Thursday, November 5, 2015

Last Top Stories: Anchorage man charged with smuggling heroin from Vegas to Alaska | Local News - KTUU

  • Anchorage man charged with smuggling heroin from Vegas to Alaska | Local News - KTUU

    Anchorage man charged with smuggling heroin from Vegas to Alaska | Local News - KTUU
    An Anchorage man is accused of flying to Las Vegas more than two dozen times over the past year in an operation that involved couriers smuggling heroin to Alaska in body cavities.Alaska State Troopers arrested James E. Dickinson at his home on W. 84th Avenue on Sept. 21 after an investigation resulting from a tip to Crimestoppers, an anonymous crime tip reporting line, according to charging documents.As Alaska communitiesandstate health officialsgrapple with heroin abuse and related crime, the charges filed this week in federal court reveal one way the drug is arriving in Anchorage, according to police. Based on what appear to his drug ledgers, Dickinson is believed to have distributed about..
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  • Alaska-Anchorage hopes winning in Lower 48 will help in changing its culture :: USCHO

    Alaska-Anchorage hopes winning in Lower 48 will help in changing its culture :: USCHO
    Alaska-Anchorage’s Blake Tatchell leads the WCHA with 10 points (photo: Sam Wasson/UAA Athletics).Alaska-Anchorage has had good starts to the season before. Since 2010, the Seawolves haven’t lost more than one of their first four games — always back-to-back tournaments in Anchorage and Fairbanks.What happened after leaving Alaska was usually the problem.Until this year, anyway.When Anchorage won at Alabama-Huntsville on Oct. 24, it marked the first time the Seawolves had won a game outside of Alaska in 19 games, snapping a streak of 0-16-2.Coach Matt Thomas was aware of that streak, having lived through it last season, but he was reminded by an assistant about another one that began before h..
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  • Stately home in Anchorage combines old and new | Home of the Week

    Stately home in Anchorage combines old and new | Home of the Week
    Allison Jones, Special to The Courier-Journal11:01 a.m. EST November 5, 2015Buy PhotoThe family room spills into the spacious kitchen which is complete with white cabinets with a slight glaze that brighten the kitchen, steel gray leather granite counters on the perimeter and a gray island base that meets a honed marble counter with three bar chairs at the Anchorage home of Markus and Stacie Winkler.(Photo: Maggie Huber, Special to The C-J)Buy PhotoArmed with a vision, Markus and Stacie Winkler teamed up with Laura Popovich of Creative Interiors to develop a plan to revitalize the home, while making it functional for their growing family. Markus Winkler, who has a do-it-yourself mentality, wa..
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  • UPDATE: Suspect in Eagle River shooting arrested at Anchorage gas station | Local News - KTUU

    UPDATE: Suspect in Eagle River shooting arrested at Anchorage gas station | Local News - KTUU
    9 A.M. UPDATE:Anchorage police say Aaron Trejo was arrested by U.S. Marshals at 11 p.m. Wednesday in the parking lot of an East Anchorage gas station. He was a passenger in a parked vehicle at the time.Trejo was questioned at Anchorage Police Department headquarters about the fatal Oct. 30 shooting of Spencer Bellenger and subsequently charged with murder and failure to appear in court on earlier charges of third-degree assault, according to the department. He is being held without bail at the Anchorage jail.“APD would like to thank the U.S. Marshals for their assistance in taking Trejo into custody and the public for tips they submitted through the Crime Stoppers program,” police wrote.ORIG..
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  • Anchorage plastic surgeon convicted of tax evasion, wire fraud | KTVA Anchorage CBS 11

