Downtown Anchorage businesses prepare as retail marijuana ...
ANCHORAGE - The reality of retail marijuana in Alaska is just a few months away. That's why business owners in Downtown Anchorage are preparing for the growth of the new industry possibly popping up in their neighborhood.On Wednesday, marijuana was on the agenda of the Anchorage Downtown Partnership, with business owners voicing questions, concerns and curiosities about the potential of seeing retail cannabis sold in the municipality’s tourist district.“We're seeing the oil and gas industry is..>> view originalWasilla students donate food, supplies to Anchorage homeless shelter
ANCHORAGE - With cold temperatures forcing many of Anchorage's homeless to sleep in frigid conditions every night, a group of Wasilla kids stepped in to help out.Students from Our Lady of the Valley Catholic School visited Bean's Cafe Wednesday to provide the clients there with something to warm their hands and their hearts.For about 20 minutes, grade school students of all ages sang to the clients at the cafe before handing out "survival kits" containing flashlights, scarves and socks as well..>> view originalHadley drops East Anchorage Assembly bid for state House race
Retired teacher Don Hadley said Wednesday he’s dropping his East Anchorage Assembly bid and instead running for the Alaska House, a decision he said was based on “party unity.”Hadley, 73 and a Republican, said he’s stepping aside to avoid competing with another Republican, Terre Gales, in a campaign to replace retiring Assembly member Paul Honeman. While the city election is nonpartisan, party affiliation tends to play a role in support and fundraising.The other main candidate in the race is For..>> view originalThis Anchorage high school student is already working to cure cancer
We parents are often left to wonder if any of the words of wisdom we impart to our children sink in. If there's any evidence that such lessons aren't wasted, it's Anchorage high school student Michael Martinez. The 16-year-old Service High School sophomore just won the Emperor Science Award, a prestigious science research award offered through PBS Learning Media and Stand Up to Cancer.Even when Michael was very young, his mother, Mary Martinez, knew something was different. When other children w..>> view originalReport: Alaska among top 5 in education spending per student
ANCHORAGE – A new report from the National Center for Education Statistics says Alaska spends an average of $18,217 on each student per year. Only two states — New York and New Jersey — and the District of Columbia spend more. The most expensive school districts in the state are in rural areas, where costs can be 30 percent more than in Anchorage. In Haines, school supplies shipments have to be planned well in advance in order to keep costs down. “If we could get in a car and drive 20 miles to..>> view originalPetitioners submit proposal to change voting protocol on Anchorage ...
ANCHORAGE - A petition to prevent assembly members from making changes to the Anchorage tax cap was submitted to the city clerk’s office Wednesday. The petition collected about 11,000 signatures, meaning the initiative will most likely appear on the April 16 ballot.Adam Trombley, who sponsored the petition along with Bob Griffin and former mayor Dan Sullivan, says the initiative would make tax cap legislation a charter instead of a code, leaving tax cap decisions in the hands of voters rather ..>> view originalMissing Kenai lodge worker may be traveling on Glenn Highway ...
ANCHORAGE - UPDATE: A missing Kenai lodge worker may be traveling on the Glenn Highway somewhere between Palmer and Glennallen, trooper spokeswoman Beth Ipsen told Channel 2 News.Doug Korman, who works at Gwin's Lodge in Cooper Landing, was last seen on Friday in Anchorage, according to his boss, Keith Mantey.Korman was driving a 2012 green Toyota Tundra pick-up with the license plate GKH199.Many people have expressed well wishes and sent prayers for Korman on social media.Troopers wouldn't s..>> view originalUkulele star Jake Shimabukuro returns to Anchorage after releasing ...
Jake Shimabukuro’s ukulele roots run deep. After all, Shimabukuro, 39, has been playing the little stringed instrument for well over three decades.As a child, he was exposed to the ukulele at home as well as at school, where classes were required for elementary students. Since then, Shimabukuro has taken the underdog of the strings section to new levels throughout his musical career, creating fresh, original compositions as well as innovative covers of beloved pop and rock songs. Some of his mor..>> view originalAnchorage paramedic travels to Greece to help with rescues
Anchorage paramedic travels to Greece to help with rescues February 3, 2016 Children from Turkey struggle to make it to shore in Greece after enduring hardships on their journey. (Photo by Teresa Gray) Download Audio Anchorage resident Teresa Gray just returned from volunteering in a refugee camp in Lesvos, Greece. Gray is a retired paramedic who was moved to volunteer for three weeks in January with a relief organization based in Ireland, after she saw the tragic and widely circu..>> view originalOutside review finds good and bad in Anchorage School District's ...
A recently released review from the Council of Great City Schools praised the Anchorage School District’s human resources employees but found problems with the department's recruitment and communication efforts.Todd Hess, the district’s chief human resources officer, said Tuesday he appreciated another set of “professional eyes” taking a look at the department, which he described as well-run and “doing a great job.”The review, presented to the Anchorage School Board on Monday, had about a page o..>> view original
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