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• Need a walker or wheelchair? This huge 'closet' of medical ...

  

  Anchorage Need a walker or wheelchair? This huge 'closet' of medical equipment in Anchorage has you covered. Author: Devin Kelly Updated: 14 hours ago Published 15 hours ago Access Alaska durable medical equipment manager Frank Box helps unload a hospital bed that was returned on Thursday, April 13, 2017. Bea Adler returned the bed, which her husband used for over a year, until he passed away a month ago. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News)

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• Vice President Pence meets with Gov. Walker in Anchorage

  

  Photo Courtesy: Office of Gov. Bill Walker U.S. Vice President Mike Pence met with Alaska Governor Bill Walker Saturday, during a stop as part of his trip to the Asia-Pacific. Pence stopped in Anchorage for a refuel and was met by Gov. Walker at the Ted Stevens International Airport. During their meeting, the two leaders discussed key issues to the state including trade with Asia and Alaska’s natural resources.In a written statement, Walker said he updated Pence on his meeting with Chin..

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• The sweetest gift: Alaska beekeeper shares honey with community

  

  We Alaskans The sweetest gift: Alaska beekeeper shares honey with community Author: Loren Holmes Updated: 5 hours ago Published 23 hours ago Friends, family and neighbors gather at Terry Holtman’s house for “bee day.” This is the day when Holtman and his helpers transfer nearly 200,000 bees into their hives. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News)

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• Generation after generation, an Alaska family rooted in fishing

  

  It was 1988, late spring in Togiak, with fishermen lining up and eagerly awaiting the start of herring season. With only a half-hour to fish, the herring season is perhaps Alaska's shortest and most-intense fishery — no place for amateurs. Among the 239 seiners was the 49-foot Susan Gale, named after my mother and captained by my father. In those 30 minutes, my dad would make one of the largest sets in herring history, 660 tons worth $600,000. Two tenders would have to work 48 hour..

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• Pilot program allows some prison inmates to attend church service ...

  

  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) On Sunday, Ashley Larsen and six other inmates of Hiland Mountain Correctional Center attended an ACF Easter church service at Eagle River High School. Larsen has been incarcerated for the past 38 months for forgery and theft and will be released in about 6 months. "I'm looking forward to starting over...fresh and being able to do it correct this time and not returning," Larsen said. Larsen has been in jail for most of her 9 year old son's life. When she leaves, Larsen said she..

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• Marijuana store expected to make history in downtown Talkeetna

  

  Mat-Su Marijuana store expected to make history in downtown Talkeetna Author: Zaz Hollander Updated: 4 hours ago Published 14 hours ago Joe McAneney plans to open The High Expedition Co. in a cabin formerly owned by the late climbing legend Ray Genet. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News)

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• After career in fashion, artist crafts fabric pieces that give voice to ...

  

  Buy This Photo Carmel Anderson stands next to “Bound” at her show Unheard Voices/Unheard Wisdom that focuses on domestic abuse at the International Gallery of Contemporary Art on Thursday, April 6, 2017. The show in downtown Anchorage opens on Friday, April 7, 2017. (Bob Hallinen / Alaska Dispatch News)

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• Q&A with Don Rearden, co-author of 'Never Quit'

  

  We Alaskans Q&A with Don Rearden, co-author of 'Never Quit' Author: Nancy Lord Updated: 22 hours ago Published 22 hours ago Don Rearden, author of the novel “The Raven’s Gift,” co-wrote the new book “Never Quit” with PJ Jimmy Settle. Rearden teaches at the University of Alaska Anchorage. (Courtesy Don Rearden)

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• Fairbanks police identify man in suspected homicide case

  

  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) UPDATE: Fairbanks Police Department has identified the victim as 35 year old Carlos Lamar Battle of Fairbanks. FPD said Battle's family has been notified. ORIGINAL STORY: Fairbanks police are investigating what appears to be a homicide after a man was discovered deceased at the Alaska Motor Inn early Sunday morning. According to FPD, a report came in just before 7 a.m. Officers found the unresponsive victim at the base of an internal stairway. Police said the man's identity an..

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• Basketball tournament honors teen killed in Mountain View shooting

  

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) Basketball players of all ages gathered at the Mountain View Boys and Girls Club on Sunday for a 3/3 basketball tournament to help raise money for the funeral of 17-year-old Leroy Lawrence, an innocent bystander who was killed in a shooting incident earlier this month. The event was organized by Isaac Maeva, a close friend who lived down the street from Leroy and watched him grow up. Basketball, he said, was a big part of Leroy's life. "I would always wake up and see th..

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