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International tech outage ripples into Alaska’s 911, airport, hospital and court systems
A massive international technology outage knocked Alaska’s emergency calling system offline for hours and disrupted air travel and other services, including state courts and some hospital functions. By afternoon, most of the significant issues had been resolved as systems got back online, though state officials warned travelers that flight...
Alaska Ranked Vote Repeal Lawsuit
FILE - Deborah Moody, an administrative clerk at the Alaska Division of Elections office in Anchorage, Alaska, looks at an oversized booklet explaining election changes in the state on Jan. 21, 2022. A state court judge has disqualified a number of booklets used to gather signatures for an initiative that aims to repeal Alaska's ranked choice voting system. Mark Thiessen - staff, ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Arctic Thunder air show will fill Anchorage skies with military planes this weekend
It will be a noisy weekend in the airspace over Anchorage. The Arctic Thunder Open House running through Sunday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson will showcase military equipment to residents, including dozens of aircraft flying over town as part of demonstrations. “The main reason we have these is to be transparent...
Review of ranked choice repeal petition is needed after Anchorage judge disqualifies signature booklets
Anchorage Superior Court Judge Christina Rankin on Friday ordered the Alaska Division of Elections to determine by next Wednesday whether an initiative to repeal the state’s ranked choice voting and open primary system should appear on November’s ballot, after she disqualified over two dozen signature booklets. The initiative...
‘Teaming With Microbes’ podcast: Is too much rain bad for your garden?
Welcome to our weekly podcast with longtime Anchorage Daily News garden writer and author Jeff Lowenfels and co-host Jonathan White. It’s a companion to Jeff’s weekly ADN gardening columns and his popular series of books. The guys are talking about all the rain happening in Southcentral Alaska recently,...
Letter: Unequal blame
Roy S. Johnson’s commentary, “This is on all of us,” took me to the only logical place a critical thinker can go: No, it’s not. This “both sides” pretending does no one any good nor our nation. There is but one presidential candidate who has regularly espoused violence and spoken violent innuendos at his rallies. There is one candidate who rallied his supporters who then violently attacked other Americans and our Capitol. There is one candidate whose supporters threaten election workers’ lives.
Open & Shut: Anchorage gets a Oaxacan restaurant, a new Serrano’s, a winery and a small-batch cannabis shop
Open & Shut is an ongoing series looking at the comings and goings of businesses in Southcentral Alaska. If you know of a business opening or closing in the area, send a note to reporter Alex DeMarban at alex@adn.com with “Open & Shut” in the subject line. Open.
Son charged in arson deaths of parents in Anchorage house fire
A 46-year-old man is facing murder and arson charges in the deaths of his parents in a February house fire in Anchorage. Kathryn and James Gould died after firefighters rescued them from the blaze in a multi-family residence in the U-Med district. An Anchorage grand jury on Wednesday indicted Gould...
'Golden' view from above
The US Army Golden Knights are here at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson as part of the Arctic Thunder being held this weekend. On Friday, the famous parachutists made a practice run, getting a lay of the land ahead of the show this weekend. Three members of the team look over the Anchorage landscape below before making their jump.
Helen Ivetta DeGarmo
Helen Ivetta DeGarmo passed away in her home at Primrose Retirement Community in Wasilla, Alaska on July 2, 2024, just one week shy of her 96th birthday. Helen was born July 9, 1928, to Earl Thomas Darnell and Ava Bernice Irwin Darnell on their family farm outside of Bogue, Kansas. She graduated from Palco High School in 1946 and attended business college in Kansas. She then went to work in the Employment Office in Goodland, KS where she met her future husband, Ronald DeGarmo. Helen and Ron were married September 13, 1953, in Goodland and celebrated their 55th anniversary before Ron's death in 2009. They moved many times during their years together. From Kansas they moved to Muskegon, MI and then to Kansas City, MO where son Kevin was born; Oklahoma City, OK where daughter Janice was born; Atlantic City, N.J. where daughter Jennifer was born; back to Oklahoma, then to Longmont, CO; Anchorage, AK, Renton, WA; Bellingham, WA and finally retiring in Wasilla, AK in 2003.
