wants to help you avoid falling for the scheme
Samantha Norman, a nurse and mom in Palmer, never thought she would fall for a phone scam. She regularly told her elderly mom to get off the phone with scammers and hung up when she spotted them herself. But then she got a call on her cell phone on a...
Red, white, and blue line the Park Strip
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Five hundred flags were placed in the Delany Park Strip on Wednesday as part of the Anchorage International Rotary Club’s second annual “Field of Honor” fundraiser. Becky Erickson, the founder of this fundraiser, says she saw the project in the Lower 48 and...
HOMETOWN HERO: Sam Kilian, North Star Volunteer Fire Department
Firefighter Sam Kilian is saying farewell to the North Star Volunteer Fire Department. A full-time active duty Airman at Eielson Air Force Base she devoted over 1,500 hours of her spare time volunteering with the department. Have a Hometown Hero in your life who deserves to be recognized? Email their...
Anchorage police arrest bail jumper for sexual assault of woman in tent
Anchorage police arrested a bail jumper last week accused of sexually assaulting and robbing a woman at gunpoint who was sheltering in a tent near a city park. Police say they’re also investigating a separate account of an attempted sexual assault at knifepoint in the same place four days later by a man with a similar description.
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