Anchorage News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A relative says a man fatally shot by authorities in Alaska over the weekend was a moose hunter who found the body of a young wanderer whose story was featured in the movie "Into the Wild."

Michael Baker Jr., Inc. in Anchorage, an engineering unit of Michael Baker International, LLC, announces the opening of its Fairbanks, Alaska office on the 2nd floor of the Fairbanks Pipeline Training Center, Central Office Facility, 3605 Cartwright Court.

A Californian who had been tapped by Governor Sean Parnell to serve on a high-profile state board withdrew his name from consideration on Wednesday evening.

The Anchorage Assembly voted Tuesday to designate land at the center of a controversy in East Anchorage for a park.

Defending champion Keola Suapaia works on eating the noodles after they cooled down enough during the Man versus Pho 2 at the Phonatik Vietnamese Cuisine and Lounge off Dimond Boulevard in Anchorage on Tuesday, March 11, 2014.

Rising to the top of a competitive pool of more than 3,600 students across the state, Maeva Ordaz from West Anchorage High School in Anchorage, Alaska, received the title of 2014 Poetry Out Loud Alaska State Champion at the state finals held at the 360 North Studio, in Juneau, Alaska, on March 11, 2014.

The news that the National Archives in Anchorage will close has forced me to take some time from the book I am writing, the official centennial history of Anchorage, to express dismay at the serious loss this decision would be for our town.

Anchorage, AK Delta Leasing has named Josh Schouten Vice President of Sales & Marketing.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, AAA MountainWest is proud to announce Anchorage insurance agent and team manager Kathy Miller has been named the club's Four Diamond Agent for 2013.

Gov. Sean Parnell said the law that bars him from appointing non-Alaskans to state regulatory agencies is unconstitutional and won't make him change his decision to put a Californian on the board that determines the tax value of the trans-Alaska pipeline.

Wilderness survival is a top priority for Grayson Davey, who recently received a 2014 Spirit of Youth Award in the category of Business & Government.

Martin Buser was greeted by hugs galore from friends and family, handlers and his Nome hosts.

A proposed hydroelectric project in the official wilderness of Wood-Tikchik State Park in southwest Alaska has been spiked and the Alaska Legislature is shifting the money to other projects.

The Callaghan Innovation chief executive relocated from the US state of Alaska to take the helm of the Government's new hi-tech business body last year.

Police are investigating a stabbing in South Anchorage Wednesday night that sent a woman to a local hospital with severe injuries, the department said.

An East Anchorage assemblyman up for re-election in three weeks delivered a big win for his constituents Tuesday night, over accusations from some of his colleagues and the Sullivan administration that he was flouting the city's planning process.

Light pouring in from above makes their colors stand out. Here, bright splashes; there, subtler shades.

Maybe Dallas Seavey can celebrate his come-from-behind Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race win with a plate of fresh halibut.

Anchorage will be getting a Nordstrom Rack store in the fall of 2015, the Seattle-based department store chain announced Wednesday.

Walmart / Sam's Club Health & Wellness has exciting full time and part time practice opportunities for Independent Doctors of Optometry.