Six inspiring things from Anchorage faith organizations in 2015 | Alaska Dispatch News
During my forays into the local faith community in 2015 I experienced an intriguing mix of sights, sounds, venues and celebrations. This week I’ll briefly describe some that made lasting impressions. Next week I focus on my perennial quest regarding what I’d like to see churches tackle in 2016.These impressions are mine alone, and omission isn’t intended as a slight to any faith-based organization in Anchorage.Faith community support of social causesAs the years go by, I’m increasingly enthusias..>> view originalAnchorage LIO building: A deal is a deal | Alaska Dispatch News
We’ve spent the better part of our careers trying to do the right thing for Anchorage and Alaska in general. In doing so we enter into contracts all the time.As for the Anchorage Legislative Information Office, a proposal was requested by the Alaska Legislature and presented by the landlord. It was reviewed, approved and certified by numerous parties. Back then whether the decision to go forward was right or wrong doesn’t matter. It’s really pretty simple at this point -- a deal is a deal.Sure, ..>> view originalAt the Anchorage fish hatchery, Christmas is just another day at the office | Alaska Dispatch News
Megan McClaren was looking forward to her Christmas dinner on Friday — tenderloin and backstrap from a moose she shot herself in the Matanuska Valley.But before she could do the cooking, there was some cleaning to do just down the street from her house on the banks of Anchorage’s Ship Creek, at McClaren’s office: the William Jack Hernandez Sport Fish Hatchery.Like many other people on Friday, McClaren, 27, still had to show up for work — though as a fish culturist, hers was a uniquely Alaskan jo..>> view originalAs Oil Money Melts, Alaska Mulls First Income Tax in 35 Years
PhotoRandall Hoffbeck, the Alaska state revenue commissioner, listened to residents' comments about Gov. Bill Walker's budget at an East Anchorage town-hall meeting this month.CreditJoshua Corbett for The New York TimesANCHORAGE — Oil money no longer pays the bills here.The governor, facing a profound fiscal crisis, has proposed the imposition of a personal income tax for the first time in 35 years. State lawmakers, who recently moved into a palatial new office building here, where they work wh..>> view originalWarriors top Cavs, stay perfect at home
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Stephen Curry converted a pair of driving hoops in the final 1:20 of the game, lifting the Golden State Warriors to an 89-83 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in a Christmas Day rematch of the NBA Finals on Friday.Draymond Green had 22 points and 15 rebounds, Shaun Livingston saved eight of his season-best 16 points for a tight fourth quarter, leading the Warriors to their 14th straight home win this season and 32nd in a row at home in the regular season dating back to last..>> view originalHarden's 3-pointers lifts Rockets over Spurs
HOUSTON -- -James Harden drilled consecutive 3-pointers down the stretch and the Houston Rockets relied on their stifling defense to defeat the San Antonio Spurs 88-84 on Friday night.Harden shot just 7 for 21 and missed his first three attempts from behind the arc before nailing back-to-back treys to push the Rockets (16-15) to an 84-75 lead and their seventh consecutive home victory.Harden finished with 20 points and nine assists while center Dwight Howard chipped in 11 points and 12 rebounds...>> view originalTop Syrian rebel leader killed in airstrike
(CNN) -The commander of one of the most effective rebel forces battling Syria's government has been killed in an airstrike, a monitoring group and Syrian state media reported Friday.Zahran Alloush, general commander of Jaysh al-Islam, was killed in eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, his rebels group confirmed.The group made Abu Homam Essam al-Boudani the new commander, Jaysh al-Islam announced in a video message.Alloush and four senior-level officers were killed Thursday when their high-level..>> view originalAnchorage mayor's office makes deal with city employee union | Juneau Empire - Alaska's Capital City Online Newspaper
ANCHORAGE —Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz’s administration has negotiated its first deal on a new contract with the city’s largest employees union.The Anchorage Municipal Employees Association approved the contract Dec. 8, which includes annual raises of 1.5 percent over the next three years and a change in how the city calculates paying increased medical costs.The proposed agreement calls for the city to pay 60 percent of future increases in health care costs, with employees paying 40 percent...>> view originalDengue fever cases in Hawaii spike
(CNN) -President Barack Obama and his family are welcome visitors this holiday season to Hawaii.Dengue fever, not so much.Cases of the mosquito-borne disease continue to climb in the island state, whose health department reported 180 cases as of Christmas Eve.That figure include 172 people who got dengue between September 11 and December 13 but are no longer infectious. Another eight people got the disease since then and may be infectious, according to the Hawaii health department.It all adds up..>> view originalWhite Christmas? Not this year
(CNN) -That deep warm feeling on Christmas Day wasn't just from the glow of the season -- for much of the country, it was from some unusually warm temperatures outside.After a burst of cool air last weekend, the mercury continued on its way up again over much of the East.It's another chapter in what has been an incredibly warm December over much of the Eastern United States, a pattern that some meteorologists have coined the "blowtorch."As of earlier this week, this month alone saw more than 2,6..>> view original
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