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

Dunleavy offered no opinion on Trump's decision to rename Denali as Mount McKinley, saying he wanted to speak with the president before sharing his own view.

“We are going to see 3000 jobs added to the Anchorage economy, personal incomes are going to continue to rise, inflation’s going to stagnate,” Wright said. “But we are going to continue to struggle with people that we need to fill the roles here in Anchorage.”

New Orleans has received nearly twice the snowfall as Anchorage this winter — underscoring Southcentral Alaska’s meager snow season as much as the rare winter storm that pummelled that subtropical Louisiana city 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.

Dr. Mary Wilson, a pediatrician who grew up in Anchorage, was chosen by the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority’s board to be the new chief executive officer.

After the city saw a sharp dip in local employment in 2020, Anchorage's job market is expected to recover this year to pre-pandemic levels, according to an economic forecast released Wednesday by the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation.

Temperatures plunged below freezing across parts of northern Florida on Wednesday, with some areas even dipping into the teens, making parts of the Sunshine State colder than Anchorage, Alaska.

Tammie Souza has your NEXT Weather forecast as the Philadelphia region remains below freezing, but we'll begin to thaw out at the end of the week.

The storm that struck New Orleans this week left the Gulf Coast city under twice as much snow as Anchorage, Alaska has received in nearly two months. "New Orleans, we'd like our snow back," the NWS Anchorage office said.