Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Anchorage wins grant to promote inclusiveness for immigrants, new ... and other top stories.

  • Anchorage wins grant to promote inclusiveness for immigrants, new ...

    Anchorage has received a $29,500 grant for initiatives aimed at better integrating immigrants, refugees and newcomers into the community, the Berkowitz administration said Tuesday.The “Welcoming America” campaign, which Anchorage joined in 2014, encourages U.S. cities to embrace new arrivals on economic and social levels. Mara Kimmel, an immigration attorney and Mayor Ethan Berkowitz’s wife, has taken up the campaign as one of her main initiatives.In an interview Tuesday, Kimmel said the grant w..
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  • 3 Anchorage first-graders planned to poison classmate, police say

    3 Anchorage first-graders planned to poison classmate, police say
    Three first-grade students at Winterberry Charter School in Anchorage planned to poison and kill another student last week, according to a letter sent to parents from the school’s principal.In the letter, Principal Shanna Mall told parents two students brought the plot to adults’ attention. Mall directed questions about the incident to the Anchorage School District, which includes the charter school.The students “shared that three students in the class were planning on using the silica gel packe..
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  • Anchorage man found with large stash of heroin, psilocybin, and ...

    Anchorage man found with large stash of heroin, psilocybin, and ...
    Alaska State Troopers responded gunshots and suspicious activity around Mile 50 of the Parks Highway early today, according to a trooper dispatch. Investigating troopers patrolled the area and found what they described as a suspicious vehicle nearby.Troopers identified the driver as Rosing Boungnavath, 35, of Anchorage and discovered he was on probation for misconduct involving a controlled substance in the second degree. At the request of probations officers, troopers conducted a search of Bo..
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  • Anchorage voters to decide nearly $48 million in road, safety and ...

    Anchorage voters to decide nearly $48 million in road, safety and ...
    When Anchorage voters go to the polls on April 5, they’ll decide whether to approve nearly $48 million in road, parks and safety bonds. Proposition 5 is a $36.5 million bond package that would fund a variety of road improvement projects, including widening Arctic Boulevard between 36th and Tudor, and adding bike lanes, traffic calming and better sidewalks to a busy section of Spenard Road that runs from Benson Boulevard to Hillcrest Drive.Propositions 3, 6 and 7 would finance $8 million in eme..
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  • Meet the candidates: District 5 – Seat H – East Anchorage

    Meet the candidates: District 5 – Seat H – East Anchorage
    Estimated read time 2m 6s Meet the candidates: District 5 – Seat H – East Anchorage By KTVA CBS 11 News 7:55 AM March 30, 2016 KTVA invited every registered candidate running in the upcoming Anchorage municipal election to an on-camera interview at our studios to discuss the following topics: 1. Balancing the budget 2. Bonds and propositions 3. Plans for public safety 4. Commercial marijuana 5. Addressing homelessness in Anchorage 6. Introducing new taxes We also asked each candidate..
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  • Photos: Anchorage Assembly candidates forum

    Photos: Anchorage Assembly candidates forum
    Candidates for Anchorage Assembly indicate their support for Proposition 2, which would implement a marijuana sales tax, during a forum at the Anchorage Downtown Rotary meeting at the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center on Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2016. From left to right: John Weddleton, Treg Taylor, Mark Schimscheimer, Terre Gales, Forrest Dunbar, Dick Traini, Ron Alleva, Adam Trombley, Ira Perman, Dustin Darden, Eric Croft, Amy Demboski, Nicholas Begich, and John Eng, president of Anchorage Downtow..
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  • Anchorage karate kids bring home 16 medals

    Anchorage karate kids bring home 16 medals
    Fourteen-year-old Chatchai Punprasert of Tanaka's Martial Arts Academy captured three gold medals to lead an Anchorage contingent at a pair of international karate meets last weekend in Las Vegas.Punprasert won the intermediate kata competition for 14-year-old boys at the Junior International Karate Cup. At the USA Open International Karate Championships, he earned golds in the 14-15 intermediate weapons competition and the 14-15 boys intermediate kata.Also claiming a gold medal at each meet was..
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  • Owner of Anchorage financial services company pleads guilty to ...

    ANCHORAGE - The former owner of an Anchorage financial services company has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $61,000 in social security benefit payments from his clients.According to court documents, Sean Patrick Egan was an owner and manager of Chugach Financial Services, a company appointed by the Social Security Administration to assist social security recipients in Alaska who are deemed unable to manage their own finances. The company acted as a “representative payee” for hundreds of c..
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  • Docs perform transplant between HIV-positive patients

    Docs perform transplant between HIV-positive patients
    (CNN) - There is new hope for potential transplant recipients living with HIV. Doctors at Johns Hopkins announced Wednesday they successfully performed the first liver transplant from an HIV-positive donor and the first U.S. kidney transplant from the same donor. The surgeries happened a couple of weeks ago. The recipients, whose names will remain anonymous, are also HIV-positive. The patient who received the donated kidney has been living with HIV for more than 30 years, suffers from hyperte..
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Anchorage LGBT rights law opponents seek amendments through ... .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 ... .

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