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 total is a sharp rise from 2023's 23 homicides, but still below the city's modern record of 38 set in 2017.

Anchorage, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and the Kenai Peninsula are under a flood watch from Friday morning through Monday morning.

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,

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

Florida residents in four locations woke to very chilly temps. It was 25 in Tallahassee at 6 a.m. By comparison, it was 41 in Anchorage, Alaska.

Homer Electric Association, which serves much of the Kenai Peninsula, recently announced that it secured an “interruptible” gas agreement for the next year — meaning that it could experience a shortfall during a cold snap.

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

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

Boston and the rest of New England have been dealing with well below-average temperatures, in some cases falling 20 degrees, as an expansive mass of Arctic air spreads across the eastern half of the United States. This cold surge is making our region this week feel colder than Anchorage, Alaska, which is topping out at 36 degrees.

Cairo and its ancient pyramids sits on nearly the exact same line of latitude as the Mississippi Coast. Weather there on Wednesday peaked at 71 degrees with a light rain around noon. Dead pharaohs can expect temps to rest in the upper 60s for the remainder of the week.

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.