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• 'Hotel Row' springs up in Midtown Anchorage | Alaska Dispatch News

  Anchorage's lodging market is robust. And the hot place to build has shifted from downtown and the airport to a stretch of C Street where the city's white-collar business district transitions into its grittier industrial belt.The mini-city of Hiltons, Marriotts and other well-known chains boasts mountain views, but is otherwise short on classically Alaska charm and scenery. Aside from the hotels themselves, cowboy-themed chain restaurants and a TGI Fridays are among the key landmarks. And yet ro..

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• Man surrenders after police deploy gas to end East Anchorage standoff | Local News - KTUU

  

  Anchorage police evacuated apartments and deployed gas to force a man to surrender during an overnight standoff, APD says.Iese Gali Jr., 26, had assaulted a woman and violated a domestic violence protective order when he barricaded himself into an apartment at about 9 p.m. Saturday on the 4600 block of Thompson Ave., police said.Police negotiators and a SWAT team arrived and Anchorage police evacuated surrounding residences as a precautionary measure, police said. Gali refused to leave the apart..

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• Panelists at Anchorage climate change forum call for action | Alaska Dispatch News

  Robin Bronen told the crowd at the University of Alaska Anchorage on Saturday that she got an email from aNewtok residentthis week after a storm hit the flood-prone coastal village. It said, “We’ve made it again.”“The pictures I’ve gotten from Newtok are horrific,” Bronen, executive director of the Alaska Institute for Justice, said at the daylong forum on the state’s changing climate. “It’s unconscionable that the community hasn’t relocated yet.”Villagers have watchederosion eat away at their l..

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• Vehicle theft suspect crashes into Anchorage restaurant | Alaska News | newsminer

  

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A 33-year-old man is facing new charges after a chase with authorities ended with the suspect vehicle crashing into an Anchorage restaurant.The man was also arrested on unrelated outstanding warrants. Anchorage Police said in a statement Friday night that the man is being questioned.The chase began after police tried to pull over a Ford Explorer. The driver was suspected in an earlier vehicle theft.Authorities pursued the driver, who ran a red light and hit a vehicle and ligh..

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• Bono: Paris terror attacks 'direct hit on music'

  

  PARIS -Rocker Bono expressed support for the band Eagles of Death Metal and its fans following the terror attacks in Paris, which he called "the first direct hit on music" in the war on terror.Eagles of Death Metal was performing at a theater in Paris that was one of the venues targeted by terrorists Friday, killing more than 120 people and injuring hundreds more."If you think about it, the majority of victims last night are music fans,"USA Today reportedBono said in a Saturday phone interview w..

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• Anchorage police arrest woman suspected of 3 armed robberies | Juneau Empire - Alaska's Capital City Online Newspaper

  ANCHORAGE —A woman suspected of armed robberies at two Anchorage coffee shops was disarmed and arrested when she attempted to rob a tobacco shop, Anchorage police said.Tonya Holler, 33, was charged with robbery and felony assault after she was taken into custody Thursday.Police said Holler entered Smoke 4 Less and pretended she was going to buy something from the owner before pulling a handgun from her purse and demanding money from the cash register.The woman behind the counter put her hands ..

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• 'SNL' pays tribute to France

  

  (CNN) -"Saturday Night Live" cast member Cecily Strong delivered a message to Parisians in the show's opening: "We stand with you.""Paris is the City of Light, and here in New York City, we know that light will never go out," she said."Our love and support is with everyone there tonight. We stand with you."Then Strong repeated the same emotional message in French, followed by the show's traditional opening line: "And now, live from New York, it's Saturday night."The words came about 24 hours aft..

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• Terrorist passport complicates Syria crisis

  

  PARIS (CNN) -The Syrian refugee crisis just got worse, due to the Paris attacks.Now more than ever, since the Syrian war began 4½ years ago, the crisis can be summed up as damned if you do, damned if you don't.What made it worse? Sunday's revelation that at least one of the Paris terrorists who killed more than 120 people on Friday entered Europe as just another face in the crowd -- embedded in the current wave of Syrian war refugees. The development appears likely to fire up the security debate..

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• Volleyball suffers 3-set loss to No

  

  BELLINGHAM, Wash. – With sole possession of first place in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference volleyball standings on the line, it was No. 11 Alaska Anchorage that came away with a three-set sweep (25-19, 25-20, 30-28) over No. 16 Western Washington Saturday night at Whatcom Pavilion.The Vikings (21-5 overall, 15-3 GNAC) are now tied for 2nd in the GNAC with Central Washington. The Seawolves won their ninth consecutive match to improve to 24-2 overall and 16-2 in conference play. UAA has ..

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• Photos: Kayla the wolverine arrives in Anchorage | Alaska Dispatch News

  

  Howard Golden, an Alaska Department of Fish and Game furbearer biologist, and Alaska Zoo vet, Riley Wilson, fit a radio collar on Kayla, a 1-year-old Eurasian ...

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