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Soulja Boy tour 2024: Here is how you can get tickets to ‘The SODMG Tour’
“Hey You There,” you need to get tickets to see Soulja Boy this fall!. The rapper will begin his tour on Sept. 8 in Charleston, S.C. and wrap up on Oct. 12 in Anchorage, Alaska. While on tour, Soulja Boy will perform in New York City at Gramercy Theatre...
APD secures long overdue patrol fleet replacement with new Dodge Durangos
With the help of a $2 million grant secured by Senator Lisa Murkowski, along with additional funds from Anchorage Municipality, the Anchorage Police Department has finalized the purchase of 48 new 2024 Dodge Durangos.
After serving time, this cook now serves the night owls of Anchorage | INDIE ALASKA
Ricky Vazquez is a proud Puerto Rican who rarely slows down. After spending almost a decade in incarceration, he doesn’t like to get bored. These days he prefers the adrenaline of the busy Saturday night rush at one of Anchorage’s most beloved historic taverns. INDIE ALASKA is an...
A proposed Anchorage sales tax could fund projects from a children’s museum to a public sauna
The leaders pushing Project Anchorage, an initiative to create a local sales tax to invest in the city’s quality of life, took two dozen questions from a business-minded audience on Monday. The subjects of the questions included sales tax exemptions, Oklahoma City’s experience with its version, concerns about raising...
The Used & Taking Back Sunday announce co-headlining tour
The Used and Taking Back Sunday are taking you back to the glory days of early 2000s emo on a co-headlining tour. The joint outing kicks of Oct. 9 in Oklahoma City and wraps up Oct. 24 in Anchorage, Alaska. The two bands will trade off who is closing depending on the night.
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...
Showers through midweek but then sun returns, at least briefly
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Expect some passing showers this morning through Southcentral. The skies will dry come afternoon, but clouds linger. Rain showers will stick around through Thursday. Come Friday, however, the clouds decrease and by the weekend some good sunshine will appear and raise temperatures into the upper 60s and low 70s.
The Alaska Native Heritage Center gets some renovations with more to come
The Alaska Native Heritage Center is celebrating 25 years, and recently it's gotten a facelift. Areas like the Hall of Cultures was recently renovated. This is one of four phases with three currently still underway. Phase two will be a new immersive theater and phase three will be a new...
Exhibit specialist offers tips for upcoming fair
If your turnips are terrific and your dahlias delightful this summer, display your green thumb at the Alaska State Fair in August. The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service has invited Kathy Liska, the fair’s crop superintendent and a master gardener, to lead a free webinar on how to participate in the competitive exhibits at the fair, which runs Aug. 16-Sept. 2 in Palmer.
Anchorage School District needs teacher assistants with school one month away
The Anchorage School District is hoping to start on the right track this school year, with the first day of school only one month away. The district currently has over 200 positions open for paraprofessionals. This is a vast difference compared to last year when the district was short of...
Campus workers keep the lights on
When students are busy rushing to class in the Eugene Short Hall or grabbing a coffee in the Social Sciences Building, a dedicated force of custodial and maintenance workers labor behind the scenes to ensure the university continues to function properly. In 2022, the University of Alaska Anchorage, employed over...
Local attorney who sent “sexually suggestive text messages” to Judge Kindred is wife of Anchorage Superior Court judge
An investigation by the Landmine has found that the local attorney referenced in the lengthy Ninth Circuit Judicial Council report on now-former Judge Josh Kindred is Michelle Nesbett. Nesbett has worked at the law firm Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot since 2020. Prior to that, she worked at a law firm with her husband. Nesbett’s involvement with Kindred raises serious ethical and conflict-of-interest concerns within Alaska’s justice system.
Lumen Christi baseball will have new coach in 2025
The Lumen Christi baseball team has a new coach. After a Division 3 state runner-up finish in 2024, Phil Clifford stepped down, with long-time assistant coach Derek Tracy slated to take charge of the Titans for the 2025 season. If you purchase a product or register for an account through...
Pastor Facing a Federal Assault Charge After Allegedly Hitting His Wife for Sitting in First Class
A pastor who lives in Virginia is facing a federal assault charge, after allegedly hitting his wife in the head for sitting in first class on a flight to Alaska. Roger Holmberg Sr. told authorities he was upset with his wife when she got upgraded to first class, according to an affidavit from FBI Special Agent Michael Harkless.
Brian Smith sentenced to 226 years for killing 2 Alaska Native women
The Anchorage judge sentencing convicted killer Brian Smith on Friday gave prosecutors exactly what they asked for: a 226-year sentence for the murders of two Alaska Native women. Smith sat still, with no reaction, but the packed courtroom was charged with emotion. Even before sentencing got underway, there was a...
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