Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Anchorage LGBT rights law opponents seek amendments through ... and other top stories.

  • Anchorage LGBT rights law opponents seek amendments through ...

    An effort to repeal Anchorage’s new law barring discrimination against gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual people is shifting gears, with the law’s opponents saying they now want to ask voters to amend the law instead of striking it down.In a March 14 letter to his group's supporters, Jim Minnery, president of Alaska Family Action, a conservative social issues group, described plans to submit “significant amendments” to the law as a city ballot initiative in the coming weeks.“While not fully ..
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  • Anchorage man dies in apartment shooting after altercation

    Anchorage man dies in apartment shooting after altercation
    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Anchorage police say a fatal shooting of a man at an east-side apartment was preceded by an altercation with another person.Police say the man was shot by the person with whom he had the fight.No arrests have been made in the shooting.Police took a call at 11:40 p.m. that the man had been shot in an apartment on Charter Circle off Debarr Road west of Lake Otis Parkway.Medics transported the man to a hospital, where he died at 12:20 a.m. Tuesday.Police say the dead man’s ..
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  • Anchorage voters to consider $36.5 million bond for road renovation ...

    Anchorage voters to consider $36.5 million bond for road renovation ...
    ANCHORAGE - Proposition five is a bond measure asking voters to increase property taxes in order to pay for repairs to roadways and drainage services throughout Anchorage.The municipality is asking permission to take out a $36.5 million bond to take-on 24 construction projects throughout both residential and urban neighborhoods. The improvement projects would for the most part take place during the summer of 2016 and range from filling potholes to renovating sections of a nearly 30-year-old st..
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  • Anchorage school board chief hired to lead Alaska Humanities Forum

    Anchorage school board chief hired to lead Alaska Humanities Forum
    The board of Alaska Humanities Forum has selected Anchorage’s school board president as the organization's new leader. Kameron Holloway Perez-Verdia has been hired as president and chief executive for the Humanities Forum. Selected from a poll of over 20 candidates, Perez-Verdia will start the job on April 4, said Charlotte Fox, interim chief executive. He replaces former Olympic skier Nina Kemppel who left the Forum to become president of Alaska Community Foundation in October.Perez-Verdia is..
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  • Trump campaign manager charged: timeline of events

    Trump campaign manager charged: timeline of events
    NEW YORK (CNNMoney) - The arrest of Donald Trump's campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, Tuesday capped three weeks of allegations between the campaign and former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields. Fields claimed that Lewandowski yanked her away from Trump so violently that he left fingerprints on her arm. Trump's campaign denied that ever happened.Here's how the controversy unfolded:March 8, 10:28 pm, minutes after the incident, a tweet from Fields' boyfriend, Jamie Weinstein:"Trump always ..
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  • Alaska volcano spews smaller amounts of ash at lower levels

    Alaska volcano spews smaller amounts of ash at lower levels
    ANCHORAGE, Alaska –  An Alaska volcano kept pumping out new ash Tuesday that could threaten aircraft, but it came in smaller amounts at lower heights, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory. Pavlof Volcano, 625 miles southwest of Anchorage on the Alaska Peninsula, erupted Sunday. The initial eruption continued for about 17 hours and put out an ash cloud that reached 37,000 feet. The plume blew northeast and by Tuesday had reached Canada, but Dave Schneider, a U.S. Geological Survey geophys..
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  • 1 dead in Kwethluk fire, troopers say

    1 dead in Kwethluk fire, troopers say
    Authorities are investigating an apparent fire death in the Western Alaska village of Kwethluk. Public safety officers in the Yup’ik village found a person dead at the site of a structure fire reported early Sunday morning. Public safety officers controlled the fire and found the deceased inside, according to Alaska State Troopers.Kwethluk is a community of about 800 people, according to state estimates, on the bank of the Kuskokwim River near Bethel.Two Bethel-based troopers and a deputy fire..
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  • Actress Patty Duke dead at 69

    Actress Patty Duke dead at 69
    (CNN) - Patty Duke, the actress who won fame with her stage and screen portrayals of Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker," died Tuesday, according to her agent. She was 69. Duke died of sepsis from a ruptured intestine, according to a statement from Mitchell K. Stubbs & Associates, the agency that represented her."This morning, our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, matriarch and the exquisite artist, humanitarian, and champion for mental health, Anna PATTY DUKE Pearce, closed her eyes, quiet..
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  • Janet Yellen: Global 'risks' could hurt US economy

    Janet Yellen: Global 'risks' could hurt US economy
    NEW YORK (CNNMoney) - Janet Yellen feels good about America's economy but sees risks rising overseas. Yellen, the Federal Reserve chair, spoke optimistically on Tuesday about the U.S. economy, particularly the strong gains in the job market and resilient consumer spending. But when she turned to the global economy, it got gloomy. "Global developments pose ongoing risks," Yellen said at the Economic Club of New York. Top of her worry list: China and oil. Yellen said uncertainty over China's e..
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  • Cover 2 Cover: Our Perfect Wild

    Cover 2 Cover: Our Perfect Wild
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Pavlof volcano still erupting, ash cloud now 37000 feet high .Meet the candidates: District 2 – Seat A – Chugiak/Eagle River .
Jenkins: Anchorage taxpayers have a chance to roll back city's take ... .AT&T restores service to Alaska customers, according to Anchorage ... .

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