Property assessments have increased for many Anchorage homeowners this year, and for some homeowners, that spike may not have been anticipated.

A federal judge sentenced a Wasilla man to 30 years in prison for providing a Wasilla teen carfentanil, which led to her overdose death in 2024.

Fairbanks Police Chief Ron Dupee said he is certain the “community is suffering” after a 29-year-old man admitted to shooting his grandmother, 87-year-old Velma Koontz, as she sat in her wheelchair Tuesday in the home they shared.