Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Open house to focus on connecting Anchorage's Coastal and Ship ... and other top stories.

  • Open house to focus on connecting Anchorage's Coastal and Ship ...

    Open house to focus on connecting Anchorage's Coastal and Ship ...
    The event marks the first time the project to link the two trails has been put before the public. In 2014, the administration of Mayor Dan Sullivan put $400,000 toward conceptual design work, said Isobel Roy, project administrator for the city's Project Management and Engineering department. With such varied ideas, officials haven't come up with an estimate of a total project cost.
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  • New requiem honors Anchorage couple killed by bear in 2005

    New requiem honors Anchorage couple killed by bear in 2005
    The piece, which had its debut with the Seattle Pro Musica last year, was commissioned by former Anchorage resident Shannon Polson, daughter of Richard Huffman. She is a singer, as was her father, and wrote a memoir that mixes her experience traveling to the place where the attack took place and performing Mozart's Requiem. Muehleisen's score makes references to Mozart, Bach, Gregorian chant and an Athabaskan lament, none of which are particularly easy to note. The choir is accompanied from ti..
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  • In Anchorage, a Trump supporter keeps the faith

    In Anchorage, a Trump supporter keeps the faith Julie Tisdale is a Donald Trump supporter from Anchorage (Photo courtesy of Julie Tisdale) Recent polls show the presidential race unexpectedly close in Alaska, and in the coming weeks, we’ll be checking in with voters around the state — asking what matters most to them and who they’re supporting as Election Day approaches. Tonight we hear from Julie Tisdale of Anchorage. Tisdale is 47, an accountant and a lifelong Alaskan — and she’s an enth..
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  • APOC says Anchorage GOP Rep. LeDoux can keep her PAC and ...

    APOC says Anchorage GOP Rep. LeDoux can keep her PAC and ...
    But LeDoux found a way around that rule by creating a new committee, Gabby's Tuesday PAC, that's distinct from her campaign. She then raised $5,000 from lobbyists, and transferred the committee's money to the campaigns of other Republican lawmakers and candidates — much like members of Congress use "leadership PACs" to cultivate other politicians' alliances and allegiances.
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  • 'The Stars We Are' singing competition to hold open auditions in ...

    'The Stars We Are' singing competition to hold open auditions in ...
    Estimated read time 1m 12s ‘The Stars We Are’ singing competition to hold open auditions in Anchorage By Daybreak Staff 1:54 PM October 19, 2016 Calling all Alaskan singers — here’s your chance to be seen and heard on stage! The first-ever “Stars We Are” singing competition will hold open auditions on Saturday, Oct. 22 at Williwaw in Downtown Anchorage from 1 to 4 p.m. (All performers must be 18 or older to participate in the contest.) The contest will last for seven weeks with compe..
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  • Anchorage Assembly Authorizes 2 Marijuana Licenses & Examines ...

    Anchorage Assembly Authorizes 2 Marijuana Licenses & Examines ...
    Anchorage, AK- During last night’s Anchorage Assembly meeting, Assembly members authorized two new retail cannabis shop licenses.  Both store’s licenses were unanimously passed by the Assembly.  Approved stores include Enlighten Alaska and Alaskabuds, and plan to be fully operational in less than two months.  Raspberry Roots also acquired a growing operation license.Additionally, Mayor Ethan Berkowitz called on the Anchorage Assembly to enact an emergency moratorium, concerning the 4th Avenue T..
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  • “Zombies Attack MS” Flash Mob in Downtown Anchorage

    “Zombies Attack MS” Flash Mob in Downtown Anchorage
    ANCHORAGE, AK - The Alaska MS Center will have its 3rd annual Zombie Thriller Flash Mob in Anchorage on Saturday, Oct. 29th between 2:30 and 3:00pm at Peratrovich Park. The Alaska MS Center provides hope, workshops, activities, education and inspiration to the over 1,200 Alaskans diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, a debilitating and potentially devastating disease that is often diagnosed between ages 20-40. This performance is bigger than last year and it coincides with Trick or Treat Street al..
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  • Anchorage police investigate 2 early morning robberies

    Anchorage police are investigating two robberies of pedestrians on city streets that took place in the early morning hours of Tuesday. Shortly before 3:30 a.m. ...
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  • Anchorage, Whittier to sign contract for police coverage in Girdwood

    Anchorage, Whittier to sign contract for police coverage in Girdwood
    Anchorage, Whittier to sign contract for police coverage in Girdwood By KTVA CBS 11 News 10:37 PM October 19, 2016 ANCHORAGE – The Whittier Police Department may start assigning officers to patrol Girdwood as soon as this weekend. Sam Daniel, a member of the Girdwood Board of Supervisors, said city managers for Whittier and Anchorage are expected to sign a contract with WPD on Thursday. It will take effect beginning Saturday, he said. The Anchorage Assembly approved the contract earlie..
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  • Final cleanup of Alaska automobile junkyard is underway

    Final cleanup of Alaska automobile junkyard is underway
    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The final cleanup is underway in Anchorage after the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake helped turn a sea-side bluff into an auto junkyard. Here’s a quick look at how the vehicles got imbedded into the 250-foot cliff overlooking Cook Inlet and directly above a wildlife refuge important for migratory birds, and what’s being done to get some of them out: HOW DID THE PROBLEM START? On Good Friday in 1964, the second most powerful earthquake ever recorded devastated parts of so..
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