Two Alaska institutions are making a bid to bring home a golden spike that was driven into the ground more than a century ago to mark the completion of the Alaska Railroad.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Ken Outten considers his four Nigerian Dwarf goats family pets who enjoy regular walks outdoors. Outten says the animals don’t like water and they don’t love snow, so this year they’re in luck, much of Outten’s Hillside lawn is green.

North of Talkeetna, through the Alaska Range heavy snow and high winds are expected. The Interior will see much warmer air moving in with these storms. high temperatures will clim

The total is a sharp rise from 2023's 23 homicides, but still below the city's modern record of 38 set in 2017.

The rare Southern storm prompted this headline from the Anchorage Daily News: "Hey, New Orleans, please send some of your snow to Anchorage."

Charges were filed this week stemming from a November incident where 33-year-old Aaron Richwine, while off-duty, allegedly drove a truck into a ditch after drinking.

Residents in Anchorage are receiving green postcards in their mailboxes this month, the city's assessment of what their property is worth. The estimated value of single-family homes, which constitute the largest share of taxable property in the municipality,

Dunleavy’s bill, which was introduced in the House and Senate on Wednesday, would also close in-person early voting five days prior to Election Day. More than 73,000 Alaska voted early in the most recent general election, including more than 15,000 who cast their early ballots in the five days preceding the election.

On Thursday the place to find the latest items on school lunch menus was on the lower level of the Egan Center in Anchorage where the Alaska School Nutrition Association was holding its annual Food Show.

New Orleans has received more snowfall since the start of meteorological winter than many cold-weather cities across the country.

The Gulf Coast city that rarely sees snowflakes has received more than double the snowfall that Anchorage has since Dec. 1, the start of the meteorological winter.

University of Alaska Anchorage Chancellor Sean Parnell has announced that he would retire at the end of the spring semester.