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Opinion: Our Rogers Park home has room for more, and so does this city
1+ hour, 12+ min ago (587+ words) Anchorage Daily News Opinion: Our Rogers Park home has room for more, and so does this city We have lived in Rogers Park long enough to know this neighborhood's rhythm " the pride residents take in their yards, the tight-knit feeling…...
Opinion: Supporting Alaska's workers through times of change
1+ hour, 12+ min ago (436+ words) The end of the legislative session last month brought a major milestone for Alaska's workforce and the families who keep our state running. We passed a bill to better support Alaskans navigating work transitions and unavoidable seasonal insecurity in important…...
Alaska Zoo responds to distressing viral video of brown bear attack on smaller bear
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (665+ words) A brown bear at the Alaska Zoo attacked a smaller bear in a shared enclosure Saturday in the kind of violent wildlife encounter that's normally reserved for the Alaskan wilderness. This one unfolded in front of the public as visitors…...
Alaska LNG project signs preliminary deal to sell gas to Chugach Electric
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (342+ words) The developer of the Alaska LNG megaproject said Monday it had struck a preliminary deal with the state's largest power company that could lead to sales of natural gas, if the project is built. The letter of intent with the…...
Fire outside bar near downtown is latest example of gas meter tampering in Anchorage, Enstar says
2+ hour, 54+ min ago (496+ words) Someone is tampering with commercial gas meters in Anchorage, including on Monday morning, when officials say flames shot from a leak outside a bar near downtown Anchorage as crews worked for hours to cut the meter's gas supply off. Anchorage…...
Oregon hiker dies in fall near Ketchikan after sending emergency message, troopers say
3+ hour, 37+ min ago (231+ words) Alaska State Troopers say a 49-year-old man from Oregon who issued an urgent message Saturday saying he was lost near Ketchikan's Deer Mountain Trail was found dead the next day. Portland resident Heath Didier told 911 dispatchers just after 9: 30 p. m. Saturday that…...
Man charged with murder in Anchorage shooting that killed teenage boy and wounded another
4+ hour, 11+ min ago (405+ words) An Anchorage man is facing murder and other charges based on accusations he shot two teenagers suspected of breaking into his car as they ran away from him early Saturday morning, prosecutors say. Anchorage Police Department spokesperson Gina Romero said…...
Alaska attorney general among those urging EPA to classify mifepristone as water contaminant
5+ hour, 19+ min ago (318+ words) Republican attorneys general from 14 states and 19 GOP members of Congress are asking U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to classify and regulate the abortion medication mifepristone as a water contaminant. Mifepristone is prescribed as part of a two-drug medication regimen…...
Alaska formally disqualifies namesake challenger to Sen. Dan Sullivan from appearing on the ballot
7+ hour, 3+ min ago (430+ words) The head of the Alaska Division of Elections said Monday that the state will not allow Dan J. Sullivan, the namesake challenger to Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, to appear on the Aug. 18 primary ballot. Division director Carol Beecher said in a…...
Letter: The trail connector will cost how much?
19+ hour, 43+ min ago (192+ words) Like Teresa Zimmer, I'm incredulous that the highly touted "trail connector" linking the Coastal and Ship Creek trails is reported to cost $15. 6 million. And like her, I agree that, on the face of it, this funding appears "completely fiscally irresponsible....