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• 'Person of interest' sought in fatal shooting near Anchorage ...

  

  Alaska News 'Person of interest' sought in fatal shooting near Anchorage McDonald's Author: Chris Klint Updated: 8 hours ago Published 19 hours ago One person was killed at a fast-food restaurant on Spenard Road early Wednesday, and Anchorage police are searching the area for a suspect. (Chris Klint / Alaska Dispatch News)

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• Anchorage women show support for International Women's Day

  

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) It's a day to honor women, across the globe, who make positive contributions in the workplace and in their personal lives. On International Women's Day, the YWCA of Alaska organized a rally called "Women on the Bridge." Women gathered on the overpass above Minnesota Drive, near West High School. This year the YWCA focused on equality in the workplace which includes reducing the gender pay gap. The group started the "Economic Equity Initiative" to help close that gap ..

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• The best lunch deals in Anchorage - part 2

  

  The breadsticks, while probably not at all like Nonna used to make, are hot, fluffy and starchily comforting. The green salad, dressed with the restaurant's signature creamy vinaigrette, is pleasantly tangy and topped with a fairly lively combination of tomatoes, black olives, pepperoncini and thick slices of red onion. Your server will patiently top it with as much freshly shredded cheese as you desire. In my case, that required a lot of patience. And while I find much of the restaurant's men..

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• Dear Anchorage: A conservative college student's take on President ...

  

  Dear Anchorage,These last few months have been filled with hope and anxiety. It’s often difficult to reflect upon the changing course of history when we are currently living through it, but I will do my best to offer a sober opinion and evaluation of President Trump’s first couple months.President Trump has been anything but our traditional conservative. While he may hold some conservative views, his execution of the Office of the Presidency has been consistently unorthodox. His use of social m..

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• Anchorage's Schumacher skis to another gold medal at Junior ...

  

  Wonders was one of three Alaskans in his six-man B final. Tracen Knopp of Alaska Nordic Racing and Logan Mowry of Fairbanks XC placed third and fourth, respectively, in the final to claim ninth and 10th place overall, respectively. The top six places in a sprint race are determined in the A final; places seven through 12 are determined in the B final.

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• Far-north lake trout living in mystery

  

  In early March up on the frozen Arctic Coastal Plain, as the wind sculpts snow into drifts, it’s hard to tell northern lakes from surrounding tundra. But lurking deep beneath that flat white world are toothy predators as long as your arm.In pools 60 feet down, lake trout are somehow passing the long winter. A graduate student has sharpened the focus on a familiar species that lives as far south as Colorado but seems so mysterious at the top of its range.Eric Torvinen spent an entire summer an..

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• Movers and Shakers for March 12

  2pics RE/MAX Dynamic Properties has added Sara Lindemann and Shawn Rogers to its team. Lindemann came to rural Alaska in the early 1980s, eventually moving to Anchorage. She has worked in the real estate, oil and gas, and medical industries and is pursuing a new career selling real estate. A lifelong Alaskan, Rogers graduated from University of Alaska Anchorage and opened her own business called Putter Wild, an indoor black light miniature golf course in South Anchorage. After five successful y..

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• Veteran leads Iditarod as mushers jockey for lead

  

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Mushers are jockeying for the early lead in the world's most famous sled dog race.Wade Marrs, a 26-year-old veteran who had his highest finish at fourth last year, was the first to leave the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race checkpoint in Tanana on Wednesday.He departed just ahead of four-time champion Dallas Seavey and Pete Kaiser. Rounding out the top five are two-time winner Mitch Seavey and Nicolas Petit, a native of France who lives just south of Anchorage.Petit was fêt..

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• Portland Cello Project: The great part about Breaking Up

  

  Many years ago I walked into a bar and struck up a conversation with the woman next to me. It was one of those instances in which topics flow seamlessly. As all great conversations go, it quickly went to the topic of music. I asked her what kind of music she preferred and she said that she was a cellist, so her favorite music was music that was True—she meant it with a capital "T". That was the beginning of an enduring and complicated friendship that included, among many things, a beautiful cel..

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• UNDECLARED: Right Hook

  

  Retired legislator Fred Dyson hopes to bring his conservative values and lengthy government experience to the Anchorage AssemblyThe two seats on the Anchorage Assembly apportioned to the Chugiak/Eagle River district are reliably conservative; one is held by ultra-right-wing former mayoral candidate and talk radio host Amy Demboski, the other by Bill Starr, who’s term-limited out after nine years on the body. Progressives currently have a large majority on the body, but smart money is on Starr’s..

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