Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Anchorage Assembly cracks down on empty, boarded-up buildings and other top stories.

  • Anchorage Assembly cracks down on empty, boarded-up buildings

    Anchorage Assembly cracks down on empty, boarded-up buildings
    The ordinance will likely generate less than $30,000 in revenue each year, the memo said. Though since it's unknown just how many vacant buildings and abandoned properties exist in Anchorage, revenues could not be estimated "with any degree of certainty," it said.
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  • Flooding closes Anchorage Office of Public Assistance

    Flooding closes Anchorage Office of Public Assistance
    ANCHORAGE (KTUU) UPDATE: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration office at the Muldoon Mall, located at 1251 Muldoon Road, has reopened. The Office of Public Assistance in the same area remains closed pending an update to its status at 2 p.m. ORIGINAL STORY: Flooding due to rain closed state offices for the Department of Health and Social Services and the Department of Labor on Monday. The Office of Public Assistance and Occupational Safety and Health Administration office at the Mu..
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  • Smoking, vaping banned in Anchorage's Town Square Park

    Smoking tobacco or using electronic cigarettes in the plaza can now lead to a $100 fine, though the ban does not extend to the Alaska Center Performing Arts property just to the west. The sponsor of the measure, Assembly member Dick Traini, said it was aimed at stopping people from smoking Spice and marijuana in the plaza, though Spice is a banned substance and it's already illegal to smoke pot in public.
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  • Anchorage police search for teenage runaway

    Anchorage police search for teenage runaway
    ANCHORAGE (KTUU) Anchorage police are searching for a teenager who ran away from home Sunday. Brianna Lewis, 13, left around 9 a.m. and her family worries she might try to harm herself, according to Anchorage Police Department. Lewis is 5 feet 3 inches tall and 140 pounds, with dyed black hair and blue eyes. Police say she may be with another girl, a teenage friend who has pink hair. The last time someone saw Lewis, she was wearing a black hoodie with red lettering on the sleeve and a “Alaska B..
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  • Anchorage police target drunk driving with new patrol unit

    Anchorage police target drunk driving with new patrol unit
    Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz (at podium), Commissioner Marc Luiken (left) and Police Chief Chris Tolley announce the launch of a new DUI patrol. (Photo ...
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  • Fitch Rates Anchorage Capital CLO 8, Ltd./LLC

    NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings assigns the following ratings and Rating Outlooks to Anchorage Capital CLO 8, Ltd./LLC: --$225,000,000 class A-1 notes 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable; --$25,000,000 class A-2 notes 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable; --$1,200,000 class X notes 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable. Fitch does not rate the class B-1, B-2, C, D, E, F or subordinated notes. TRANSACTION SUMMARY Anchorage Capital CLO 8, Ltd. (the..
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  • Homeless shelter at capacity as evictions from camps continue

    Homeless shelter at capacity as evictions from camps continue
    Aquino, of Catholic Social Services, said her agency has been working to expand daytime services to people who come to the shelter. But for now, she said, the focus has been on making sure there is "order and safety" in the parking lot, especially on warm, sunny days.
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  • State baseball tournament begins with an upset and a blowout

    State baseball tournament begins with an upset and a blowout
    Action continues Wednesday at Mulcahy. The winner of the eight-team tournament, which wraps up Saturday, will play in the Northwest Regional in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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  • Coast Guard: 46 People Rescued From Sinking Boat off Alaska

    Coast Guard: 46 People Rescued From Sinking Boat off Alaska
    Two Good Samaritan vessels rescued 46 people Tuesday night who abandoned their sinking fishing boat in the Bering Sea off Alaska's Aleutian Islands, the Coast Guard said. There were no reports of any injuries as the crew members were transferred from life rafts to the merchant ships, in a fairly calm seas, Coast Guard Petty Officer Lauren Steenson said. The ships then embarked on a 13-hour voyage to Adak, Alaska, a port in the Aleutians. When the 220-foot Alaska Juris started taking on wat..
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  • Cash-strapped state plans to close Palmer Correctional Center

    Cash-strapped state plans to close Palmer Correctional Center
    ANCHORAGE (KTUU) The Palmer Correctional Center will close its doors by the end of the year in a state cost-saving effort, the Alaska Department of Corrections announced Tuesday. Operations at the facility are already beginning to wind down. Many workers may remain employed with the state if willing to relocate and work at another prison or jail, in particular the Anchorage Correctional Complex. However, approximately 30 positions will be eliminated. The 500 inmates held under minimum to mediu..
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