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Pastor facing federal charge after allegedly assaulting his wife over flight upgrade
A pastor is facing federal charges after he allegedly hit his wife in the head during a flight when she got upgraded and he didn't. The incident allegedly occurred on July 2 on board an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Anchorage, Alaska. According to the complaint, Roger Allan Holmberg, Sr. and his wife were traveling for an event related to their ministry. According to witnesses interviewed by Anchorage Airport Police detailed in the complaint, Holmberg asked his wife, "How the hell did you get the upgrade?"
With the clock running, a Vanderbilt transplant team races to Alaska for a heart
A surgeon stops a heart in Anchorage, Alaska. In the world of organ donation, this stoppage is known as "Cross Clamp Time." A clamp pinches the aorta, stopping blood flow. It's the official, recorded start of a race to get that heart wherever it's going. Too long, and the heart could freeze to the point of unviability.
Mayor LaFrance to cut bus service in Anchorage
Empty buses following their routes through Anchorage with just two or three people onboard is not the only problem that the People Mover system has. The city’s bus service also can’t find drivers to move those empty buses around. Two years after the city had bought 40 new...
Anchorage Daily News cuts print editions to twice a week, will continue e-paper six days a week
The Anchorage Daily News will reduce its print editions to twice weekly starting July 15, but will continue publishing an e-edition replica of the printed version six times a week, the newspaper reported Monday. The announcement comes the same week the Peninsula Clarion, which like the Juneau Empire was purchased...
Sunday: Miners nip Oilers
The Peninsula Oilers lost 2-1 to the Mat-Su Miners in Alaska Baseball League play Sunday at Hermon Brothers Field in Palmer. The Oilers dropped to 3-5 on a nine-game, eight-day road trip. That trip concludes Monday, when Peninsula travels to Lee Jordan Field in Chugiak to take on the Chugiak-Eagle...
Juneau’s Jacob Thibodeau and Mario Fata consistently cashing in at World Series of Poker
Anchorage pro Adam Hendrix remains Alaska’s most prominent poker player, but don’t sleep on Juneau stalwarts Jacob Thibodeau and Mario Fata, who have been cashing in regularly at the ongoing 55th annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Thibodeau has already cashed in 10 events at this...
The Sunday Minefield – July 7, 2024
The August 20 primary election is just over six weeks away. I hope everyone enjoyed the long Fourth of July holiday weekend! I was down in Seward with the company I co-own, Tudor Road Studios, again live streaming the Mt. Marathon Race. Elected officials and candidates took place in Fourth of July parades all over the state. Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance was officially sworn in on Monday at Town Square Park, though not without some agitators who ruined the event. An aviation event in Fairbanks was also interrupted by pro-Hamas protestors. U.S. District Court Judge Josh Kindred abruptly announced his resignation from a lifetime seat, sending shockwaves through the legal community. And a decision by the Alaska Division of Elections leaves yet another House incumbent who is running unopposed.
Juneau’s cost of living 27.8% above US average, annual study finds
Juneau’s cost of living was nearly 28% higher than the national average in 2023 — a somewhat smaller gap than previous years — with healthcare at more than 50% higher and utilities at 40% higher the biggest differences, according to a report by the Alaska Department of Commerce and Economic Development.
Anchorage mayor’s transition team to hold open house on city priorities
Anchorage community members will have a chance to hear about what Mayor Suzanne LaFrance’s transition team is planning on city priorities, and provide feedback, at an open house Tuesday. The open house is scheduled for 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Wilda Marston Theater in the Loussac Library,...
Sunday: Twins post dominant sweep of Bartlett
The American Legion Post 20 Twins swept Post 29 Bartlett on Sunday at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai. The Twins sit in third in the league at 6-3 and are 13-8 overall. Bartlett is last at 0-9 and 1-19. Post 20 won the league game 19-0 in five innings...
Decades before Anchorage’s hot air balloon heyday, the ‘Prince of the Air’ took to Alaska’s skies
Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of this story. Once upon a time, hot air balloons positively littered the Anchorage...
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.
24-year-old man shook and killed infant, charges say
A 24-year-old man is accused of shaking his newborn son at his home on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, causing the baby to later die. Antonius Meyers was initially arrested in April on assault charges and has remained in custody since then. In a statement this week, the Department of Law announced he had been indicted on murder and manslaughter charges.
Bucs sweep Miners in a doubleheader in Anchorage
If there is one opponent that the Mat-Su Miners have been challenged by in the 2024 season, it is the Anchorage Bucs. In the first 2 games between these 2 opponents, the Bucs both outlasted and dominated the Miners at Hermon Brothers Field with wins by scores of 10-9 and 9-1. However, in the overall scope of the season, these 2 opponents were still largely unfamiliar with each other. On Monday, that would change.
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