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.

The Homer Electric Association recently secured an “interruptible” gas agreement for the next year — meaning that it could experience a shortfall during a cold snap.

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.

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

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

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,

Anchorage School District said it’s aware of Alaska’s chronic absenteeism rates, and is currently working to get more students in school.

It may be January, but the unusually warm, rainy weather feels more like spring breakup, and it’s bringing the kind of flooding concerns also usually not seen in the Anchorage area until later in the year.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy introduced a bill through the House, and the Senate majority is expected to introduce its own election reforms later this week

A new proposed bill being pushed forward by lawmakers this session would allow any student access to free breakfast and lunch in public schools.

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

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.