Anchorage News

Kastle Sorensen and her assistant Amy Grue decorate custom order cupcakes at Kastle Sorensen's "Kastle's Kreations" cupcake kitchen in Eagle River, AK on Thursday, November 21, 2013.

From left to right, teachers Whitney D'Atri, Andranel Brown, counselor Liz Repetto, and teacher Scott Kluever are some of the founders of the Anchorage STREAM Academy Charter School that will be located in East Anchorage for 6th through 8th grade students.

On Wednesday, The National Weather Service issued a freezing rain advisory for Anchorage and the Mat-Su Valley until 6 p.m. Thursday.

A lawsuit originally filed in state court by the Municipality of Anchorage against participants in the stalled Port of Anchorage expansion project will stay in federal court.

That's the big question as the industry braces for the International Pacific Halibut Commission's interim meeting this week in Seattle.

Anchorage police arrested and charged four men Saturday after back-to-back armed robberies at a hotel and gas station.

Anchorage police are warning Jewel Lake residents that they may hear a blast around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, but only for a few seconds.

The Alaska Aces fortified their depleted blue line today with the signing of defenseman Jason Cohen of Anchorage, on loan from the Louisiana IceGators of the SPHL, where he's been tearing it up as a rookie.

After two opening acts and an intermission, Tracy Morgan entertained a partially-filled Egan Center for just under an hour on Wednesday night.

Fairbanks Brown Jug, Alaska's first and largest retailer of fine wines, spirits and beer, has opened its first store in Fairbanks.

Two leading Democratic legislators from Anchorage on Tuesday demanded that Congress require more disclosure of who is funneling money into congressional races.

City employees work to break up ice in Chester Creek with a backhoe, steamers and hand tools.

Elizabeth Johnson, RN has joined Mountain-Pacific Quality Health as quality improvement specialist and will be leading efforts to reduce health-care acquired conditions in nursing homes across the state of Alaska.

An Anchorage man spent Thanksgiving in jail and remained behind bars Tuesday after being charged with beating his girlfriend and her pet dog, drunkenly fleeing from police in his car and slamming into two patrol cars.

Kevin Welker, Kiewit Building Group, Anchorage, was elected president of the Associated General Contractors of Alaska for 2014 at the association's recent annual meeting.

Anchorage police say a 50-year-man was critically injured when he was struck by a pickup as he crossed a street.

A single-vehicle accident on Seward Highway near O'Malley Road on Tuesday morning has slowed traffic on the highway's northbound on-ramp, according to Anchorage police.

Anchorage firefighters say they rescued a man from a Spenard triplex early Tuesday morning after a fire in his apartment forced him into his bedroom window.

Capt. Andy Greenstreet said troopers got a lot of positive feedback from the roughly 25 citizens who graduated from the course last year, so the troopers E-Detachment decided to educate more people about troopers' role on the peninsula.

The Anchorage Assembly will consider several long-awaited measures at its Tuesday meeting, including the construction of indoor tennis courts and the regulation of the city taxi industry.