ALMATY, Kazakhstan — A train slowly rolls into town on a foggy, gray but unusually warm winter day with the mercury hovering above zero Celsius (32 F). It was the only reliable way to travel from ...

When Jan. 1 rolls around it will not only mark the beginning of a new year but also a new look for the Alma city commission. It’s not often that two newcomers are the top vote-getters when running ...

The Kazakh Prosecutor-General's Office said on May 28 that the former deputy chief of the Almaty city police department, Berik Abilbekov, was detained as part of a case of torture during unprecedented ...

For the entirety of the fall semester, I will be tucked away in the (surprisingly temperate) mountains of Kazakhstan, learning Russian in the nation’s cultural capital: Almaty. In Kazakh, Almaty means ...

Ten days after violence erupted on the streets of Almaty, the interior of the monumental edifice of city hall, which was at the epicenter of the turmoil, is an assault on the senses. There is the ...

Two newcomers topped the field of seven candidates vying for the four available spots on the Alma city commission. Michelle Pitts, 47, a loan officer for Commercial Bank who has lived in the the city ...

A demonstration in Almaty, which was the first street protest since fatal unrest a month ago, drew a small crowd of around 100 people on February 5 calling for their mayor to be elected rather than ...

ALMA -- The city came together to celebrate its induction into a program dedicated to revitalizing downtown areas throughout the state. Dozens of people -- including elected officials, business owners ...