Anchorage News

With the state's big vote over the oil-tax cut approaching, the next public debate on the topic will take place Wednesday night in Anchorage, with a video of the event available later for those who can't attend.

Three bicyclists have been killed by vehicles in Anchorage this year. The most recent was Fifty-one-year-old Jeff Dusenbury, who was hit by a pickup truck in South Anchorage Saturday.

In Brevig Mission, search for missing man halted: Alaska State Troopers suspended their participation in a search Monday for a 21-year-old man from Brevig Mission.

1996 - Death of John Kevin Moorhouse, British test pilot; he died in the crash of a de Havilland Mosquito during an air show in England.

Sam Scotchmer and Tasha Folsom on Saturday once again stamped their dominance on the Alpine Adventure Run in Sitka, with Scotchmer winning the men's race for the fifth straight year and Folsom regaining the women's record.

A Dog Blog reader emailed me a while back lamenting the fact that most vets don't make house calls for euthanasia.

At 5:20 a.m., troopers got a call about "injured people" in the home, according to a Monday trooper dispatch.

It's 1 a.m., and the dim glow of the sun just peaks over the horizon at Potter Marsh, a popular bird watching spot in South Anchorage.

In this photo taken Monday, July 14, 2014, hot dogs sizzle on the grill at Michael Anderson's popular hot dog stand, M.A.'s Gourmet Dogs, where spicy reindeer dogs are the hands-down crowd favorite in downtown Anchorage, Alaska.

Anchorage police say there's been no reports of injuries after more than 30 rounds were fired at a limousine bus containing 17 people.

July 17--The Anchorage Fire Department is in the process of shifting more paramedics to the city's busiest service areas at peak hours, as current staffing levels are resulting in overworked, "burned-out" medics, fire officials said.

Furie Operating Alaska, LLC , a growth-oriented independent oil & gas company, announced today the completion of a $160 million investment commitment from Energy Capital Partners Mezzanine Opportunities Fund.

Jeff Dusenbury spent much of his time biking far-flung trails of Anchorage, treating the wild edges of the city as if they were his backyard.

Artist John Coyne is working on a raven sculpture at his studio in Iowa City for the Dena?ina Wellness Center in Kenai, Alaska.

A moose impaled on a metal palisade fence in Goldenview Park subdivision died of its injuries in March 2014.

A National Guard soldier was mauled by a brown bear on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson while participating in a training exercise Sunday morning, officials said.

Jeff Dusenbury approaches the 25-mile half-way point while participating in the Frosty Bottom 50-mile multisport race Saturday morning January 16, 2010 at Hilltop Ski Area.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Our quest was emblazoned on the T-shirts we were given before we left for Alaska: "8 men, 4 highways, 5 days, 865 miles."

As I rearranged my load of road trip essentials near the train station in Cantwell on a recent drive to Fairbanks, a gentleman with a worried expression pulled up and said, with a European accent, "We are looking for a restaurant."

The disappearance of Bethany Correira from her Anchorage apartment in May 2003 gripped the entire state of Alaska.