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Victim Identified in Fatal Taylor Highway Motorcycle Crash
Alaska State Troopers say the Taylor Highway remains closed Friday night, after a Washington man died when his motorcycle veered across the center line and struck an oncoming recreational...
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Police: Water Bottle Bomb Explodes in Neighborhood
Residents in Muldoon reported hearing two small explosions Friday afternoon. Anchorage Police responded to a home in the 8000 block of 4th Avenue around 4 p.m. Investigators found the remnants of a...
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Washington Man Killed in Taylor Highway Motorcycle Crash
Alaska State Troopers say the Taylor Highway remains closed Friday night, after a Washington man died when his motorcycle veered across the center line and struck an oncoming recreational...
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APD Responds to Several Fireworks Complaints
Anchorage Police say they took about 161 calls throughout the municipality Thursday night in response to fireworks. Spokeswoman Jennifer Castro says the department responded to 40 of them. "If someone...
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Coast Guard Monitors Salvage of Grounded Boat
Coast Guard officials are monitoring the salvage of the 65-foot fishing tender Hana Cove after the vessel was intentionally grounded on Culross Island in Prince William Sound. The crew of the Hana...
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Alyeska Converts Trails for Downhill Bikers
The Alyeska Resort in Girdwood has converted its trails for downhill bikers for the third year in row.Lifts have been taking bikers up the mountain, so riders can be dropped on top of a series of...
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Spike in Kenai River Beach Bacteria Prompts Warnings
State regulators are advising Alaskans to avoid swimming or drinking water at Kenai River beaches, after samples collected last week indicated the presence of elevated bacteria levels. The Alaska...
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Stuart Creek Wildfire Grows
Fire information officers say 750 homes are at risk because of the Stuart Creek 2 wildfire, an increase of more than 500 from a day earlier. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that crews are...
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Moon Lake Complex Wildfire Burns More than 18,000 Acres
(Photo: Katy Turk. Turk emailed KTUU a timelapse GIF of one of the blazes near Moon Lake, captured 7-5-13) Fire information officers are monitoring six active wildfires as part of the Moon Lake complex...
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Petitioners Hope to Legalize Marijuana for Recreational Use in Alaska
Supporters of an initiative that would create a legal market for marijuana in the state are at the beginning of a long campaign to get more than 30,000 signatures and allow Alaskan voters to decide...
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Muldoon Yoga Session Fund-raises for Behavior Health Program
You can call it "stretching for a good cause," locals gathered for an outdoor yoga session Saturday morning in Muldoon. The weather didn't put a damper on their spirits as they practiced different yoga...
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2 Men Survive Small Plane Crash near Ft. Abercrombie
Two men survived a small plane crash Saturday afternoon near Ft. Abercrombie on Kodiak, according to Alaska State Troopers.AST received a report from the Kodiak Police Department about a possible plane...
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Man Sentenced in 2000 Cold-Case Killing of Genevieve Tetpon
Editor's note: This story contains a graphic description of the crime. An Anchorage woman's family has received a measure of justice in her cold-case killing Friday, as a man who admitted to playing a...
View ArticleDeadly Motorcycle Crashes Prompt Riding Safety
George Kimes was 29-years-old when he last rode a motorcycle. Three decades later, he was finishing up a motorcycle safety program Friday afternoon in Anchorage. "I hadn't ridden a motorcycle for 30...
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Burn Moratorium in Effect for Anchorage
Acting Fire Marshal James Gray announced Friday the cancellation of all burn permits until further notice throughout the Municipality of Anchorage. "When these warm, dry conditions return, our fine...
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State Seeking Online Game for History Studies
The state department of education wants to develop an online game as part of an Alaska studies course for high school students. Vendors have until Wednesday to submit proposals. The project budget...
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Kodiak Harbor Dredging to Begin
Access to Kodiak's harbors will be limited when dredging work begins Monday in a project to deepen the mouth of the St. Paul Harbor. Kodiak harbormaster Marty Owen says he's tried for years get the...
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Egan Center Upgrading Escalators and Security
The Egan Center in downtown Anchorage will be closed for a few weeks for some renovation. The longtime convention center will replace escalators that are now 30-years-old and no longer up to code. The...
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Woman Shot in Knee in Mountain View Apartment
Anchorage police say a woman suffered a non-life threatening gunshot wound to her knee Saturday morning in Mountain View. Around 4 a.m., police received a call of three young males arguing on the 100...
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Fairbanks Man Accused of Threatening Women with Gun
Police arrested a Fairbanks man accused of threatening women with a gun on the Fourth of July. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that 43-year-old Mike Mayotte is being held at the Fairbanks...
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