Man charged with murder, arson in Midtown Anchorage fire and other top stories.

• Man charged with murder, arson in Midtown Anchorage fire

  

  Crime & Courts Man charged with murder, arson in Midtown Anchorage fire Jimmy Dale Cates, 51, appeared in Anchorage Correctional Complex courtroom on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, after being charged with first- and second-degree murder, arson and tampering with evidence in the Midtown arson fire that killed Peijun Li, 57, in January. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News)

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• Anchorage police arrest alleged locomotive graffiti vandal

  

  Crime & Courts Anchorage police arrest alleged locomotive graffiti vandal Vandalism mars the Engine 556 tender on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at West Ninth Avenue and E Street on the Delaney Park Strip. (Erik Hill / Alaska Dispatch News)

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• Anchorage Assembly candidates: Why are you qualified?

  

  Experience: Private & public development, zoning, land use, planning, codes, economics, regulator (federal, state, local), nuclear research (U.S. federal laboratories, foreign governments), medical (Johns Hopkins, University Chicago Medical, others), business, management, contracts, legal, accounting, finance, taxation, union contracts, mergers, craft skills, construction, past state of Alaska and Anchorage borough employee.

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• The Shins will play Anchorage this summer

  

  Arts and Entertainment The Shins will play Anchorage this summer Author: Alaska Dispatch News Updated: 8 hours ago Published 11 hours ago The Shins play the London Forum in 2007. (Mike Mantin via Creative Commons)

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• C'mon, ski the Tour of Anchorage. Can't ski? No problem.

  

  Outdoors/Adventure C'mon, ski the Tour of Anchorage. Can't ski? No problem. Author: Alli Harvey Updated: 9 hours ago Published 10 hours ago From left, Naomi Zurba, Pauline Linhart, Lia Parker and Jon Konkler ski the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail during the 2010 Tour or Anchorage. (Marc Lester / ADN archive 2010)

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• Red carpet night in Los Anchorage

  

  When you’ve got everything you need for your film premiere—a theater reserved, movie posters and at least a metaphorical red carpet—but your film is only 14 minutes long, how do you make a full night of the event?If you’re in Anchorage, you invite the better part of the local film community to come together to watch not only your premiere, but a dozen or so of theirs, and before you know it, you’ve got a full house at the Alaska Experience Theater with a bustling lobby before and after.Director..

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• Anchorage man charged with murder, arson in fatal apartment fire

  

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 51-year-old Anchorage man has been charged with first-degree murder, arson and evidence tampering in a fatal fire.Jimmy Dale Cates is charged in the January death of 57-year-old Peijun Li.Her body was found inside a burned apartment on west 23rd Avenue.Cates turned himself in to police Tuesday. Online court documents do not list his attorney.Firefighters early Jan. 24 battled a fire in the four-unit apartment building. Police say Li had been strangled and that she h..

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• Woman dies at homeless camp in Midtown Anchorage

  

  Police spokeswoman Renee Oistad said in an email that the woman's death was first reported at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday by a man who said that "his girlfriend had died and was at their campsite" near 26th Avenue and Barrow Street, off Fireweed Lane.

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• That's not carry-on: Loose snake slumbers on Alaska flight

  

  By DAN JOLING, Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anna McConnaughy was flying to Alaska's largest city when the announcement came over the intercom: a passenger on a previous flight had brought a pet snake on board.The passenger had gotten off the plane. The snake had not."The pilot came, and said, 'Guys, we have some loose snake on the plane, but we don't know where it is,'" McConnaughy said Tuesday.Unlike the movie "Snakes On A Plane," this one wasn't venomous. Mostly, it w..

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• Anchorage police locate missing 14-year-old

  

  Estimated read time 1m 5s Anchorage police locate missing 14-year-old By KTVA CBS 11 News 11:52 AM March 22, 2017 Last updated at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22 Anchorage police said Sally Oktollik has been located and is safe. The announcement came Wednesday afternoon, less than 24 hours after her disappearance. Original story An Anchorage 14-year-old girl has been missing since Tuesday, according to the Anchorage Police Department. Now, the agency is asking for the public’s help ..

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