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Anchorage Residents Invited to Meet Mayor LaFrance's Transition Team
People of Anchorage are invited to come and meet with Mayor LaFrance's transition team. The new mayor recently tapped eighteen community leaders to help address the administration’s top priorities. Those include "good government," safe streets and trails, childcare, and housing. If those issues are important to you, there's a...
Bristol Bay deckhand, 21, is dragged over by net and drowns
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A commercial fishing crewmember in Western Alaska died Friday after he was swept up in fishing gear and taken into the water, according to the Alaska State Troopers. Have you listened to this article via the audio player?. If so, send us your feedback around what...
Anchorage Daily News will reduce to two print editions a week, beginning July 15
Over the winter, the publisher of the Anchorage Daily News began asking thought leaders in Anchorage about how the community would react to the newspaper reducing its hard copy editions to twice a week. The decision was made by the owners, the Binkley Company, and announced to staff in April,...
Police shoot and critically injure man near East Anchorage gas station
Anchorage police shot and critically wounded a man in East Anchorage early Monday after they say he fired at them. The man is the fifth person shot by Anchorage officers during a police response since mid-May. Three of those people have died. The most recent shooting happened around 5:15 a.m....
APD Chief: Man badly hurt in officer-involved shooting after he fired ‘at least’ one shot at police
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A man is in the hospital in critical condition following an officer-involved shooting near an East Anchorage gas station early Monday morning, according to police. In a press conference Monday morning, Police Chief Designee Sean Case said officers responded to a weapon-involved disturbance at a Circle...
As breaking makes its Olympic debut, an Anchorage dancer is focused on growing the sport in Alaska
Jeremy Viray, better known as B-Boy Icey Ives in the dance world, warmed up for a breaking set in his dance studio in Midtown Anchorage. He showed off some classic breaking moves — including one where his legs swoop under him in just a few steps while crouched and supported by his hands.
Alaska Native Heritage Center Unveils Renovations
Coinciding with its twenty-fifth anniversary this summer, the Alaska Native Heritage Center (ANHC) unveiled its newly renovated Hall of Cultures. “We stand on the shoulders of giants who helped bring the ANHC to its current place,” says ANHC President and CEO Emily Edenshaw. “We are born out of a vision from the late Paul Tiulana, and we are honored to continue our mission-driven work to preserve and strengthen the traditions, languages, and arts of Alaska’s Native peoples.”
Mortgage payments up over 50% in Alaska, rent increasing too
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The cost of living has always been a concern for residents in the 49th state, and the cost of housing has a lot to do with that. A recent study published by the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation shows that the average principal and interest payment for homes purchased has increased by 52% from 2018 to 2024. The average rent has increased 24% over that same time period.
Turn the car around, Julia: on performative helplessness and the future of Anchorage
Anchorage welcomed a new mayor on July 1. This little animal (along with a majority of the city’s voting public) breathed a long-awaited sigh of relief. But now that the champagne has gone still and the gritty business of running the city is at hand, it’s as good a time as any to call attention to pitfalls that could derail the new administration. Chief among them, in this little animal’s view, are the quiet (or not so quiet) voices pushing what we might call “performative helplessness” when it comes to solving a couple of the city’s most serious problems.
Alaska Regional Hospital to Extend Services to South Anchorage
Alaska Regional Hospital (ARH) is proposing to expand its life-saving healthcare services into South Anchorage with a new Certificate of Need application. The hospital announced it is again seeking state approval to build a full-service emergency room facility to meet what hospital officials say is a growing need for services in Anchorage.
Pastor allegedly assaulted wife on Alaskan Airlines flight after she was upgraded to first class — and he wasn’t
A Virginia pastor is accused of assaulting his wife on an Alaskan Airlines flight after she was upgraded to first class and he wasn’t. Roger Allan Holmberg, 75, was arrested after touching down in Anchorage on July 2 for allegedly hitting his 59-year-old wife in the head and insulting her in front of passengers, according to a criminal complaint obtained by the Independent.
24 mushers enter the running for the 2025 Iditarod on opening day
As of 2:30 p.m. today (June 29th, 2024), 24 mushers have submitted their entries for the 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, scheduled to start in Anchorage on Saturday, March 1, 2025 with the official Restart taking place the following day in Willow. The Iditarod is kicking off its 53rd...
Precollege program for rural, Alaska Native health students gets reboot and grant after funding gap
Of all the courses offered by the Della Keats precollege program, the three high school students in the University of Alaska Anchorage lobby were most struck by the cadaver lab in their Anatomy and Physiology course. It’s not the kind of opportunity students from rural Alaska usually get, which is the point. Bristol Albrant, a […] The post Precollege program for rural, Alaska Native health students gets reboot and grant after funding gap appeared first on Alaska Beacon.
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