Letter: Reducing climate change
Sunlight is booming as a new source of power. Combined with batteries to make it a consistent all-day source, sunlight has the potential to replace the use of fossil fuels (CO2) that trap heat in the atmosphere and cause climate change. This change is happening on a scale that could...
Letter: Poor game management
Like many Alaskans, I am not impressed with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the Board of Game’s bloodthirsty predator control program. The slaughter of 180 grizzly bears, along with many other animals, in a year, seems to be more in support of sport than scientific wildlife management. As Bill Sherwonit pointed out, many scientists disagree with the practice of these killings.
Anchorage police chief: Bodycam footage of Handy’s fatal shooting likely public ‘within the next week’
Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case on Friday said that officer body-worn camera footage from the fatal police shooting of Kristopher Handy will be publicly released soon — likely within the next week, after Handy’s family views it. Anchorage police officers began wearing body cameras in March. A recent...
Palmer Food Bank Seeks Extra Garden Produce for Local Families in Need
Have any extra fruits or veggies from your garden to spare? The Palmer Food Bank is in need of fresh produce to help feed those in need. So if you have any extra, you can donate them. Food bank officials say they're grateful to the local farms that provide lots...
OSP Gives Update On Kasilof Officer-Involved Shooting
The Office of Special Prosecutions (OSP) held a press conference on Wednesday to address the investigatory approach to officer-involved shootings in the state, in which they provided an update on the recent AST shooting at Kasilof Beach on July 8. John Skidmore, Deputy Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the Alaska Department of Law, met with reporters to discuss how OSP reviews officer-involved shooting cases. There have been nine such shootings in Alaska in 2024, five of them in Anchorage since May.
Dunleavy’s snow removal vetoes concern Anchorage elected leaders
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Some elected leaders are expressing concerns about snow removal if Anchorage faces another extreme winter, following a series of budget vetoes by Gov. Mike Dunleavy that will impact the central region of the state. The two vetoes totaling more than $1.5 million would have included provided...
Man who filmed torture-murder while teasing victim that 'everybody always dies' in his movies learns his fate
A man heard saying, “Everybody always dies,” while videotaping himself torturing and killing an Alaska Native woman will spend the rest of his life in prison for that murder and the murder of a second Alaska Native woman. Brian Steven Smith, 53, was sentenced to 226 years in prison for the murders of Kathleen Jo […] The post Man who filmed torture-murder while teasing victim that ‘everybody always dies’ in his movies learns his fate first appeared on Law & Crime.
AROUND ALASKA: Mat-Su Central School, Fish Creek Park, and Best-Looking Cruiser!
We have an update on the new Mat-Su Central School. Mat-Su Borough School District officials and other members of the Mat-Su Central team recently toured the construction site in Palmer. The plan remains to have the state-of-the-art space mostly complete by the end of this year. Meanwhile, a few finishing...
Man who filmed deadly torture learns fate in killings of Alaska women
A man who killed two Alaska Native women and was heard in a video of the torture death of one of them saying that in his movies "everybody always dies" was sentenced Friday to 226 years in prison.Brian Steven Smith received 99-year sentences each for the deaths of Kathleen Henry, 30, and Veronica Abouchuk, who was 52 when her family reported her missing in February 2019, seven months after they last saw her."Both were treated about as horribly as a person can be treated," Alaska Superior Court Judge Kevin Saxby said when imposing the sentence."It's the stuff of nightmares," Saxby...
A bit of sun and warmer temperatures for the weekend
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - High pressure is building in to Alaska over the next few days so much of the state will see some sunshine and warmer temperatures. Southcentral Alaska will see mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the 70s starting Friday. By Saturday and Sunday, Talkeetna will likely see temperatures near 78 degrees.
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