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A state judge heard arguments Friday from the mayors of two Mat-Su towns who want to block a decision to push the proposed Knik Arm crossing further back in Anchorage's transportation plan, and scheduled another hearing in mid-July. The mayors of Houston and Wasilla claim in a suit filed last week that the AMATS Policy Committee broke federal ...

The Anchorage Assembly has unanimously backed delaying construction of a bridge across Knik Arm from the city to Point MacKenzie in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.

Wednesday afternoon pleas to either keep or axe the bridge some still call a "bridge to nowhere," could be heard inside Assembly chambers.

The cities of Wasilla and Houston filed suit Tuesday seeking to stop a city-state transportation committee from considering a proposal to delay the Knik Arm crossing project.

A strong earthquake jolted Anchorage, Alaska, on Monday, sending people diving under desks and huddling in doorways but apparently causing no damage.

MARC LESTER / Anchorage Daily News / Robert Hall, owner of Gorilla Fireworks, displays pyrotechnics Thursday in Houston, the closest place to Anchorage where it is legal to buy them.

CONVICTED LAWMAKERS: Government expected to complete review of evidence by end of July.

Wasilla city residents who call to complain about a neighbor's barking dog could be greeted by a Wasilla police officer answering the call, after the City Council on Monday agreed to switch animal-care providers for at least the next three years.