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Cameras Will Monitor Avalanches on Juneau Road
State transportation officials are taking steps to monitor avalanche zones affecting a road in Juneau.The Juneau Empire reports the Alaska Department of Transportation has begun installing avalanche...
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Tanana River Bridge Construction Limits Boat Traffic
Construction of a new $180 million Tanana River bridge at Salcha is limiting traffic on the river.The Alaska Railroad says boats will not be allowed under the bridge until next year.The decision...
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Judge Tosses Lawsuit by Former Fairbanks Police Officers
A lawsuit filed by former police officers five years ago against the Fairbanks Police Department has been dismissed by a federal court judge.Former officers Al Hutton and Doug Whorton sued in 2008,...
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Woman Charged After Flight Diverts to Anchorage
A first-class passenger on a flight from New York to Shanghai faces a federal charge after authorities say she consumed five glasses of wine and climbed on seats and yelled profanities, forcing the...
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Nikiski Man Arraigned on Attempted Murder Charge
A 34-year-old Kenai Peninsula man suspected of seriously assaulting a woman in June has been arraigned in Kenai Superior Court.Joshua Saunders of Nikiski is charged with attempted murder and felony...
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Forestry Crews Capture Extreme Fire Phenomenon 'Firenado' on Video
The Tetlin Junction Ridge fire continues its three-month-long burn, eliciting what is being described as "extreme" in nature behavior made more apparent in recent footage captured from onboard an...
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APD Search for Shooting Suspect Continues
Updated 5:42 p.m. 8/21/2013 The Anchorage Police Department has released a description of the suspect: A white male, apparently in his 20s and approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall and 220 pounds. The...
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Sand Point Residents Run Suspected Drug Dealer Out of Town
A man described by residents and police in an Aleutian Islands town as a known drug dealer was turned around at the local airport and run out of town by parents when he arrived from Anchorage Tuesday....
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Projects Approved to Help Cope with Mat-Su Growth
Officials say the Mat-Su Borough increases in population by about 400 people per year, one of the fastest growing areas in the United States. Plans are now in the works for new schools off Knik Goose...
View ArticleAPD Reports Fewer Collisions Between Cars and Bicycles
Vehicles and bicycles share the roads here in anchorage but they don't always get along. Fortunately for all involved, the number of collisions appears to be coasting downward. The Anchorage Police...
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Fishing Boat Sinks near Kenai River
Two crew members were rescued Wednesday night when their fishing boat sank near the mouth of the Kenai River. People at the Beluga Lookout Lodge saw a fishing boat suddenly overturn in heavy swells....
View ArticleTroopers Arrest Man After Standoff in Soldotna
Alaska State Troopers arrested a man sought on a warrant Wednesday evening after a five-hour standoff, which ended with the use of gas to force the man from a Soldotna home. According to AST...
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EPA Administrator Traveling to Alaska
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new administrator is scheduled to be in Alaska next week.EPA says Gina McCarthy plans to visit the Bristol Bay region and meet with tribes, fishermen and...
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Planned Bethel Movie Theater, Superstore Going Up
Construction is progressing on a planned movie theater and superstore complex in Bethel.The building going up is huge by Bethel standards, covering 60,000 square feet.The structure is on track to open...
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LNG Delivery Firms Recommended for North Slope Rights of Way
Two companies that want to provide Fairbanks with liquefied natural gas by truck have been deemed qualified to build short North Slope pipelines.The Alaska Department of Natural Resources is proposing...
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DHSS Commissioner Looking at Arkansas Health Plan
Alaska's health commissioner is looking at whether Arkansas has a health care solution that might work here.Arkansas wants to use Medicaid expansion money under the federal health care law to enroll...
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Woman Killed in Richardson Highway Car-Moose Crash
Alaska State Troopers say a woman died on the Richardson Highway near Tonsina Wednesday night, after her car was badly damaged in a collision with a moose and left the road.According to a Thursday AST...
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Gara Decides to Seek Re-Election to Alaska House
Rep. Les Gara, who had left the door open to running for governor next year, says he'll seek re-election instead.The Anchorage Democrat last month said he hadn't ruled out a run for governor if...
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Coast Guard Searching for 2 Overdue Hunters near Kenai
The Coast Guard is searching for two hunters overdue from a trip to an island near Kenai, which they had visited by skiff earlier this week.In a Thursday statement, the Coast Guard says the hunters...
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Shooting Suspect Charged in Wednesday Dowling Road Incident
Updated Aug. 22, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. Anchorage police on Thursday arrested 31-year James John Nick, who is suspected of firing multiple shots a day earlier at an officer on routine patrol on Dowling...
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