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• Firefighters up against steep terrain, heavy wind in wildfire near ...

  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) A large wildfire is burning uncomfortably close to two residential areas at the edge of Alaska's largest city, and emergency officials in a Tuesday evening news conference say heavy winds and steep terrain are complicating firefighting efforts. What sparked the human-caused blaze overnight Saturday near McHugh Creek is unknown, but the fire is now estimated at 350 acres, slightly less than a previous Division of Forestry estimate that was slightly exaggerated due to thick smok..

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• Briefing on McHugh Fire livestream at 9:00

  

  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) UPDATE: Officials with the Alaska Division of Forestry are planning to hold a media briefing at 9:00 p.m. on the status of the McHugh Fire. KTUU.com will livestream the briefing. VIDEO 3:20 p.m. TUESDAY UPDATE: AFD strike team moves to Potter Marsh An Anchorage Fire Department assistant chief said AFD firefighters have done all they can to protect the 17-home Rainbow subdivision and are turning their attention to prevention efforts at nearby Potter Marsh. The Rainbow neighborho..

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• Hudson: Concerns raised about anchorage plans

  

  Staff and wire reports 8:44 a.m. EDT July 20, 2016Buy PhotoThe Hudson River as seen from the Yonkers waterfront.(Photo: File photo by Mark Vergari/The Journal News)Buy PhotoKINGSTON, N.Y. - Some local officials and environmental groups are raising concerns about the U.S. Coast Guard’s proposal to establish 10 new anchorage locations in the Hudson River between Yonkers and Kingston.The proposed anchorage locations include three in the Lower Hudson Valley:Yonkers: The largest new anch..

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• Anchorage Associates In Radiation Medicine Welcomes William ...

  

  Dr. Magnuson was born and raised in the Anchorage area prior to moving to Ann Arbor, Michigan for his senior year of high school to play hockey for the United States Under-18 National Team.  He received his first undergraduate degree at Lake Superior State University, where he played Division I hockey and was drafted by the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League. After graduation, he attended their NHL training camp and was offered a contract, though chose to pursue a career as an onc..

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• Weather service: Red flag warning for fires in Anchorage

  Early Tuesday, the National Weather Service issued a red flag warning effective until 10 p.m. in Anchorage, highlighting higher risk for wildfires. The warning ...

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• Anchorage DHHS Offers School Immunizations

  In about a month, school will start back and the Department of Health and Human Services in Anchorage wants to make sure all students get their vaccinations."Every year as approach back to school it gets pretty crowded here," Janet Johnson who is the Clinical Supervisor for the Anchorage Department of Health and Human Services said. Some immunizations needed for school include Diphtheria, Tetanus, Polio, Measles, Mumps and Rubella."A lot of the disease that we're protecting against are very ser..

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• Republican lawmakers spar with Alaska Gov. Walker's ...

  

  "Do you have a market? Do you have a plan to market it? And if your own plan is dependent upon you, producers, building a pipeline, do we have a firm commitment from you to build that pipeline? And if you're not going to give us a firm commitment to build that pipeline, can we obtain information from you with respect to what you're doing to try to get other third parties to build a pipeline?" Cotham said, describing the state's questions. "It seems to me only reasonable that the state ought to..

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• Don't risk $1000 fine by disposing of fish waste improperly

  

  Strong salmon runs across Southcentral have prompted the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to warn anglers and dipnetters that improper disposal of fish waste can lead to fines up to $1,000. "Fish attract bears," Anchorage area wildlife biologist Dave Battle said in a press release, "and bears area likely to defend those food sources." Discarding fish waste on public or private property or along roads, pull-offs and trails can endanger other Alaskans. Nor should fish waste ..

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