Anchorage utility companies propose rate increases and other top stories.

• Anchorage utility companies propose rate increases

  

  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) Anchorage residents could soon see rate increases for electricity and sewer services if proposals from utility companies are approved. Around 30,000 Municipal Light and Power customers could see an estimated 25 to 30 percent increase if the regulatory commission accepts its proposal. ML&P's general manager Mark Johnston told the Anchorage Assembly at a rules committee meeting Tuesday the goal of the proposal is to help pay for the utility's newest power plant, built in 2014. J..

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• Berkowitz administration proposes to charge more on Anchorage ...

  

  Under the proposal, submitted to the Anchorage Assembly this week, Anchorage cellphone and landline customers would pay an extra $6 per year to help pay for the emergency 911 system, which had expenses that surpassed $7 million last year. 

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• Stolen truck, 3 people elude APD in South Anchorage chase

  

  "The driver was described as an Asian male who had a hat with furry muff sides on it," Castro wrote. "The male who was in the bed of the truck was described as a Samoan male, approximately (5 feet, 8 inches to 5 feet, 9 inches tall), 210 pounds — he had on a dark nylon jacket and baggy pants."

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• Police, FBI identify person of interest in East Anchorage bank robbery

  

  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - UPDATE WEDNESDAY: Anchorage police and the FBI have identified a person of interest in the robbery of an East Anchorage bank on Monday. Authorities say they are looking for Justin Whidbee, who also goes by the name “Spoon”, in connection to the robbery. Anyone with information on Whidbee’s whereabouts is asked to contact the FBI at 276-4441 or APD at 786-8900. UPDATE TUESDAY: Anchorage police say they have located the red SUV involved in the Monday afternoon robbery of a Fir..

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• Officers help connect Anchorage homeless to community services

  

  ANCHORAGE – It’s not a place Ezra Willson thought he’d end up: Living in a camper in the woods in a Debarr Road neighborhood. “It’s pretty devastating,” he said. “I have a 2-year-old, 6-year-old and 7-year-old and I have nowhere to put them.” Willson was in jail and when he got out he’d lost his house and custody of his kids. He’s been trying to find a new place to live for the past year. “It’s hard,” Willson said. “I’ve been to Cook Inlet Housing Authority and they’re like, it’s years away be..

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• Anchorage School District offers free flu shots for students

  

  Estimated read time 1m 33s Anchorage School District offers free flu shots for students By KTVA CBS 11 News 7:51 PM October 12, 2016 ANCHORAGE – The Anchorage School District is offering a number of opportunities for kids to get this year’s flu vaccination for free. “Flu season is already ripping through Anchorage schools,” school officials said in a statement Wednesday. “Even healthy children and adults can get flu and give it to fragile babies and elderly people.” Parents and legal..

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• Anchorage conference brings light to troubles surrounding toxics in ...

  

  NOME – In an effort to improve living conditions for Alaska youth, the Children’s Environmental Health Summit brought together tribal leaders, scientists, and a variety of healthcare specialists to discuss environmental pollutants posing a risk to Arctic communities. Hosted by Alaska Community Action on Toxics, the October 6th conference at Alaska Pacific University focused on health problems caused by exposure to chemicals. According to Environmental Health and Justice Program Director Viola ..

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• Jurors rule in favor of city, police department following 2nd trial over ...

  This year's two trials on the family's claims were a long time coming. In December 2014, one year into the litigation, the Anchorage Assembly authorized the city to spend as much as $500,000 on the lawsuit. Weiss did not have an exact figure Tuesday on how much defending the city ultimately cost.

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• Man who died in Anchorage crash may have had medical issue

  

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The Latest on a fatal Anchorage traffic crash (all times local):Anchorage police have released the name of a man who died Tuesday in a traffic crash.Police say 57-year-old Joseph Pineda died.The cause of death remains under investigation. Police say Pineda may have suffered a medical problem before the crash.Pineda shortly before 5 p.m. was driving south on Elmore Road in east Anchorage and made a right turn onto Dowling Road.However, his car crossed into oncoming traff..

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• Pondering the infinite

  YUKON FLATS—Out here, in a smooth plain stretching over Alaska’s wrinkled face, water and tree and mud dissolve to fuzz at each horizon. No hills or bumps. An ocean of sky. An observer once said Yukon Flats looks like a place where God forgot to put something. Garrett Jones and I are camped on a giant island not far from the Yukon River map feature labeled "Halfway Whirlpool." Surrounded by gritty islands of silt and poplars and leafless willows, we are in the center of a river channel more tha..

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