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APD officer fired weapon in 2 of 5 recent officer-involved shootings
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - This week’s officer-involved shooting of an armed man in East Anchorage had several things in common with a controversial shooting two months earlier. In addition to the connections between the styles of weapons — both men were said to have carried long guns — there...
Optimism and energy surround Anchorage Mayor LaFrance’s first days in office
On Tuesday night, the Loussac Library’s Wilda Marston Theater was standing room only for an open house with Mayor Suzanne LaFrance and her transition team. The space was buzzing with excitement around a new mayor and the possibilities her new administration may bring, especially after three years under former right-wing Mayor Dave Bronson.
AROUND ALASKA: Scam Alert, Record Rain, and Bike Trail Open
All city hall offices for the community of Nome have temporarily relocated. Nome City Hall is going through an overhaul of its heating and ventilation systems, as well as its boiler. Due to all the work all of the offices normally located in city hall have relocated to either the public safety building or the Richard Foster Building. No word how long the big project will take at Nome City Hall. City of Nome Facebook Page Has More.
Anchorage International Film Festival Introduces New Leadership Team and 2 New Categories (Exclusive)
The Anchorage International Film Festival has announced four new appointments to its leadership team along with two new competitive categories. Pat McGee and Adam Linkenhelt will be the new festival directors, with Kim Walsh as the new director of operations and Caroline Pessoa Murphy as director of development. The two new categories for the film competition are the Real-World Impact category and the Explorer’s Achievement Award. They’ll be in play for the first time at this year’s festival, running from December 6-14 in Anchorage, Alaska.
Photos of a third possible victim released, as prosecutors seek life sentence for killer Brian Smith.
Prosecutors have released photographs of a possible third victim in the case of Brian Smith, who was convicted in February of killing two Alaska Native women. The images came from one of Smith’s many cell phones and were included in a sentencing memorandum filed last week, just ahead of Smith’s sentencing, which is set to begin this Friday morning.
Alaskan Carrs, Safeway Stores Face Closure Amid Kroger-Albertsons Merger
An update on the proposed Kroger-Albertson merger and how this may impact where Alaskans buy their groceries. Eighteen Carrs Safeway stores across the state might be sold off and closed if that merger goes through and the Carrs here along the Debarr Road in Anchorage is one of them. We've...
New East Anchorage mountain bike trails open after 2 dads advocated for them for years
After two decades of dreaming about it, 122 hours of volunteer labor and thousands of shovels full of dirt, new mountain bike trails opened at Anchorage’s Russian Jack Springs Park on Tuesday. The singletrack trails were dreamed up by two dads in the neighborhood who wanted a spot nearby...
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