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VIDEO: Anchorage police locates missing goat
Curry the goat broke his collar and went missing from his Chugiak home. An APD detective found Curry on the roadside miles away from home. → Read More
NTSB releases preliminary reports for three deadly plane crashes
The National Transportation Safety Board has released three preliminary reports into three separate deadly plane crashes that happened in the month of December throughout Alaska. All three reports were released late Monday night. Here’s a summary of the findings. → Read More
Anchorage duplex fire sends one to hospital
One person was sent to the hospital after a late-night duplex fire in East Anchorage. → Read More
MAP: See where legal marijuana will be sold around Alaska
Anchorage is a day away from the municipality's first legal marijuana sales. Here's where pot businesses are poised to open around the state. → Read More
Automatic voter registration won’t change PFD application this year
The 25-30,000 Alaskans who apply for their Permanent Fund Dividends on January 1st are going to notice a difference in the first hours of 2017. → Read More
Abandoned Alaska: Once a thriving naval base, now an Adak ghost town
The military has had a presence in Alaska since before statehood. While investments in military infrastructure, personnel and equipment have caused major growth to Alaska's economy, what happens when bases become obsolete? → Read More
Fairbanks Police identify Sgt. Allen Brandt as victim of morning shooting
A Fairbanks Police Officer is in an Anchorage hospital after being shot multiple times early Sunday Morning, and the suspect is still on the loose. → Read More
Alaska's U.S. senators call on Trump to drop out
Alaska U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski are calling on republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to drop out of the race, a day after a video of Trump making inappropriate comments about women was released. → Read More
Charges: Barrow man killed stepfather, may have feared for his own life
A Barrow man allegedly admitted to police that he shot and killed his stepfather after a drunken fight early Thursday morning. → Read More
Fairbanks Chief of Staff Charged with impaired driving, crashing SUV
An off-duty Anchorage Police officer says he watched the whole thing as a car driven by a top Fairbanks city official sped, hit several road signs, and then knocked over and dragged a light pole for several hundred feet. → Read More
Wildfire burning near two villages doubles in size to more than 3,266 acres
A wildfire burning in a remote part of northwest Alaska has more than doubled in size but it is not posing any threat to villages in the area, according to the Alaska Division of Forestry. → Read More
'He just started screaming 'kill me.'' Witnesses describe trooper-involved shooting
Witnesses of the shooting of Joshua Smith in the Mat-Su say the encounter with troopers escalated rapidly and neighbors had prepared to help with first aid. → Read More
Gas station shooter appears in court, could argue self defense
Andrew Robertson-Goughnour wiped his eyes as he appeared in front of an Anchorage Judge to hear the charges against him. The 23-year-old is facing first and second degree murder charges for the shooting death of 19-year-old Brandon Merritt. → Read More
Mat-Su School District names new superintendent
The Mat-Su School District has named a leader to replace outgoing superintendent Deena Paramo. → Read More
Jury deliberates in case of man charged with killing state troopers
The fate of Nathanial Kangas is now in the hands of a jury. After three days of testimony, closing arguments concluded this morning at the Rabinowitz Courthouse in Fairbanks. → Read More
New pilot program to offer daily jobs, transport to Anchorage homeless population
Turning panhandlers, into employees. It’s the goal of a new pilot program that would give homeless residents of Anchorage jobs, one day at a time. → Read More
VPSO who witnessed shooting deaths of two troopers testifies in Kangas murder trial
The murder trial for a man who shot and killed two Alaska State Troopers in 2014 continued with the first day of testimony at the Fairbanks Courthouse on Monday. → Read More
Incoming ASD superintendent outlines plans for addressing biggest challenges facing district
Andy Holleman, the President of the Anchorage Education Association, laid out three main challenges facing incoming superintendent Deena Paramo. Here’s how Paramo plans to address each one during her time as superintendent. → Read More
ASD superintendent candidates answer questions at student-moderated forum
It’s been less than a week since the final two candidates for Anchorage School District Superintendent were announced, and they’re already making their final push for the job. Wednesday evening is the first, and last chance, for the public to get to know them before the Anchorage School Board makes a selection. → Read More
Anchorage School Board names two finalists in search for next ASD superintendent
The search for a leader in the state’s largest school district has been narrowed down to two finalists, and they both have experience as superintendents in Alaska schools. → Read More