Victims of homicide honored at downtown Anchorage ceremony
ANCHORAGE (KTUU) Grieving families joined together with law enforcement and lawmakers on Thursday to honor the names of the more than 400 people killed by homicide in Alaska over the past two decades. The Victims Memorial Monument Ceremony has been held in downtown Anchorage for 21 years. Each year, the wall grows heavier with new plaques remembering those who died by the act of another human being "I don't know how long it's going to take me to forgive," said Edwin Gonzalez as he remembered th..>> view originalAnchorage woman accused of defrauding Medicaid of $320336
ANCHORAGE (KTUU) A grand jury has accused an Anchorage woman of committing hundreds of thousands of dollars in Medicaid fraud. Mee Chong Collins, 70, was a Medicaid provider in Anchorage from March 1, 2011, to August 10, 2015. During that time she knowingly filled out false timesheets claiming that her adult son and daughter provided personal care services to Medicaid recipients that Collins knew they didn’t, according to the indictment. Collins charged Medicaid, a government-sponsored health c..>> view originalSouth Anchorage neighborhood, for years, has had the keys to its ...
ANCHORAGE (KTUU) Smoke from a wildfire that sparked overnight Saturday near McHugh Creek on Thursday was moving through Anchorage streets, including Villages Scenic Parkway where homes are right at the edge of the fire's boundary. One homeowner in the neighborhood, Rick Abbott, says the fire danger of the area around his neighborhood was so predictable that more than five years ago he purchased his own fire truck on eBay for about $7,000. “It’s not if but when," says Abbott, "and when has com..>> view originalTwo Anchorage residents arrested for drug-related charges in ...
ANCHORAGE (KTUU) Two Anchorage residents were arrested for drug-related charges in the Southwestern community of Naknek on Thursday. Bristol Bay Borough Police Department say Nathan Wegner, 31, and Brandi Smith, 27, face multiple charges stemming from a drug bust involving more than 23 grams of heroin. Wegner had two outstanding warrants for his arrest. Police located Smith and Wegner in a cabin west of Pederson Point, an area known for setnet fishing, said Police Chief Stan Swetzof. "Their st..>> view originalState keeps eye on aggressive beavers at Anchorage park
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - State wildlife officials may soon have to consider getting rid of beavers at an Anchorage park after recent violent encounters between the animals and dogs.Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Dave Battle told KTVA-TV (http://bit.ly/29SlSa4) any more reports of beavers behaving aggressively will result in their removal from the University Lake park.“It would mean killing them,” Battle said. “That’s what we do with beavers. It’s not much good to try to relocate th..>> view originalAnchorage soldier-scholar's book about little-known Falklands War ...
The only two remaining aircraft carriers in the fleet would supply air cover for English forces landing on East Falkland Island, the most populated part of the colony. The soldiers would need to bring everything they needed for the fight with them, weapons, ammunition, transportation, fuel, medicine, food and sleeping bags. Thousands of men would be deployed, soldiers, sailors, airmen and civilian support staff. "And every one of them needed breakfast every day," Privratsky observed.>> view originalSailors lost in WWII recognized at Anchorage memorial
Estimated read time 1m 20s Sailors lost in WWII recognized at Anchorage memorial By Bonney Bowman 9:32 PM July 21, 2016 ANCHORAGE – Fourteen sailors who died in the Aleutian Islands during World War II were remembered Thursday. The USS Worden sank in January 1943 off the shore of Amchitka Island. The ship hit a rock and broke apart. Most of the sailors survived, but 14 did not. Thursday afternoon, a new memorial at the Alaska Veterans Museum recognized the loss for the first time in..>> view originalDays of rain, weaker winds set to help McHugh Creek fire crews
Anchorage Days of rain, weaker winds set to help McHugh Creek fire crews Author: Chris Klint Updated: 1 hour ago Published 4 hours ago Fire officials survey the scene from the slopes above the Seward Highway as the McHugh Creek wildfire smolders above them on Thursday, July 21, 2016, along Turnagain Arm near Beluga Point. (Erik Hill / Alaska Dispatch News)>> view originalExtreme heat calls for extreme watering measures
The older I get, the more I believe in emulating nature when it comes to yardening. I cover all our soils with mulch. I only use organic inputs. And, I have a laissez-faire attitude toward watering. I let nature water trees, shrubs or perennials. Heck, I don't even water the lawns anymore. This year, however, things are a bit different. The weather is reminding us that we'd better get used to global warming, with temperatures in the high-80s in Fairbanks, high-70s in Anchorage — even re..>> view originalFormer spokesman for Alaska House Majority pleads not guilty to ...
ANCHORAGE The former spokesman for the Alaska House Majority pleaded not guilty to assault charges Friday. Will Vandergriff, 37, faces two misdemeanor counts of assault in the fourth degree in connection with an altercation on the evening of June 12. Vandergriff did not appear in court Friday before District Court Judge David Wallace. Attorney Kevin Fitzgerald, entered the pleas on his client's behalf. Police responded to a 911 call from a neighbor of Vandergriff who said he heard a woman scre..>> view original
Friday, July 22, 2016
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