Jonson Kuhn

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Chugiak High School was placed on a temporary lockdown on Friday after school administration received a report of a possible weapon on campus.

The standoff followed reports of a fatal shooting to which officers responded around 6:52 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct 15, 2024

According to recent reports submitted this week by the state’s roughly 600 public water systems, as of Thursday, there’s been zero indication of lead pipe service lines throughout the entire state.

Oct. 18 has held special significance for Alaska since 1867 when territories that now comprise the state of Alaska were officially transferred from Russia to the United States in Sitka.

FastCast digital headlines for the afternoon of Monday, Oct. 21, 2024.

A special Anchorage Parks and Recreation Commission meeting scheduled for Wednesday — which the Mayor Suzanne LaFrance administration says is meant to acknowledge both diving and swimming community concerns over the controversial installation of diving boards at the state’s only 50-meter pool at Bartlett High School — “skirted” the public process under the former Bronson administration.

Other than knowing her son Denaris Patterson was the victim of a homicide that took place during the early morning of Oct. 15 in East Anchorage, Jaconette Patterson said many of the details surrounding the incident remain unclear.

The first snow of the season arrived in Anchorage on Monday and along with it comes road condition concerns as the city has faced criticism around snow removal after record-breaking seasons in recent years.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Now that Anchorage’s first winter storm is behind us, state and city crews now look to clear roads and neighborhoods as quickly as possible.

Anchorage’s home crisis should improve in 2026, economists told an Anchorage Homebuilder’s Association audience Wednesday during the group’s economic summit.