In dark winter, the mountainside ‘JBER star’ brightens the Anchorage skyline By Anchorage Daily News Published: November 27, 2017 1 / 7 ...

Start your unlimited Newsweek trial The Anchorage, Alaska, skyline with snow. No fresh snow is expected before Christmas. christiannafzger/Getty© christiannafzger/Getty ...

A small airplane banks for Merrill Field as a plume of ash and steam from Mount Spurr dominates the Anchorage, Alaska, skyline on, Oct. 2, 1992. Credit: AP/Paul Souders ...

On the Fourth of July, temperatures in Anchorage, Alaska reached 90 degrees for the first time ever, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).