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• Another Anchorage footbridge collapses, this one on the Campbell ...

  

  No one was injured, Rodda said. He also said the equipment, which resembles a tractor and weighed roughly 7,800 pounds, fell through the bridge decking to the creekbed below but apparently wasn't damaged.

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• Study shows extent of human trafficking among homeless ...

  

  Tackling a problem as complex as trafficking means getting to the root of the reasons homeless young people are so vulnerable to begin with, say Murphy and Louwerse: poverty, addiction, childhood trauma, mental health issues. Sometimes all at once, Louwerse said. But the research is a starting point.

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• Anchorage dentist charged with Medicaid fraud, 'unlawful dental acts'

  

  Crime & Courts Anchorage dentist charged with Medicaid fraud, ‘unlawful dental acts’ Anchorage dentist Seth Lookhart confers with his attorney, Michael Moberly, at his bail hearing on Wednesday before District Court Judge Jennifer Henderson. (Laurel Andrews / Alaska Dispatch News)

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• Missing man's body found in East Anchorage; no foul play suspected

  

  Anchorage Missing man's body found in East Anchorage; no foul play suspected Author: Chris Klint Updated: 10 hours ago Published 13 hours ago Jimmy Ekstrom, 44, was last seen at a Penland Parkway home on March 10. His body was found on the east side of the Penland Park neighborhood on April 15. (From Anchorage Police Department)

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• Anchorage assembly says goodbyes and hellos to members

  

  Bill Evans gives a farewell handshake to Forrest Dunbar during his final Assembly meeting (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media) During a meeting Tuesday night, the Anchorage Assembly certified the results of this month’s municipal elections. It was also the last time the body’s current members will all share the dais. Though the Assembly deals mostly with the nuts-and-bolts of municipal governance, the occasion was a rare glimpse of personality and sentiment. LISTEN NOW Of the 11 peopl..

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• Woman dead, boyfriend wounded in South Anchorage gunfire

  

  Crime & Courts Woman dead, boyfriend wounded in South Anchorage gunfire Author: Chris Klint Updated: 6 hours ago Published 19 hours ago Anchorage police responded to a double shooting on the 5600 block of Lake Otis Parkway on Wednesday. One woman was killed, and a wounded man was hospitalized. (Chris Klint / Alaska Dispatch News)

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• Eagle River couple has high hopes for Anchorage pot business

  

  While marijuana businesses continue to crop up across the Anchorage Bowl, they’re nowhere to be found in Chugiak-Eagle River. Instead, locals involved in the blossoming industry are setting their sights elsewhere. “The zoning is the biggest issue,” said Eagle River resident Katherine Ferguson, who’s in the process of building several marijuana businesses with her husband, Adam Ferguson, and their business partner, Orlo Smith. Earlier this month, the trio received the state’s approval to open The..

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• INSIDE REAL ESTATE: Anchorage commercial permits up in 1Q

  

  The Municipality of Anchorage has reported that the total value for all categories of building permits in the first quarter of 2017 has increased by $15.26 million when compared to the first quarter of 2016. This increase is directly related to commercial permits rather than residential permits, which remain at historic low levels. New commercial activity for the first quarter of this year includes a $27 million-plus permit for an ODOM Distribution Warehouse. Other permits include a veterinarian..

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• Among other changes, plans for hotel on Anchorage airport property ...

  

  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - If you're needing to spend the night and want to stay on airport grounds without camping out on a row of chairs, you may be in luck. In the midst of various alterations on airport property, including the switch of one food joint to another within the airport itself, visitors to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport will likely be seeing an even larger change in the near future: A hotel just a stone's throw away from the main terminal. "We do plan to build a hotel on the..

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• Controversial painting at UAA gallery sparks 'spirited discussions'

  

  ANCHORAGE – A painting hanging in an art gallery at the University of Alaska Anchorage has “sparked spirited discussions” about whether or not it’s appropriate to hang at the public university, according to UAA chancellor Tom Case. The painting, “Everything,” by Thomas Chung, makes political and religious statements. It depicts a naked man — actor Chris Evans, who recently appeared as Captain America — with blurred out genitals, holding in one hand a white sign, with red lettering that state..

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