Current Anchorage, Alaska News
Reindeer, Retail and Recreation: A Few Reasons to Visit Anchorage During the Holiday Season
Anchorage is the quintessential winter city. Walk along plowed city sidewalks during this special time of year and see silvery-white snowflakes swirling in the light beams cast by streetlights. Listen to holiday carolers as they stroll from a hotel lobby to the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts lobby to a local art gallery. News Release – November 9,2009
A Big Wild Anchorage Thanksgiving: A Weekend Full of Nothin’ But Net
Shootout action begins Tuesday, Nov.24, 2009, with the women’s host and three-time defending champion UAA, who will be joined in the four-team field by Cincinnati, Coastal Carolina, and Western Carolina.The men’s field will be Alaska Anchorage, Houston, Nicholls State, Oklahoma, Sand Diego and Washington State. “Eat. Watch basketball. Ski. Repeat.” Die-hard basketball fans have different ways to get involved in this annual action-packed weekend. News Release – November 2, 2009
Musher Jeff King to Race The Rondy World Championship Sled Dog Races Four-time Iditarod winner, Jeff King, has confirmed that he will run in the Rondy World Championship Sled Dog Races beginning at noon on Feb. 26, 2010, in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The races are part of the 75th Anniversary of Anchorage’s Fur Rendezvous festival. News Release – September 4, 2009
Anchorage adds new eateries to its already bountiful inventory
Anchorage residents and visitors to Alaska enjoy a wide range of restaurants from urban funk to Asian inspired and fine dining with views to die for to neighborhood bistros and pubs. See what's new on the Anchorage dining scene this year. News Release – July 2, 2009
VISITING SUMMER GROUPS KEEP ANCHORAGE TOURISM BRIGHT: Dena’ina Center and More Hotel Rooms Make Summer Convention Business Possible
The Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center’s 215,000 square feet of meeting space and 600 new hotel rooms are a benefit to this summer’s tourism business in Anchorage. Summer convention business such as the 700 Delta Sigma Theta sorority members meeting in Anchorage today through Sunday as well as the 1,300 national attendees of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Leadership Conference arriving July 13, 2009, help offset a national decline of individual travelers due to the down economy. News Release – July 2, 2009
Excitement Builds in Anchorage for 50th Anniversary of Statehood Celebrations
Alaska turns 50 this year and Anchorage is celebrating with events and discounts for everyone. In an effort to get more visitors to the party, several Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB) member businesses are offering Alaska Statehood Celebration discounts.News Release – June 22, 2009
Anchorage Taxis Now Stocked; Visitor Information Centers on Wheels
Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB) staff spent a recent afternoon at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport installing information pouches into more than half the local taxicabs. News Release – June 10, 2009
Runners Travel to Anchorage to Complete Marathon in their 50th State
Ragged running shoes and bottles of pain reliever are among items these athletic visitors will bring to Alaska this summer. While Alaska’s 50th anniversary of statehood heats up this summer, several dedicated marathon runners will gear up for their own 50th milestone: running a marathon in their 50th state.
News Release – June 5, 2009
