Photos: Anchorage homeless count
Before most of Anchorage awoke Wednesday morning, roughly 140 volunteers fanned out across the city to speak to as many homeless people as possible. The occasion was the annual “Point-In-Time” homeless count — a national, federally-required homeless census that Anchorage and other cities conduct on a single day in late January. In all, they found 797 people.This was a larger effort than in previous years, spearheaded by Mayor Ethan Berkowitz. For Berkowitz and his staff, this year’s count offere..>> view original1600 without power in Anchorage as crews work to locate cause of ...
UPDATE 10:10 P.M.:Crews have located the problem with the Boniface substation and are beginning to make repairs, according to a Facebook post by Chugach Electric.The utility says power will be restored to customers by rerouting power through other facilities while repairs are being made.For more information, visit the Chugach Electric outage map.UPDATE 9:20 P.M.:An outage affecting around 1,600 Anchorage residents began at around 7:09 p.m. after one of the primary feeders on the Boniface substa..>> view originalAnchorage predicted to lose 1600 jobs in 2016
Anchorage will likely lose about 1,600 jobs this year, a decline of about 1 percent from 2015, according to an economic forecast report released Wednesday by the Anchorage Economic Development Corp.That's more than the loss of 1,200 jobs that the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development previously predicted for the city.At a luncheon on Wednesday to release the report, AEDC President Bill Popp said that while a downturn appears to be near, those in the Anchorage business community sh..>> view originalUsing database, Anchorage real estate broker tries to find property ...
As Anchorage pot entrepreneurs jostle for footholds in a tight real estate market, at least one commercial real estate broker is trying to work as a middleman by finding places they could use.Hugh Wade, who owns Spire Real Estate, has created his own database of properties suitable for a pot shop, or a warehouse for growing marijuana or manufacturing cannabis products. To keep track of fast-moving local regulations, he hired a friend — a professional land surveyor — to update maps with the lates..>> view originalDerelict Anchorage hotel plays pawn in developer's quest for rich tax ...
Anchorage’s worst eyesore, the derelict Northern Lights Hotel in Midtown, should have been gone last summer, according to what developer Joe Fang told the Anchorage Assembly in May, when he was asking for rich tax incentives for another project. The Assembly agreed, but the hotel is still there.At Fang's request, the Assembly declared a chunk of his downtown property deteriorated, making it potentially eligible for a decade of tax exemptions that would be approved at a later date. Among the “det..>> view originalNo students injured in Anchorage school bus crash
There were five elementary school students headed home from Northwood ABC Elementary School when their driver became incapacitated Wednesday afternoon. But the students were quick to react, just like they’d been taught.The bus driver appeared to have suffered from “some type of medical emergency,” Anchorage Police Department spokesperson Renee Oistad said. She did not immediately know the condition of the bus driver. None of the students suffered any injuries, Oistad said.Sixth-grader Natalie ..>> view originalWoman struck, killed by school district snowplow at East Anchorage ...
An Anchorage School District employee driving a snowplow at a middle school struck and killed a woman Tuesday night, Anchorage police wrote in a press release Wednesday. Just before 10:30 p.m., police say 57-year-old Anica Sofron was walking her dog in the Nicholas J. Begich Middle School parking lot when she was struck by the snowplow. Sofron was wearing dark clothing, police say. The school district employee called for help, remained on the scene and was co-operative with police. Sofron was t..>> view originalMan faces arson charges in fire at Anchorage auto shop
A suspicious fire at an Anchorage automotive repair shop earlier this month has led to a man’s arrest in connection with the blaze.According to Anchorage Fire Department spokesman John See, police and fire investigators arrested 27-year-old Paul Michael Emerson on charges of burglary and arson Tuesday evening.Fire crews responded to the shop that burned, on the 800 block of West International Airport Road near Arctic Boulevard, at about 2 a.m. Jan. 15.“Upon arrival at 2:03 a.m., the Engine 5 cre..>> view originalAnchorage police concerned local children may be victims of man ...
Anchorage police concerned local children may be victims of man facing child porn charges By KTVA CBS 11 News 6:20 PM January 27, 2016 ANCHORAGE – Christopher Olson Anchorage Police Department The Anchorage Police Department is trying to determine if an Anchorage man accused of trading child pornography online victimized any local children. An investigation into 31-year-old Christopher Olson began in November, and eventually resulted in a warranted search at Olson’s home on Wed..>> view originalAnchorage police investigate reports of gunfire in Mountain View
UPDATE 9:30 P.M.:One person was injured in a Mountain View shooting Thursday evening, Anchorage police say.The shooting victim showed up at a local hospital with non-life threatening wounds following the incident, said APD spokeswoman Renee Oistad. "Around 9:00 p.m. police received information that a gunshot wound victim had shown up to a local hospital with a non-life threatening wound. Further investigation determined that the gunshot wound victim, a young adult male, was likely in the area d..>> view original
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