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A year after a gunman massacred 26 first-graders and adults in a Connecticut elementary school, educational officials across the United States continue to face the longstanding question of how to best protect their students.

The body discovered near the Basher Drive trail head Tuesday night was that of Tanner Volkers, an Air Force fireman who was reported missing, Anchorage police said Wednesday.

A public meeting hosted by state environmental agencies in Anchorage on Wednesday night aims to alert Alaskans about an invasive plant species in state waters.

A nine-vehicle crash that closed an inbound lane of the Glenn Highway between the Birchwood Loop Road exits has been cleared, Anchorage police said.

Visiting Churches: Chris Thompson is an amateur Alaskan biblical scholar and student of religion, especially as it relates to popular culture.

From the dollar-bill plastered roadhouses on Alaskan byways to hockey rink beer stands, alcohol is part of Alaska life.

By Christina Whiting Homer Tribune Michael Murray's life has been a tapestry of art, education and exploration of other cultures.

Assemblyman Chris Birch should have accepted the exit provided by the city's ethics board, which unanimously found that the Assembly has no business voting to change the date of city elections when its members would stand to gain by the change.

Jennifer Johnston, left, and Amy Demboski speak during a recent Anchorage Assembly meeting.

Preliminary costs for the proposed routes come in at more than double the budget, at $42 million, for the two most-eastern roads.

In this Nov. 18, 2013, photo provided by the Alaska Department of Transportation, a plow truck tests a new attachment that could help break up ice on roads in Fairbanks, Alaska.

This Nov. 7, 2013 file photo provided by The City of Wasilla Department of Public Works shows a cardboard cutout of Sarah Palin in the 1999 Ford Expedition she used when she was mayor of Wasilla, outside City Hall in Wasilla, Ak.

This Nov. 7, 2013 file photo provided by The City of Wasilla Department of Public Works shows a cardboard cutout of Sarah Palin in the 1999 Ford Expedition she used when she was mayor of Wasilla, outside City Hall in Wasilla, Ak.

A Japanese 75mm anti-aircraft gun from the World War II battlefields of Kiska in the Aleutian Islands is viewed by soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team , 25th Infantry Division after they supplied the muscle to move the gun as the Alaska Veterans Museum takes ... (more)

With a temperature of just 5 degrees at 9 a.m., Battle Creek was 23 degrees colder than Anchorage, Alaska.

The clock app in iOS 7 is pretty straightforward. There's an alarm, stopwatch, timer, and a world clock.

Jim Wilde and John Sturgeon have both lost their lawsuits to challenge the National Park Service's authority to dictate their behavior on navigable rivers in the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.

Christina Moua, 27, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for the death of her infant nephew, whom she shook and dropped while babysitting.

On a 27-acre swath of wetlands southwest of the intersection at 100th Avenue and C Street, the developer, JL Properties, is angling to provide at 200,000 square feet of retail space for dozens of outlet shops.

In this file photo, Assemblyman Chris Birch meets supporters at McGinley's Pub in downtown Anchorage on Tuesday, Apr. 5, 2011.