Cassie Schirm
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A look at the crews behind the scenes and on the front line of the Swan Lake Fire
More than 400 crew members have one mission as they work on the Swan Lake Fire, both behind the scenes and on the front line. → Read More
Wildfire season: What you need to know to stay safe
The Alaska Division of Forestry encourages everyone who lives in wildfire country to know the steps to keep their family and property safe. → Read More
More than 2,000 university professors left with uncertain future
Faculty have filed a grievance against the UA Board of Regents vote for financial exigency. → Read More
Operation Summer Heat takes $1.5M of drugs off Anchorage streets
Dozens of alleged criminals were swept up in a sting Anchorage police are calling → Read More
Dunleavy budget vetoes, legislative turmoil hitting Alaska's education system hard
Even scholarship programs that seemed safe from the governor's cuts have been swept away amid disorder in the 2019 Legislature. → Read More
Homeowner credits firefighters for saving his home from the Montana Creek Fire
Firefighters working on containing the Montana Creek Fire are battling more than just flames. → Read More
Alaskans rally to support homeless services
Officials across Anchorage say these cuts will have a detrimental effect on the community and Alaskans’ way of life. → Read More
Three men charged in January murder of Steven John
Murder, kidnapping and assault are just some of the charges three men are facing after 36-year-old Steven John was found dead inside a Midtown apartment back in January. → Read More
Dozens celebrate the life of Thomas Williams, teen killed near Chester Creek
Dozens gathered Wednesday for a celebration of life for Thomas Williams and to say their final goodbyes. → Read More
Man pleads guilty in Valdez hit-and-run that killed a mother of 4
The man accused in the 2018 death of Valdez mother of four Chellsie Hoffman is pleading guilty. On Tuesday, 47-year-old Ero Victor Walli changed his plea to charges of second-degree murder and driving → Read More
Special Olympics Alaska Summer Games starts this weekend
More than 400 athletes, coaches and volunteers will be in Anchorage to celebrate. → Read More
Alaska Mining Day celebrates industry's contributions to state's history, economy
The gold rush days of Alaska are over but mining runs deep in the state's veins. → Read More
10-year-old drafted for Seawolves ski team
An Anchorage ten year old had one of his dreams come true after he was drafted for the University of Alaska's ski team today. UAA is working with national non-profit organization TEAM IMPACT, to help → Read More
Anchorage Assembly considers limiting smoking near playgrounds, raising minimum age to buy tobacco
Assembly member Dick Traini has two ordinance's that are up for public discussion tonight at the Anchorage assembly meeting, both are a push for childrens' health. → Read More
Alaskans 'go blue' to battle child abuse
Alaskans wore blue on Friday to focus attention on the state's epidemic of child abuse, along with ways to report its occurrence and prevent its spread. → Read More
Arctic Treasures helps Alaskan carvers create art and new lives
The owner of an Anchorage store is giving back to his community by offering hope to Alaska Natives and other artisans with personal struggles. Leon Kinneeveauk, who is Inupiaq from Kotzebue, bought Arctic Treasures Art Gallery last June. It’s a business that sells handcrafted art from all over Alaska. The new owner says he is focusing on the future and using this store to help Alaskan Natives… → Read More
Anchorage Assembly considers ordinance ending taxi regulations
The Anchorage Assembly is considering an ordinance that would abolish some of the regulations on cab and limousine drivers in the local area. → Read More
UAA women break barriers in NASA competition
Even on spring break, some University of Alaska Anchorage students are hard at work, taking on new heights and breaking more than one barrier. A group of six women are building a high-powered rocket for a national NASA competition many months in the making. "Its a fairly long evolution and NASA's idea is not simply just to have them design and fly a rocket, but to introduce them to NASA's way of… → Read More
Yup'ik masks reunited in Alaska for the first time in a century
Four pieces of Alaska Native history have been reunited in Alaska for the first time in more than 100 years. → Read More
Assembly takes on legal tobacco age, bike thefts, bus barn
The Anchorage Assembly is taking on several topics at its meeting this week, ranging from the municipality's minimum age for buying cigarettes to bicycle theft and the location of a new bus barn. → Read More