Agencies launch downtown Anchorage security hotline
The program is a partnership between the Anchorage Community Development Authority, which manages the city's parking meters, garages and the downtown bus depot, and the Anchorage Downtown Partnership, an organization supported by downtown businesses that deploys yellow-vested security "ambassadors" to patrol the streets. Earlier this year, Halcro and Jamie Boring, the downtown partnership's executive director, said they were working to combine security forces to add more "eyes and ears" downto..>> view originalAnchorage strip club loses liquor license, fights to get it back
ANCHORAGE (KTUU) An Anchorage strip club has lost its liquor license over complaints it hasn’t paid its workers and owes them at least $500,000, but the club is fighting back, asking a Superior Court judge to impose a restraining order. Exterior shot of Fantasies on Fifth strip club. Photo by Paula Dobbyn The Alcohol & Marijuana Control Office voted unanimously at its July 20 meet to strip Fantasies on 5th of its liquor license over protests by the municipality of Anchorage and objections fr..>> view originalPolice: Man's standoff with Anchorage officers ends in suicide
"The driver, who had a felony warrant for a probation violation, sped away from the officers and headed toward an apartment complex located at the 4600 block of Reka Drive," the APD release says.>> view originalHarassment charge reinstated for threat on Anchorage ...
State law for years has punished threatening communications without proof that the speaker intended to carry out the threat, Mannheimer wrote. For instance, it's a crime to falsely report a bomb was planted in a building or public area, he said.>> view originalIncreased requests for home inspections in Anchorage since ...
ANCHORAGE (KTUU) There's been increased interest by Anchorage homeowners to have their properties inspected for fire safety problems since the McHugh fire sparked. Here's how it works: the Anchorage Fire Department goes to your house and recommends cutting back, or cutting down vegetation or moving things like wood chips and logs away from the home. With help from the federal government, a homeowner can get some reimbursement if they make the recommended changes. AFD says almost 100 people are..>> view originalAnchorage police unveil new unit dedicated to busting impaired ...
Both police and Alaska State Troopers routinely deploy more patrols during major holidays, using overtime funded by federal authorities, in an effort to pull over more people driving under the influence. DUI-related deaths in Anchorage have increased in recent years, however, with four in 2012, six in 2013, 11 in 2014 and nine in 2015.>> view originalFlooding closes state offices in Anchorage
ANCHORAGE (KTUU) 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 Muldoon Mall, located at 1251 Muldoon Road, will be closed for the rest of Monday and likely into Tuesday, according to Minta Montalbo, a public information officer for the State of Alaska’s Division of Administration. Those looking for public assistance h..>> view originalMcHugh Fire now contained, confined as burn ban lifted for Anchorage
ANCHORAGE (KTUU) Note: Trouble seeing the live stream? Click here. MONDAY MORNING UPDATE: The McHugh Fire is now 35 percent contained and 65 percent “confined,” meaning the majority of the remaining wildfire is in an area where it is not expected to grow. Some 100 out-of-state firefighters are expected to leave Alaska tomorrow, said incident commander Tom Kurth. Those hot shot crews will move to California wildfires that are now considered higher priority, he said. Anchorage Fire Department ..>> view originalAnchorage state Rep. LeDoux creates PAC to help allies in Alaska ...
LeDoux, who's known as a relentless fundraiser, said the title of her new committee refers to Election Day, which is always on a Tuesday. Her committee is a conventional PAC, meaning that it is subject to contribution limits — unlike the big-business and union-spending efforts that are also targeting this year's legislative elections but which have launched campaigns that are not supposed to be coordinated with candidates.>> view originalAnchorage's first commercial marijuana grows look for Assembly ...
"It's nerve-racking, a little bit, to not know," Roland said. He and two co-owners have already sunk $250,000 into the operation, he said, and he still needs to pull the trigger on construction.>> view original
Monday, August 1, 2016
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