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• Anchorage Police release names of officers who killed a man; admit ...

  

  ANCHORAGE - Two Anchorage Police Officers who shot and killed a man earlier this week have been identified publicly. Their names were released Friday evening even though earlier in the day, APD officials said they would not be released until after a four-day period. Anchorage Police have identified APD Officer Cole Grigg and APD Officer Bart Filipowicz as firing their weapons at a suspect, Benjamin Zekovic, 23. APD didn’t specify if both officers hit Zekovic. Grigg has been with the departm..

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• Anchorage man says an attacker who called himself the 'avenging ...

  

  Crime & Courts Anchorage man says an attacker who called himself the ‘avenging angel’ broke into his home and assaulted him with a hammer Author: Tegan Hanlon Updated: 10 hours ago Published 13 hours ago Wesley Demarest talks two weeks ago about how an intruder attacked him with a hammer in his Spenard home. (Bob Hallinen / Alaska Dispatch News)

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• Sensley brings big bat north from Louisiana to power Anchorage Bucs

  

  Sports Sensley brings big bat north from Louisiana to power Anchorage Bucs Author: Stephan Wiebe Updated: 10 hours ago Published 11 hours ago Steven Sensley awaits his turn to bat in the Anchorage Bucs dugout on Tuesday. Sensley, from Baton Rouge, plays collegiate baseball for Louisiana-Lafayette. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)

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• Anchorage restaurants try to meet demand for outdoor dining

  

  ANCHORAGE – Businesses around Anchorage are trying to meet the demand for outdoor seating as Alaskans and tourists try to soak in the sunshine. The Healy-based 49th State Brewing Company took over the former Snow Goose Restaurant and opened on July 4. Both its decks were packed just an hour after it opening. “We have a line out the door of people asking to be seated out on the patio,” said promotions director Ellen Maloney. The company added bar seating along the outside railing to accommodate..

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• Organizers plan unity march in Anchorage

  

  Organizers of a planned unity march in Anchorage say the theme of the Saturday event is that all lives matter, and black lives matter, too. An Anchorage church is among the organizers of the event taking place on city streets. Organizers say the goal of the 10 a.m. march is to pray for unity in the community and to demonstrate togetherness. The march will have two starting locations, Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church and the Fairview Recreation Center. Organizers say the participants from both g..

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• Anchorage's first aerial fitness studio comes to town

  

  ANCHORAGE – Those who want a unique workout experience around Anchorage can now rejoice, as AIR — the city’s first and only aerial fitness studio — has opened. In late June, Dharma Hot Yoga reopened in a new location as AIR, a national chain with studios in cities such as Chicago and Los Angeles, according to its website. Jennifer Perkins, the owner of the AIR studio in South Anchorage, said she fell in love with aerial fitness while teaching classes at Dharma Hot Yoga. It was decided that whe..

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• Federal grant aims to restore habitat along Anchorage creek

  

  The grant will be matched by $262,333 from the municipality, the Anchorage Park Foundation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and two state departments.

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• Track Palin enters plea deal in January domestic-violence case

  

  Track Palin will have to complete a regime of "alcohol-related" treatment under the terms of this week's agreement, Fitzgerald said. Upon successful completion of the treatment, the weapons-misconduct charge will be expunged from his record. But if that doesn't happen, Palin will receive a 180-day suspended jail sentence and be placed under informal probation for two years.

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• Questions still unanswered in attack on man in Anchorage

  

  Questions still unanswered in attack on man in Anchorage ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Officials have still been unable to pinpoint who or what left a man bloody and unconscious last month in Anchorage. KTUU-TV reports (http://bit.ly/29z1Ghr ) Fred Mayac remained in critical condition Thursday after the June 8 incident near Campbell Creek Estuary Park. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game released a report Wednesday on the attack that still leaves many questions unanswered. It says medical per..

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• Alaskans Brace for Spending Cuts as Oil Prices Tumble

  

  Photo Gov. Bill Walker of Alaska with Lt. Gov. Byron I. Mallott last month. Credit Dan Joling/Associated Press The impact of falling oil prices in Alaska, which has seemed for many residents like a distant worry until now, is about to land. The turning point came on Friday, when the State House of Representatives, meeting at the Capitol in Juneau in the fifth special session since last summer, failed to override a line-item veto of the budget by Gov. Bill Walker.That me..

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