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Anchorage Daily News will reduce to two print editions a week, beginning July 15
Over the winter, the publisher of the Anchorage Daily News began asking thought leaders in Anchorage about how the community would react to the newspaper reducing its hard copy editions to twice a week. The decision was made by the owners, the Binkley Company, and announced to staff in April,...
Police shoot and critically injure man near East Anchorage gas station
Anchorage police shot and critically wounded a man in East Anchorage early Monday after they say he fired at them. The man is the fifth person shot by Anchorage officers during a police response since mid-May. Three of those people have died. The most recent shooting happened around 5:15 a.m....
APD Chief: Man badly hurt in officer-involved shooting after he fired ‘at least’ one shot at police
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A man is in the hospital in critical condition following an officer-involved shooting near an East Anchorage gas station early Monday morning, according to police. In a press conference Monday morning, Police Chief Designee Sean Case said officers responded to a weapon-involved disturbance at a Circle...
Alaska Native Heritage Center Unveils Renovations
Coinciding with its twenty-fifth anniversary this summer, the Alaska Native Heritage Center (ANHC) unveiled its newly renovated Hall of Cultures. “We stand on the shoulders of giants who helped bring the ANHC to its current place,” says ANHC President and CEO Emily Edenshaw. “We are born out of a vision from the late Paul Tiulana, and we are honored to continue our mission-driven work to preserve and strengthen the traditions, languages, and arts of Alaska’s Native peoples.”
Turn the car around, Julia: on performative helplessness and the future of Anchorage
Anchorage welcomed a new mayor on July 1. This little animal (along with a majority of the city’s voting public) breathed a long-awaited sigh of relief. But now that the champagne has gone still and the gritty business of running the city is at hand, it’s as good a time as any to call attention to pitfalls that could derail the new administration. Chief among them, in this little animal’s view, are the quiet (or not so quiet) voices pushing what we might call “performative helplessness” when it comes to solving a couple of the city’s most serious problems.
Pastor accused of attacking wife on flight because she got upgraded to first class seat
An elderly evangelical pastor is facing federal charges for allegedly assaulting his wife on an airplane because she got upgraded to first class and he didn’t.The ugly physical attack occurred July 2 aboard Alaska Airlines flight 275 from Seattle to Anchorage, after Roger Allan Holmberg Sr., 75, verbally abused his spouse and flipped her the bird in front of a cabinful of horrified travelers, according to a criminal complaint obtained by The Independent.The couple were traveling to Alaska from their home in Virginia for a meeting “related to their ministry,” states the complaint, which was filed July 3. It says...
24 mushers enter the running for the 2025 Iditarod on opening day
As of 2:30 p.m. today (June 29th, 2024), 24 mushers have submitted their entries for the 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, scheduled to start in Anchorage on Saturday, March 1, 2025 with the official Restart taking place the following day in Willow. The Iditarod is kicking off its 53rd...
Precollege program for rural, Alaska Native health students gets reboot and grant after funding gap
Of all the courses offered by the Della Keats precollege program, the three high school students in the University of Alaska Anchorage lobby were most struck by the cadaver lab in their Anatomy and Physiology course. It’s not the kind of opportunity students from rural Alaska usually get, which is the point. Bristol Albrant, a […] The post Precollege program for rural, Alaska Native health students gets reboot and grant after funding gap appeared first on Alaska Beacon.
2 Wasilla women found dead after suspected carbon monoxide poisoning
Alaska State Troopers say two women were found dead at a Wasilla home Saturday, in a suspected case of carbon monoxide poisoning. According to an online dispatch, troopers were informed shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday that Rosa Schlosser, 21, and Desiree Michaud, 19, had been found dead in Wasilla’s Williwaw subdivision. First responders, including Wasilla police and medics, had tried to resuscitate them but they were declared dead at the scene.
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