Friday, July 28, 2017

Anchorage 'bathroom bill' will appear on the April 2018 ballot and other top stories.

  • Anchorage 'bathroom bill' will appear on the April 2018 ballot

    Anchorage 'bathroom bill' will appear on the April 2018 ballot
    "It is divisive and distracting at a time when we should be united and focused on the issues that impact Anchorage every day – making sure we have good jobs and a growing economy, that our neighborhoods are safe, and we continue to reduce the number of individuals experiencing homelessness in our community," Berkowitz said in the statement.
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  • Controversial Anchorage bathroom bill will go on April ballot

    Controversial Anchorage bathroom bill will go on April ballot
    Anchorage voters will decide next spring how public bathrooms are going to be regulated. According to the municipal clerk’s office, a citizens’ initiative has gathered enough signatures from supporters to go before voters on the April 3rd ballot in 2018. Listen now The measure seeks to regulate bathrooms, locker-rooms and other “intimate spaces” on the basis of biological sex rather than gender identity, as is the current policy. If a majority of voters approve the item, it would amend a 2015 l..
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  • Sleeping woman shot through ceiling in Anchorage apartment

    Sleeping woman shot through ceiling in Anchorage apartment
    The woman was taken to the hospital with no life-threatening injuries, police said. She was hit in the upper torso. No one else was hurt, though two other people were in the room with her at the time, police said.
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  • Anchorage LGBTQ community calls latest actions 'Dehumanizing'

    Anchorage LGBTQ community calls latest actions 'Dehumanizing'
    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Dehumanizing, neglected and fear — those are only three words used by members of Anchorage's LGBTQ community Thursday, when asked about the potential changes surrounding members of the community on both the national and local fronts. "I thought we had made such progress even within my lifespan," said Brooks Banker, who identifies as queer and is the organizer of Q-Club. "Of the history that the LGBTQ community does have, I’m confused as to how anyone, and we ourselves..
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  • FBI: Cruise ship passenger killed wife because 'she would not stop ...

    FBI: Cruise ship passenger killed wife because 'she would not stop ...
    At an 11 a.m. press conference, Bryan Schroder, acting U.S. attorney for Alaska, declined to answer numerous questions from reporters regarding what happened in the Manzanares' cabin, including a motive, who witnessed the crime and whether alcohol or drugs were involved.
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  • Alaska Airlines reduces flights between Bethel and Anchorage

    Alaska Airlines reduces flights between Bethel and Anchorage
    Alaska Airlines reduces flights between Bethel and Anchorage By Associated Press 7:46 AM July 27, 2017 BETHEL, Alaska (AP) – Alaska Airlines will be eliminating early morning flights between Bethel and Anchorage from its Tuesday and Wednesday schedules. KYUK-AM reported Tuesday that the change will take effect a few weeks before Thanksgiving and will reduce the total number of flights on those days from three to two. The company will still provide early morning flights to Anchorage on..
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  • Anchorage School Calendar 2017-18: First Day Of School ...

    Anchorage School Calendar 2017-18: First Day Of School ...
    The first day of school in Anchorage is August 21 for grades 1-12 and August 28 for kindergarten. Feel free to mark it on your calendar as one of the most dreaded days of the year for students and teachers — and feel free not to feel guilty about marking it as one of your favorites. The Anchorage School District has released its 2017-2018 calendar for public schools. The calendar includes important dates such as winter and spring vacations, religious holidays, federal holidays, early dismissals ..
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  • APD bike patrols covering Anchorage

    APD bike patrols covering Anchorage
    Estimated read time 1m 18s APD bike patrols covering Anchorage By Lauren Maxwell 7:18 PM July 27, 2017 The Anchorage Police Department is covering some new territory this summer and they’re doing it on two wheels. Officers on bikes are patrolling more areas than ever before. APD’s bike patrols are made up of teams of school resource officers. They work in the schools in the winter and hit the trails during the summer. In the past, the patrols have mainly stuck to the downtown area, b..
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  • PUBLISHER'S NOTEBOOK: Thinking about our local retailers and ...

    PUBLISHER'S NOTEBOOK: Thinking about our local retailers and ...
    Tuesday at the Greater Wasilla Chamber of Commerce luncheon three public officials were given the opportunity to present facts about the proposed Mat-Su Borough sales tax. The borough assembly is set to vote on, as originally written, a 3 percent sales tax boroughwide at Tuesday’s borough assembly meeting to put the measure on the October ballot. The borough school board, on Wednesday night, however, voted to drop that proposed rate to 2 percent.This would be piled on top of any city sales tax ..
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  • Small plane crashes in Southwest Alaska

    Small plane crashes in Southwest Alaska
    The plane was a Regal Air aircraft, and the pilot was the sole occupant, according to Megan Richotte, public information officer with Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.
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NTSB: Pilot killed in Anchorage crash had carbon monoxide in system .Anchorage man arrested for cocaine possession, distribution ... .
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