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1+ day, 2+ hour ago (469+ words) As the Municipality of Anchorage nears the end of its 50th anniversary year, city leaders hope to incorporate the traditional quillwork designs of the Dena'ina people into its long-standing municipal seal. The current seal features a widely recognized blue anchor and gold-sailed ship under the midnight sun, with an airplane soaring overhead. The emblem, created by local artist Joan Kimura, represents explorer Captain James Cook's search for the Northwest Passage. Conversations surrounding the seal picked up again this year, during the municipality's 50th anniversary campaign and its ongoing wayfinding project downtown. The municipality partnered with the Anchorage Park Foundation to commission local Dena'ina artist Sebastian Garber for the seal redesign. Four different versions of the seal crafted by Garber, along with the original one, are now open for feedback through an online survey. The survey is open through Dec. 16, the same day…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago (878+ words) The Anchorage Education Association and Anchorage School District have been unable to agree on a new contract for teachers, and will make their case before an arbitrator at the end of January. As that process moves ahead, the teachers union late this month warned they may hold a vote on whether to approve a strike. The district and union " which represents 2,830 Anchorage teachers " are not legally bound to follow whatever decision the arbitrator issues, but it sets the stage for potential actions from either the district or the union members. When mediation efforts fail, Alaska law requires both parties to wait at least 90 days after an arbitrator is selected before taking action. They agreed to an arbitrator on Nov. 13, starting the 90-day clock. That means that starting Feb. 11, Anchorage teachers can legally go on strike, and the district can impose…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago (146+ words) A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the Anchorage metropolitan area Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. RELATED | 5.4 magnitude earthquake shakes southern Alaska The quake struck at about 8:11 a.m. local time at a depth of 69 kilometers (43 miles), according to the USGS. Its epicenter was located 12 kilometers (7 miles) west-northwest of Susitna, Alaska, an area about 67 miles (108 kilometers) northwest of the city. There were no immediate reports of significant damage. A tsunami was not expected, the U.S. Tsunami Warning System said. Alaska is the most earthquake-prone state in the U.S. and one of the most seismically active regions in the world, according to the USGS. The state experiences a magnitude 7 earthquake almost annually. Thursday's quake is the largest to hit the south central part of Alaska since 2021, KTUU TV reported....

3+ day, 20+ hour ago (129+ words) A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the Anchorage metropolitan area Thursday morning, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake struck at about 8:11 am local time at a depth of 69 km, according to the USGS. Its epicentre was located 12 km west-northwest of Susitna, Alaska, an area located about 108 km northwest of the city. There were no immediate reports of significant damage. A tsunami was not expected, the US Tsunami Warning System said. Alaska is the most earthquake-prone state in the US and one of the most seismically active regions in the world, according to the USGS. The state experiences a magnitude 7 earthquake almost annually. Thursday's quake is the largest to hit the south central part of Alaska since 2021, KTUU TV reported....

4+ day, 13+ hour ago (184+ words) ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Anchorage Animal Care and Control has caught a pack of three dogs they issued a public safety alert regarding Wednesday. The AACC says these dogs attacked and killed another dog. The dogs were spotted around Klatt and Johns Road, traveling in a pack. The dogs have been taken to Anchorage Animal Care & Control. The dog that was killed was a French Bulldog named Maui, belonging to Dennis and Dorothy Smith. Dorothy Smith said that it was her husband who was walking Maui when the attack happened sometime around 9 and 9:30 on Monday Morning. Dorothy was out of the house when she received a call from her husband to return home. Dorothy said that her and her husband frequently walked their dog along the trail in their neighborhood where the attack happened, and that dog walkers on that…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago (644+ words) Thanksgiving is on Thursday, and Anchorage is stuffed with events. The Anchorage Weekender gathered eight things to do around the city this weekend " from outdoor community events to an indoor reggae dance party. Plus, we rounded up where to get a free holiday meal. Bean's Cafe will be serving a Thanksgiving Feast on Thursday starting at noon. There's also a free Thanksgiving Dinner at the Eagle River Lions Club on Thursday at noon. Organizers say to come hungry! In Wasilla, you can get a free meal between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center. Here's a full list of free meals. Anchorage's Turkey Trot is an annual tradition for many families before their dinner feasts. Participants can choose between a 5K or 2-mile course. The trot starts at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the intersection of 8th Avenue and G Street, near the ConocoPhillips…...

5+ day, 26+ min ago (402+ words) An Anchorage woman who survived a bear mauling this summer says she's grateful to all of the public safety agencies that scrambled to rescue her. Victoria Lydle, 67, recounted the attack on Tuesday, surrounded by many of the public safety officials who saved her. She said she was hiking alone on the Dome Trail in East Anchorage on July 22. Then, around 2 p.m., she heard a brown bear barking toward her. She shot her bear spray at it, but it ended up knocking her to the ground. "I don't remember being down, but I do remember laying there being chewed on and trying to play dead," Lydle said. She said the attack lasted less than a couple minutes, but she suffered several injuries, including lingering nerve damage to her arms and cuts to the jugular vein in her neck. "There were 100 staples in…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago (1044+ words) Rev. Matt Schultz of Anchorage is running as a Democrat for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat in the 2026 election. He visited the News-Miner on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, during a visit to the Interior to meet with families about his campaign focus." Rev. Matt Schultz, the pastor of Anchorage's First Presbyterian Church, recently entered the race for Alaska's sole U.S. House Seat as a Democrat on Oct. 20, challenging incumbent Republican Rep. Nick Begich III. "My whole life, ministry and now politics, has always been about service to others, whether it's the person next to me, physically in my neighborhood or people all the way across the state," Schultz told the News-Miner in an interview on Friday. Schultz was born in rural New York state, "a place with more cows than people." Schultz and his wife Rev. Elizabeth Schultz, came to Alaska in 1997 and "fell in…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago (598+ words) In the face of a changing climate, an updated planning tool will act as Anchorage's guide to preparing for and living with an increased wildfire risk. Higher temperatures and longer, drier summers are becoming standard across much of the Lower 48 and in Alaska, said Stephanie Dufek of the Anchorage Fire Department. Over the last two decades, Alaska has experienced several "record setting" fire seasons, with more than 16 million acres burned since 2004, according to data from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Dufek is at the head of the municipality's recent push to rewrite its community wildfire protection plan, which hasn't been updated in nearly 20 years. The refresh will help residents stay prepared and make it easier for Anchorage to seek federal grants to reduce its fire risk, she said. Approximately 82% of Anchorage falls within the wildland-urban interface, a factor that inherently…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago (589+ words) For more than a dozen years, Jim Huettl has pursued the creation of a major marker to celebrate dog mushing in downtown Anchorage. Huettl, the president of the nonprofit Anchorage Mushing District, finally saw the idea realized this week. Construction crews raised a steel arch on Thursday near the corner of Fourth Avenue and D Street. Huettl believes it will be both a popular landmark and a tribute to Anchorage's mushing history. The arch, located in the Anchorage Mushing District, rests above the start line for both the Fur Rendezvous Open World Championships and the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race's ceremonial start. Clearing 25 feet high at its midsection, the arch spans 56 feet and weighs about 15,000 pounds, according to Huettl. It is adorned by a depiction of a 12-dog sled team pulling a musher across from one side to the other....