Man with gun robs northeast Anchorage gas station and other top stories.

• Man with gun robs northeast Anchorage gas station

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A man with a gun robbed an Anchorage gas station Monday and remains at large.Police say the suspect just after midnight entered a Holiday Gas Station on Mountain View Drive in northeast Anchorage.The man went behind the counter, pointed a gun at a clerk and demanded that the cash register be opened.The clerk opened the register. The gunman grabbed cash and fled on foot.Police used a dog to attempt to follow the suspect. He was described as black, 6-feet-tall and skinny. ..

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• Municipality continues to call for funding to improve Anchorage's ...

  

  ANCHORAGE – Aside from terminal additions in the 1970s, the Port of Anchorage has largely remained the same in the 54 years since the first dock was finished. A journey underneath the port — to both the terminals constructed in 1962 and the ‘70s — reveals the dilapidated state of the structure. “In many cases, the welds start to fail,” said Todd Cowles, the port’s engineer, pointing out a corroded pile, or pillar, under the port. In some areas, the corroded steel can be scraped off with the sw..

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• Anchorage man arrested in Salcha on slew of charges

  An Anchorage man was arrested in Salcha on Saturday after Alaska State Troopers say he broke into a state Department of Transportation and Public Facilities truck in an attempt to steal fuel, then burglarized an occupied house.The incident started when troopers got a report of a “possibly intoxicated driver” leaving the Salcha store at 9:39 a.m., troopers wrote in an online dispatch posted Sunday.About an hour later, a worker at the Birch Lake DOT station reported that a work truck had been vand..

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• McNary's Vanessa Hayes signs to Alaska Anchorage

  

  McNary High senior Vanessa Hayes signed a National Letter of Intent to play volleyball at Alaska Anchorage. McNary’ senior Vanessa Hayes has signed to play volleyball at Division II Alaska Anchorage. The 5-foot-11 middle blocker was a first-team all-Greater Valley Conference selection as a senior after recording 348 kills, 219 digs and 51 aces. Hayes also was an honorable mention all-GVC player as a junior. Signings Amity senior Lindsay McShane signed a letter of intent to compete in track an..

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• Nadal sues politician for doping allegations

  

  (CNN) - Rafael Nadal is so tired of rumors linking him to doping that he has launched a defamation lawsuit against a former French health minister. The tennis star warned in March that he would not tolerate unfounded accusations on his sporting integrity, and now the world No. 5 has backed up his words. On Monday the 14-time grand slam winner released a statement announcing the filing of a case against Roselyne Bachelot, who served as the French minister of health and sports between 2007 and..

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