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Colony High School exhibit highlights Matanuska Valley farming history
Students at Colony High School in Wasilla are getting an opportunity to learn about the Matanuska Valley’s agricultural history through a special exhibit featuring the Matanuska Maid. The Matanuska Maid became a symbol of the valley’s farming and dairy industry. She was created to represent the Matanuska Valley Farmers...
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Hundreds seek help at 2026 Anchorage Homeless Connect
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - In 2025, a thousand people experiencing homelessness showed up for the annual Homeless Connect event at the Egan Center. According to Jessica Parks with the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness, which hosts the event, they had only prepared for 500 people and quickly ran out of supplies.
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Kotlik educator receives President’s Award at AFN Convention
A longtime Yup’ik educator from Kotlik has received one of the Alaska Federation of Natives highest honors for her decades of work preserving Alaska Native language, culture and traditions. Theresa Mae Prince was named the recipient of the 2026 Eileen Panigeo MacLean Education Award on the second day of...
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Anchorage seniors can exempt up to $150,000 of assessed value by applying by March 15
Anchorage’s senior exemption takes dollars off a home’s assessed value, not off the tax bill, and the cap is $150,000. The Municipality of Anchorage Property Appraisal office says up to $150,000 of the assessed value may be exempt for an owner who is 65 or older, with applications due March 15 of the tax year […]
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'Rising in Our Voices': Alaska Federation of Natives convention kicks off in Anchorage
The Alaska Federation of Natives kicked off its annual convention in Anchorage Thursday, marking the organization's 60th anniversary. Delegates filled the Dena'ina Convention Center as the state's largest gathering of Alaska Native people met to celebrate the theme — Rooted in Land and Tradition: Rising in Our Voices. In...
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Alaska Federation of Natives board passes resolution in support of ongoing Halong recovery
In 2025, while the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) convention gathered in Anchorage, hundreds of its tribal members were being airlifted to the city after their villages were devastated by ex-typhoon Halong. A year later, the evacuees are still top of mind at the convention. The AFN board of directors...
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Alaska Federation of Natives board passes resolution in support of ongoing Halong recovery
In 2025, while the Alaska Federation of Natives convention gathered in Anchorage, hundreds of its tribal members were being airlifted to the city after their villages were devastated by ex-Typhoon Halong. A year later, the evacuees are still top of mind at the convention. The AFN board of directors passed...
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House candidate removal raises question for the future of the governor’s race
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The removal of a House candidate is raising questions about whether former Attorney General Treg Taylor, a Republican running for governor, should also be removed from the ballot. On Thursday, an Anchorage Superior Court ruled the state incorrectly put Jose Tagle back on the ballot, the...
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Anchorage narrows Midtown street to make room for snow storage
Anchorage city officials have narrowed Denali Street in Midtown from five lanes to three, with plans to use the outer lanes for snow storage. Typically, the city trucks snow farther away to designated snow storage sites. The lane closure is a pilot project, according to Nora Morse, Deputy Chief of...
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Alaska Federation of Natives board passes resolution in support of ongoing Halong recovery
In 2025, while the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) convention gathered in Anchorage, hundreds of its tribal members were being airlifted to the city after their villages were devastated by ex-typhoon Halong. A year later, the evacuees are still top of mind at the convention. The AFN board of directors...
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Water Utility Anticipates Upgrades for Aging Girdwood Plant
A master plan is underway for Girdwood's 50-year-old wastewater treatment facility and improvements could run as much as $100 million, said the facility's plant manager during a tour Monday. The plant is "reaching the end of its useful life", according to an Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility budget document. Its...