Lawyer arrested for smuggling drugs into Anchorage jail and other top stories.

• Lawyer arrested for smuggling drugs into Anchorage jail

  

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A defense attorney has been arrested for smuggling drugs to her client inside the Anchorage Correctional Complex.KTUU.com reports (http://bit.ly/2r56G1W ) Kit Lee Karjala was arrested Wednesday after an FBI investigation alleged she smuggled drug packages containing opioids to her client, Christopher Miller.According to a report by the special agent in charge of the investigation, Richard Fuller, Karjala met Miller in a room without a dividing barrier and allegedly pass..

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• Woman charged with murder in Anchorage shooting, stabbing death

  

  After the incident, police said, Carter ran from the scene. When police arrived at the home Tuesday afternoon, Niwa's body on the floor of the foyer was "partially blocking the front door from completely opening," the charging document said.

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• Mumps case confirmed in Anchorage

  

  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - One confirmed case of mumps has been reported in Anchorage, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services announced on Thursday. According to health officials, the patient has not traveled recently but may have contracted the virus after hosting a relative who was “visiting from abroad” last month. “The patient is known to have received one dose of mumps vaccine,” DHSS wrote in a press release. “Alaska healthcare providers should be alert to cases of suspected mumps. T..

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• Man's home destroyed in Anchorage Hillside standoff to be ...

  

  Anchorage Man's home destroyed in Anchorage Hillside standoff to be demolished The Anchorage Hillside home of 69-year-old U.S. Army veteran Robert Musser seen Monday. The structure was destroyed in a two-day standoff with law enforcement last September, and will be demolished in the coming weeks. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News)

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• Anchorage students explore science and salmon at Westchester ...

  

  ANCHORAGE, AK - More than 300 fourth graders from the Anchorage School District will gather at Westchester Lagoon on May 16-18 to receive hands-on learning about what it takes for salmon to survive and complete their life cycle in the city’s Chester Creek watershed and other urban streams. It’s part of the district’s effort to boost science, technology, engineering and math education. With help from Alaska Sea Grant through its Alaska Seas and Watersheds curriculum, the students have learned ab..

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• Teen gets 60 years in jail for killing his foster father

  

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• Glacier Bowl is a little Anchorage poke stand with a lot of heart

  

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• Anchorage Park Foundation matching $200000 to inspire ...

  

  ANCHORAGE, AK – An outdoor classroom on the edge of Sand Lake, an official Samoan Cricket field in Dave Rose Park, and a food forest in Muldoon—just a few of the sixteen community-driven municipal park and trail improvements that were awarded at total of $200,000 in Challenge Grant matching funds by the Anchorage Park Foundation.“Challenge Grants inspire community groups to spearhead park and trail improvements that they want to see most,” says Beth Nordlund, Executive Director of the Anchorage..

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• Newport Beach's summer anchorage will return May 26

  

  Newport Beach’s summer anchorage is coming back for a third year, starting May 26.The City Council on Tuesday approved the return of the anchorage west of Lido Isle for another seasonal trial. It will be open through Sept. 17. The anchorage will follow the same rules and boundaries as last year’s, which set aside about five acres in the turning basin to give visiting sailors a free place to stay for up to five days.When the city Harbor Commission voted in March to allow for a third consecutive ..

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• Hyatt House Anchorage Hotel Opens

  

  The 144-room property is located in midtown Anchorage. The hotel will provide guests with access to dining, entertainment, and shopping as well as to Alaska's spectacular outdoors, including Chugach State Park's 495,000 acres of lands with stunning views of Mount Sustina, Denali, and Mount Foraker. Hyatt House Anchorage Hotel Opens The Hotel Group announced the opening of the Hyatt House Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska. This property is the first Hyatt House in The Hotel Group's portfolio ..

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