The Alaska Department of Law said that criminal charges will not be filed against the Anchorage police sergeant who fatally shot a 24-year-old man who ran at the officer while holding a knife in late ...

The Anchorage Police Department is asking residents and businesses on the eastern edge of the district to check surveillance ...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game said testing determined the animal that briefly captivated Anchorage this fall was a ...

Anchorage city officials are preparing to open another 132 emergency winter homeless shelter beds at the Alex Hotel and ...

Prosecutors say Sean C. Javier, 36, was previously convicted of robbing a credit-union branch he allegedly hit again this ...

An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska's largest city has attracted curious onlookers while ...

The frozen carcass of the 47-foot fin whale has become a major attraction since the mammal washed ashore last weekend.

An endangered fin whale washed ashore near Anchorage, Alaska, capturing the curiosity of locals while biologists investigate ...

Last weekend Newscenter Fairbanks aired its final news broadcast. On Saturday, reporters from KTVF Channel 11 and KXDF ...

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And just to see the size of it, that was pretty cool," Grandlinard told Anchorage Daily News. "We had already studied whales a couple of weeks ago, so it was fun to see one in person and say ...