Friday, November 13, 2015

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  • Anchorage officials look to remodel downtown transit center | Local News - KTUU

    Anchorage officials look to remodel downtown transit center | Local News - KTUU
    It's been a trouble spot for years, but improvements for the Downtown Transit Center are in the works.Word of a new plan is spreading through social media after Anchorage Community Development Authority executive director Andrew Halcro posted about it on his Facebook page.A hint of what's being discussed included a picture of the center with the caption "Coming Summer 2016" and includes images showing an outdoor roof patio and movie screen.In his post, Halcro wrote that the proposal would "compl..
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  • South Anchorage home invasion ends with homeowner’s gunfire | Alaska Dispatch News

    Police are investigating a South Anchorage home-invasion robbery Friday in which the homeowner fired on the suspects, with someone hospitalized for a gunshot wound less than an hour later.According to police spokeswoman Renee Oistad, dispatchers received a report of an attempted home invasion at about 8:10 a.m. on the 1000 block of Essex Circle, near Minnesota Drive and International Airport Road.“Suspects approached the home, and when the door was opened, one of the suspects pepper-sprayed the ..
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  • VIDEO: Anchorage smoke shop owner describes Thursday’s robbery attempt | KTVA Anchorage CBS 11

    VIDEO: Anchorage smoke shop owner describes Thursday’s robbery attempt | KTVA Anchorage CBS 11
    ANCHORAGE –An Anchorage woman was arrested Thursday evening after her attempt to rob a Spenard smoke shop with a gun and a large hunting knife was thwarted by the store owner.Tonya Holler, 33, entered Smokes 4 Less, located at 3020 Minnesota Dr., around 7:21 p.m. Thursday, browsed the store and pulled out a handgun, Renee Oistad with the Anchorage Police Department wrote in anonline alert.Holler then “demanded that the owner of the shop give her the money in the cash drawer,” according to Oistad..
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  • Anchorage restaurant viral Facebook post finds wide support after standing up for employee | Alaska Dispatch News

    Anchorage restaurant viral Facebook post finds wide support after standing up for employee | Alaska Dispatch News
    An Anchorage restaurant has found itself overwhelmed with support after its owner shared aFacebook post standing upto mistreatment of an employee with developmental disabilities.It all started with a customer calling to complain to Little Italy Restaurante on Saturday night. On the phone was an irate customer complaining about one of the restaurant’s delivery drivers. According to restaurant owner P.J. Gialopsos, the customer was ranting, using foul language and accusing the driver of using drug..
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  • Anchorage’s snowy, icy sidewalks becoming a problem for pedestrians | KTVA Anchorage CBS 11

    Anchorage’s snowy, icy sidewalks becoming a problem for pedestrians | KTVA Anchorage CBS 11
    ANCHORAGE –How long should it take to clear Anchorage sidewalks? The municipality says they’ll do it within three days, but the Department of Transportation says it could take them even longer. Some of those who rely on the sidewalks to get around say that’s not good enough.Streets in Anchorage were plowed and sanded Thursday night, but if you looked left or right, you would see what many pedestrians and cyclists are dealing with on the sidewalks.“You get pedestrians and bikes creating ruts and ..
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  • Paris attacks: At least 149 reported killed

    Paris attacks: At least 149 reported killed
    PARIS (CNN) -On a night when thousands of Paris residents and tourists were reveling and fans were enjoying a soccer match between France and world champion Germany, horror struck in an unprecedented manner. Terrorists -- some with AK-47s, some reportedly with bombs strapped to them -- attacked sites throughout the French capital and at the stadium where the soccer match was underway.Scores were killed in the coordinated attacks late Friday, leaving a nation in mourning and the world in shock. C..
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  • Inside the Bataclan: 'A bloodbath,' witness says

    Inside the Bataclan: 'A bloodbath,' witness says
    (CNN) -"It was a bloodbath," Julien Pearce says.The radio reporter was at the Bataclan, a theater and concert hall in Paris' 11th district Friday night, listening to an American rock band perform.The show was drawing to a close after almost an hour when gunmen stormed the venue, Pearce told CNN."People yelled, screamed," he said. "It lasted for 10 minutes. Ten horrific minutes where everybody was on the floor covering their head."At one point, authorities said hostages were being held in the the..
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  • Rare hummingbird spotted in Anchorage | KTVA Anchorage CBS 11

    Rare hummingbird spotted in Anchorage | KTVA Anchorage CBS 11
    Estimated read time1m 8sRare hummingbird spotted in AnchorageByHeather Hintze2:45 PM November 13, 2015ANCHORAGE –People in a Turnagain neighborhood are keeping an eye on a Costa’s hummingbird that showed up a few weeks ago. It’s a female bird weighing only a tenth of an ounce.W. Keys, the commander in chief for the Anchorage Audubon Society, said it’s an extremely rare sighting. There are only four reports of Costa’s hummingbirds ever seen in Anchorage.Keys said that species of bird is native to..
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  • JJ Abrams reveals new 'Star Wars' character

    JJ Abrams reveals new 'Star Wars' character
    (CNN) -When it comes to the new "Star Wars" character Maz Kanata, watch the eyes.That's the message from director J.J. Abrams and star Lupita Nyong'o, who plays Kanata in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens.""I had this pitch about these goggles that she wore," Abrams told Entertainment Weekly. "Her eyes are an important aspect of her character, and you'll see how it plays out."The character, who's visible in the center of the "Force Awakens" poster as a tiny, be-goggled creature, is computer-generate..
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  • Blotter: Safety Blanket

    DelinquentsOn Tuesday, October 27, troopers joined with the Ketchikan police to serve warrant arrests on a 15-year-old and 16-year-old, both males from the Valley. The warrants were for thefts that occurred around Palmer, and the kids were suspected in Ketchikan thefts as well. Authorities turned up multiple stolen firearms when they arrested the boys, and they’re asking anyone with information on the Ketchikan thefts to get in touch with Ketchikan PD or the troopers.The nose knowsTroopers stopp..
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