Friday, November 20, 2015

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  • Preview: Penn State At Alaska Anchorage - Black Shoe Diaries

    Preview: Penn State At Alaska Anchorage - Black Shoe Diaries
    Hannah Foslien/Getty ImagesThe Nittany Lions travel back to Alaska looking to improve upon last year's result. Penn State (6-2-2) heads back to Alaska this weekend in what looks to be an annual trip up north for the Lions. The last time the Nittany Lions headed to the 49th state, they came away with unsatisfactory results in the Brice Alaska Goal Rush, tying Alaska Anchorage (6-3-1) 3-3 in the first game with a 4-3 loss to Alaska the next day. After a stellar weekend sweep of Sacred Hear..
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  • Anchorage store upcycles for charity | KTVA Anchorage CBS 11

    Anchorage store upcycles for charity | KTVA Anchorage CBS 11
    ANCHORAGE –You’ve heard the saying, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” An Anchorage woman is putting her own twist on the idea.Founder Patti Buist says donated “junk” is just what some need to help them through tough times. She says the idea is to take something old and make it new again, or in other words upcycle.Some people, like Artist Judy Grimm, need a creative outlet.“I’m always busy,” Grimm said. “I am making little Christmas socks out of old wool sweaters.”They chase inspiratio..
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  • Police warn of slick road conditions in Anchorage | Local News - KTUU

    Police warn of slick road conditions in Anchorage | Local News - KTUU
    Police warn of slick road conditions in AnchoragePOSTED: 08:15 AM AKST Nov 20, 2015UPDATED: 08:17 AM AKST Nov 20, 2015Anchorage police are responding to school bus in a ditch at Hillside Drive. No students were on the bus when it went off the road, said spokeswoman Jennifer Castro.Police are also reporting a collision involving two vehicles on O'Malley Road. No one was injured and the vehicles are pulled off to the roadside, Castro said.Motorists are advised to use caution while driving due to s..
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  • Anchorage Fire Department finance officer placed on leave | Alaska Dispatch News

    A high-level Anchorage Fire Department employee was placed on paid administrative leave this week pending an internal investigation.City officials said in a Wednesday memo that Aliesha Richards, the Fire Department’s finance officer, was being put on leave, and that the city was conducting an investigation. Neither city spokesperson Myer Hutchinson nor Fire Chief Denis LeBlanc would comment on the nature of the investigation, calling it a nondisclosable personnel matter.“Information has been rec..
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  • Anchorage police arrest suspect in wilderness lodge shooting death | Local News - KTUU

    Anchorage police arrest suspect in wilderness lodge shooting death | Local News - KTUU
    Anchorage police have arrested a suspect in connection with a shooting on Shuyak Island, according to state troopers.Troopers did a welfare check at Port Williams Wilderness Lodge on Tuesday. Upon arriving, they located a 56-year-old male dead outside the bunkhouse.They developed a suspect and determined that he had left the area, bound for Anchorage.Anchorage police arrested the unnamed suspect on Wednesday on unrelated outstanding arrest warrants, according to a trooper dispatch.He’s lodged at..
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  • South Anchorage hands West Valley icers first loss of season | High School | newsminer

    South Anchorage hands West Valley icers first loss of season | High School | newsminer
    FAIRBANKS—The West Valley Wolfpack began the 2015-16 high school hockey season with a shutout against South Anchorage on Nov. 4 in Anchorage.The Wolverines made sure history wouldn’t repeat itself on Thursday at the Big Dipper Ice Arena.South Anchorage scored twice in the second period and once in the third period to hold off the Wolfpack for a 4-3 win.“We didn’t want to lose again,” Wolverines forward Daniel Ramsey said. “Getting the roadie to Fairbanks is fun so we thought we’d just leave it a..
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  • 5 schools closed in the northern Mat-Su Valley

    5 schools closed in the northern Mat-Su Valley
    News5 schools closed in the northern Mat-Su Valleyby Daybreak Staff on Nov 20, 4:38The following schools will be closed today, Nov. 20, due to heavy snowfall, according to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District: Willow Elementary Talkeetna Elementary Trapper Creek Elementary Su-Valley Jr/Sr High Beryozova K-12 School According to state transportation officials, 12 inches of snow fell along the Parks Highway from milepost 52 to Talkeetna Spur Road. Althou..
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  • Anchorage fire department finance officer placed on leave | Firehouse

    | Share| Share| Share| ShareNov. 20--A high-level Anchorage Fire Department employee was placed on paid administrative leave this week pending an internal investigation. City officials said in a Wednesday memo that Aliesha Richards, the Fire Department's finance officer, was being put on leave, and that the city was conducting an investigation. Neither city spokesperson Myer Hutchinson nor Fire Chief Denis LeBlanc would comment on the nature of the investigation, calling it a nondisclosable ..
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  • The Future of Anchorage: Global Warming Makes Good | Inverse

    The Future of Anchorage: Global Warming Makes Good | Inverse
    Alaska is the biggest state in the U.S. by 400,000 square miles and ranks 48th in population, with just 736,732 people. About 300,000 of those residents — or 40 percent of the state population — lives in Anchorage, located on the southern edge of the state. That is just 3.6 percent of the population of New York City, but proportions are set to change. Anchorage may be clinging to a cold edge of a big continent, but it’s more relevant than ever.That’s because, although Anchorageis experiencing un..
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  • $200,000 donation -- plus a locker room full of equipment -- will keep girls hockey alive in Anchorage high schools | Alaska Dispatch News

    As hockey assists go, they don’t come much bigger than the $200,000 donation that will allow girls high school hockey to continue in Anchorage for at least another three seasons.The gift from the Dick’s Sporting Goods Foundation, announced Thursday between a pair of season-opening games at Ben Boeke Arena, will cover ice time, referees and other expenses through 2017-18.And it will allow this season’s players to participate for free, said Mandy Reale, the hockey director for the Scott Gomez Foun..
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