Friday, June 16, 2017

Fentanyl found in 3 recent overdose deaths in Anchorage and other top stories.

  • Fentanyl found in 3 recent overdose deaths in Anchorage

    Fentanyl found in 3 recent overdose deaths in Anchorage
    But earlier this week, it wasn't yet clear whether the number of overdose deaths had increased, too, Butler said. Now they know.
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  • Anchorage man fatally shot girlfriend during his own suicide attempt ...

    Anchorage man fatally shot girlfriend during his own suicide attempt ...
    Assistant District Attorney James Fayette, who is handling the case against Sibson, said Thursday that prosecutors believe Haag was trying to stop Sibson from killing himself when the shooting occurred. Sibson is left-handed, and a handgun he was holding to his left temple discharged a round, causing a "through-and-through" wound. The bullet then emerged from Sibson's head and struck Haag in the right side of her chest.
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  • Anchorage community compost program expands in second year

    Anchorage community compost program expands in second year
    ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - After a successful pilot year, Anchorage Solid Waste Services is quadrupling the size of their community compost program. One thousand residents will be able to sign up for the program this Sunday at the Central Transfer Station between 9am to 4pm. Participants will receive an official 5-gallon municipal composting bucket that can be filled with food scraps and returned for a bucket of finished compost. “Diverting that waste from the regional landfill really helps extend the ..
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  • Anchorage man found guilty of trying to use fake $100 bills at airport

    Anchorage man found guilty of trying to use fake $100 bills at airport
    Hussein went to the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on Jan. 14 and tried to pay for a one-way ticket to San Francisco with seven counterfeit $100 bills. An airline employee noticed the fakes by their texture and appearance, including Chinese text in bright pink and red on both sides of the bills, and refused to help Hussein, prosecutors said.
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  • Man gets 12 years in jail for Anchorage drive-by shooting

    Man gets 12 years in jail for Anchorage drive-by shooting
    Officers responded to a shooting at bar-break time at the King's X bar on Fifth Avenue on March 15, 2015, a Sunday morning, prosecutors said. Bar employees told police there had been a "parking lot melee" with gunshots fired. Police broke up the fight, which Mataafa participated in, but no arrests were made.
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  • Qdoba restaurant robbed at gunpoint by man wearing skeleton mask

    Qdoba restaurant robbed at gunpoint by man wearing skeleton mask
    ACHORAGE (KTUU) - A masked man dressed in black reportedly robbed the South Anchorage Qdoba restaurant late Thursday night. According to Lieutenant John McKinnon with the Anchorage Police Department, dispatchers received a call at 10:47 p.m. on Thursday night, stating that a victim inside the Qdoba restaurant off of Abbott Road had been robbed at gunpoint. The suspect responsible was a man brandishing a black hand gun and wearing a full face mask bearing the likeness of a skeleton. The victim ..
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  • Anchorage police looking for missing teen

    Anchorage police looking for missing teen
    Anchorage police looking for missing teen By KTVA CBS 11 News 12:13 PM May 19, 2017 Have you seen 14-year-old Katelynn Shelhamer? The Anchorage Police Department said she hasn’t been seen since 10 a.m. Thursday. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is urged to call APD at 907-786-8900. She is described as five feet and four inches tall, 110 pounds, with brown hair, with pink highlights. She was last seen wearing a pink hooded sweatshirt, with black leggings.                
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  • Former Anchorage Identity Theft Specialist Sentenced for Identity ...

    Former Anchorage Identity Theft Specialist Sentenced for Identity ...
    Former Anchorage Identity Theft Specialist Sentenced for Identity Theft and Bank Fraud Owner of American & Veterans Preferred Life, and Harvard Risk Management of Alaska, Kara Hayden. Image-Facebook Profiles An Anchorage insurance saleperson who also worked as an Identity Theft Protection Specialist with Harvard Risk Management of Alaska was sentenced to 54 months in federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge Sharon L Gleason, it was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Sch..
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  • Neighbors' long fight for safety is against their own city government

    Neighbors' long fight for safety is against their own city government
    Opinions Neighbors' long fight for safety is against their own city government Melinda Gant, president of the Government Hill Community Council, and neighbor Steve Gerlek reviewed 27 years of records from the community’s fight against nearby bulk fuel storage tanks on Thursday, May 18, 2017. (Charles Wohlforth / Alaska Dispatch News)
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  • CONSTRUCTION ALERT: Glenn Highway detour starts Friday night

    CONSTRUCTION ALERT: Glenn Highway detour starts Friday night
    ANCHORAGE (KTUU) Glenn Highway and Seward Highway drivers will be seeing big traffic detours on construction projects this weekend, with the latter lasting through the season. On the Glenn Highway, the overpass at the Peters Creek exit will be closed for work, in both directions, beginning at 8 p.m. on Friday. Shannon McCarthy, a spokesperson for Alaska DOT, says the work is extremely difficult to do while traffic is still using it. The work is for the Glenn Highway Pavement Preservation proje..
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Apple Faces Inquiry in China Over App Store Content .Lawyer arrested for smuggling drugs into Anchorage jail .
Nutella Maker Fights Back Against Cancer-Causing Claims .Anchorage could see up to 9 inches of snowfall overnight ... .

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