Anchorage Metro News

The Fairbanks North Star Borough could pursue legal action against the state for failing to solicit the best possible price for Cook Inlet royalty gas - a situation that borough Mayor Jim Whitaker claims favors ...

Paul Jenkins, editor of The Anchorage Times, recently wrote about the need for Alaska to find new vision and direction.

Submitted by Billy Hackett on Tue, 07/01/2008 - 07:19. Anchorage's parks director is asking residents not to use the Rover's Run trail in Far North Bicentennial Park after a girl was mauled by a bear yesterday ...

The homes of teachers at religious schools can be exempt from local property taxes, according to a state judge.

Was the brown bear that crossed paths with two Anchorage runners near the Hilltop Ski Area three weeks ago a "rogue bear"? That's what NBC "Today" show host Matt Lauer said on national TV Tuesday, while ...

Submitted by Billy Hackett on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 06:56. Fire crews are battling a fire that broke out in a wooded area in Anchorage.

Submitted by Billy Hackett on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 06:53. Governor Palin says there's nothing to the perceived rift between her and U-S Senator Ted Stevens.

Tourism officials monitoring business in Fairbanks see a bright side to high gasoline and grocery prices.

An apartment fire forced residents to jump from their windows to safety. While there are no serious injuries to report, investigators have now turned their attention to the cause of the blaze.

As 15-year-old Petra Davis started down a long road to recovery from the injuries in Sunday's bear mauling, Anchorage city officials were busy trying to close the trail where the attack happened and wondering ...

There aren't just a couple of grizzlies that traipse through Far North Bicentennial Park at the eastern edge of Anchorage each summer.

When the U.S. Senate voted 64 to 20 in favor of Alaska statehood on June 30, 1958, Delegate to Congress E.L. "Bob" Bartlett called it the greatest day in Alaska history.

Five conservation groups have sued the federal government for delaying a listing of Cook Inlet beluga whales under the federal Endangered Species Act.

A new sculpture in downtown Anchorage honors civil rights activists Elizabeth and Roy Peratrovich.

Anchorage, Alaska, officials are asking the public to stay off a city trail after a 14-year-old girl was mauled by a bear.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A 14-year-old girl riding in a mountain bike race was severely injured when she was mauled by a bear.

A boat carrying five people flipped on the Kenai River and a man was missing and presumed drowned over the weekend, according to Alaska State Troopers.

The state Department of Fish and Game has trucked 53 wood bison into Alaska from a national park in Canada as part of a bid to revive the species for hunting purposes after it died out in the state.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - "Anchorage police say a teenage girl taking part in a 24-hour bike race was severely injured after a grizzly bear attack.

Bear mauls teen during 24-hour bike race in Alaska Eds: APNewsNow. ANCHORAGE, Alaska Anchorage police say a teenage girl taking part in a 24-hour bike race was severely injured after a grizzly bear attack.