    Estimated read time1m 13sAnchorage plastic surgeon convicted of tax evasion, wire fraudByKTVA CBS 11 News10:38 AM November 5, 2015ANCHORAGE –An Anchorage plastic surgeon was found guilty of wire fraud and tax evasion after prosecutors say he hid millions of dollars from his then-wife in Central America.A federal jury in Anchorage convicted 67-year-old Michael Brandner with four counts of wire fraud and three counts of tax evasion Wednesday.After his wife filed for a divorce in 2007, Brandner collected millions in marital assets. In Costa Rica, he opened two bank accounts, deposited more than $350,000 in cash and hid 1,000 ounces of gold in a safe deposit box. Then, Brandner went to Panama, w..
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  • Naming new Anchorage school superintendent will take community, collaboration | Alaska Dispatch News

    While the members of Great Alaska Schools Anchorage are diverse, with a wide range of opinions, we are united by our shared values and vision of a quality education for all students. With the Anchorage School Board launching a search for a new superintendent, it seems appropriate to share some of those values with the board and the public, in the hope of bringing our community closer to work together and move forward to find a new leader for the biggest school district in Alaska.Community engagement is a proven way to improve our schools that doesn’t cost a lot of money. In these lean fiscal times, the district should look to the community as a resource, engaging the public in a collaborativ..
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  • FBI tests nuclear bomb drill at Port of Anchorage | Alaska Public Media

    FBI tests nuclear bomb drill at Port of Anchorage | Alaska Public Media
    FBI tests nuclear bomb drill at Port of Anchorage An Aerial view of the Port of Anchorage from 1999. (Photo: By U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)The Federal Bureau of Investigation wrapped up a two-day assessment of how to respond to a nuclear bomb discovered at the Port of Anchorage.Download Audio“We started on Monday morning,” said Staci Feger-Pellessier, spokesperson for the FBI’s Anchorage office, who explained the first day focused on deployment of forces, “And then really identifying and rendering safe the situation–that took place on Tuesday.”The drills had less to do with with Alaska as a potential target for an..
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  • Anchorage library to use Mall at Sears as temporary space for events | Alaska Dispatch News

    Anchorage library to use Mall at Sears as temporary space for events | Alaska Dispatch News
    Special events hosted by the Anchorage Library will have a temporary home in the Mall at Sears while renovation work at the Loussac Library is underway, library officials said Wednesday.With the central library branch undergoing a makeover, the system is losing a number of spaces normally used for programming, library youth services coordinator Elizabeth Nicolai said in a statement.“This allows us another option -- and one that might be easier for our patrons to get to without construction detours,” Nicolai said.The temporary space, which the library is using free of charge, is located across from the AT&T store in the Mall at Sears in midtown Anchorage, Nicolai said. The “Books and Bloc..
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  • AK Bites: New Anchorage food truck offers unique waffle experience | Local News - KTUU

    AK Bites: New Anchorage food truck offers unique waffle experience | Local News - KTUU
    ANCHORAGE -As a mother of four, Mandy Gebauer knew she needed a career with some flexibility, one that would allow her to teach her daughters the basics of running a business. So she recently opened Sugar House Waffles, a food truck in Anchorage specializing in rich, delicious waffles.But these waffles are a little different to what you're probably used to. They're liege waffles, which use a special dough instead of batter. The dough is made with yeast and left to rise overnight and inside the waffles are tiny sugar pearls imported from Belgium.There are a wide selection of waffles on the menu. For example, you can order a "Banana Bungalo", made with bananas, house-made cream, and a peanut b..
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  • Anchorage surgeon convicted of fraud, tax evasion for hiding millions overseas | Alaska Dispatch News

    On Wednesday, a federal jury found an Anchorage plastic surgeon guilty of wire fraud and tax evasion after he hid assets worth millions of dollars during his divorce.The trial against Michael Brandner, 67, lasted eight days and resulted in convictions on four counts of wire fraud and three counts of tax evasion. The government called around 30 witnesses and presented more than 300 exhibits.Brandner was acquitted of two additional counts of wire fraud and prosecutors dropped another before the trial began.Prosecutorssaid at the time charges were handed upthat Brandner devised a four-year scheme to defraud his wife after she filed for divorce in 2007. He created sham investments overseas, file..
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