Fat-bikers John Lackey and Kara Oney are veterans of the Iditarod Trail Invitational’s 350-mile race, which this year covered a long stretch of barren ground between Rainy Pass and Rohn.

Three of Anchorage's major public institutions — the municipal water utility, Solid Waste Services and the city's public libraries — are under new leadership. The Assembly on Tuesday unanimously confirmed three executive appointments from Mayor Suzanne LaFrance.

Anchorage police are asking the public to help them find the driver of an SUV that struck and killed a woman early Sunday near Merrill Field. According to a statement, the hit-and-run took place around 2:30 a.m. at East 15th Avenue’s intersection with Orca Street, at the southwest corner of the airfield.

A fire department spokeswoman said crews kept the fire from spreading to other buildings, but “there were quite a few vehicles that were heavily damaged due to the extreme heat.”

Three Alaska federal buildings and one parking lot are on a list of hundreds of properties eyed by the Trump administration for sale.

Anchorage police say they are investigating the death of a woman in Mountain View earlier this week, after she was struck by gunfire while inside a motor home. Officers received a report that a woman had been shot and responded to the 5000 block of Mountain View Drive — in the area of Davis Park — shortly after 7 p.

Mushers on Saturday morning started launching from downtown Anchorage during the ceremonial start for the 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. They were led by a familiar face: Four-time Junior Iditarod winner Emily Robinson has kicked off the last three races,

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