The Latest Breaking News from Anchorage

Anchorage review – drug-fuelled roadtrip takes a very wrong turn

Two brothers drive to Alaska to sell a haul of stolen drugs and gain a higher price – if they don’t neck them all on the way

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2023

Study finds 'rare but real risk' of tsunami threat to parts of Alaska's largest city

Researchers have concluded there is a “rare but real risk” that an earthquake-produced tsunami could inundate parts of coastal Anchorage under certain conditions

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2023

US soldier pleaded for help finding missing wife after allegedly killing her and stuffing body in storm drain

Saria Hildabrand, 21, an Alaska National Guard combat medic, was last seen on 6 August when she left the couple’s Anchorage apartment and walked to work

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023

‘We dream about this all year long’: Action heats up at Anchorage’s Ship Creek king salmon fishery

In the glimmer of a rare sunny day, Owen Brooks cracked a smile as he took a victor’s march across a bridge over Ship Creek in Anchorage, Alaska.

Tribune News Service · Jun 14, 2023

Gray Television Sues FCC Over Anchorage Affiliation Purchase Fine

Says the commission was out of bounds on several counts

Multichannel News · May 25, 2023

Man drowns after being stuck up to his waist in mud as horrified friends look on

Zachary Porter, 20, from Illinois, was walking on tidal mud flats with his friends in an Alaska estuary when he suddenly became stuck as the tide came in, according to police

Daily Mirror · May 23, 2023

Lake Bluff man gets stuck waist-deep in Alaska mud flats, drowns as tide comes in

Zachary Porter, 20, was submerged Sunday evening and his body was recovered Monday morning. A member of Porter’s group called 911 when they couldn’t get him out but it was too late, authorities said.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 23, 2023

Man drowns after getting stuck waist-deep in Alaska mud flats despite desperate rescue effort

A man walking on tidal mud flats with friends in an Alaska estuary got stuck up to his waist in the quicksand-like silt and drowned as the tide came in before frantic rescuers could extract him

The Independent UK · May 23, 2023

The lifeline of flying: the pilots connecting remote communities in Alaska

Small aircraft are essential to Alaska’s remote settlements, and flying is part of the state’s culture. Acacia Johnson, who grew up in Anchorage, has been photographing the pilots keeping remote communities connected

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2023

Wildfires in Anchorage? Climate change sparks disaster fears

Research on a flat spot for air evacuations

The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2023