Political observers say that the COVID-19 pandemic made Anchorage's mayoral runoff election a referendum on difference was voters who spent the last year struggling with the economic impacts of the ...

The responsibility to govern for all of the city, not just one’s own supporters, is what makes holding the office of mayor so much more difficult than running for it.

The school district superintendent halted enforcement of a new policy after two students were mistakenly denied the chance to wear regalia at graduation.

A climber was killed and another was seriously injured when they were hit by a falling block of glacier ice in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve, an official said Friday.

Richard Pope lost control of his SUV after experiencing a suspected medical issue, troopers said. He died from the injuries in a hospital, according to troopers.

Assembly member Forrest Dunbar appeared to acknowledge that he is unlikely to win the Anchorage mayoral runoff Thursday night. He tweeted “Given the size of the deficit and the number of votes we ...