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Alaska News March 10, 2018

By Liz Thomas: Jim Balamaci memorial this weekend
 
 
 
 
By Zaz Hollander: Gunshots, then silence: Daylong standoff with troopers in Pilot Station ends with man dead
 
 
 
 
By Kortnie Horazdovsky / Victoria Taylor: Thomas re-sentenced to original plea deal of 75 years for murder
 
 
 
 
By Mike Ross: Sexual assault suspect indicted
 
 
 
 
By Emily Carlson: Fairview worries Prop 10 would turn them into homeless hub
Nurse Named Providence CEO
 
 
 
 
By Laurel Andrews: Alaska’s state-run psychiatric hospital to be investigated for allegations of workplace safety, retaliation
 
 
 
 
By Erica Martinson: Alaskan’s BIA nomination held up in White House limbo over Native corporation share questions
 
 
 
 
By Kortnie Horazdovsky: Alaskan Paralympian wins gold
 
 
 
 
By Richard Mauer: ASK JUNEAU: Can marijuana tax revenue be used for education?
 
 
 
 
By Daybreak Staff: Mic Check in the Morning: The Quebe Sisters
 
 
 
 
By Wesley Early: Alaska News Nightly: Friday, March 9, 2018
 
 
 
 
By Craig Medred: Iditarod dangers
Back home in Minnesota now with the memory of a near-death experience along the Iditarod Trail unlikely to fade for a long, long time, Scott Hoberg finds himself a man deeply humbled by Alaska’s vast, winter wilderness

And thankful to be alive. Very thankful.

Alaska News March 08, 2018

Happy International Women’s Day!
 
 
 
 
By Leroy Polk: Eagle River man gets 14 years for child porn, however he is on the loose
 
 
 
 
By Kalinda Kindle: Gunfire hits several homes and vehicles
 
 
 
 
By Heather Hintze: Man pleads guilty to raping unconscious, underage girl
 
 
 
 
By Daniella Rivera: Suspected repeat car thieves qualify for mandatory release
 
 
 
 
By Nathaniel Herz: An Anchorage trash company took an iconic neon palm tree. Now the feds want it back.
 
 
 
 
By Devin Kelly: Major Anchorage businesses come out against Prop. 1 as out-of-state money pours in
 
 
 
 
By Zaz Hollander: First the rabbits disappeared. Now Seward’s coyotes are killing dogs.
 
 
 
 
By KTVA Web Staff: Australian man falls through Arctic Village ice
 
 
 
 
By Assoicated Press: Tribes clear longest Kuskokwim road to date amid warm winter
 
 
 
 
Thank you Analisa Cederberg!
By Shawn Wilson: VIDEO: Eagle River student potter makes bowls to help the needy
 
 
 
 
By Associated Press: Navy begins under-ice submarine exercise off Alaska coast
 
 
 
 
By Kortnie Horazdovsky: Sterling Highway bypass project one step closer to construction
 
 
 
 
By Daybreak Staff: Mic Check in the Morning: TAIKOPROJECT
 
 
 
 
By Daybreak Staff: Workforce Wednesday: Skratch app

AK News March 07, 2018

By Chris Klint: Numerous shots fired in East Anchorage neighborhood
 
 
 
 
By Daniella Rivera: Car theft suspect skips court while on 2nd release with pretrial supervision
 
 
 
 
By Erica Martinson: Tax code change could mean a break for Alaskans on utility bills
 
 
 
 
By Blake Essig: Hugh Neff has unique suggestion for over-50 mushers on Iditarod trail
 
 
 
 
By Richard Mauer: At Day 50 in Juneau, bad blood is surfacing
 
 
 
 
By Jack Carney: ASD budget awaits vote from Muni-Assembly
Anchorage The Anchorage Assembly opted to wait until its next meeting on Tuesday, March 20th before deciding whether to approve the appropriate funds for the Anchorage School Districts 2018-2019 Budget. The Assembly can only total the amount of money the school system needs, not designate what and where the ASD spends those dollars.
 
 
 
 
By Beth Bragg: Former UAA hockey coach laments lack of success, says university commitment lacking
Thomas, whose $200,000 annual salary made him the athletic department’s highest-paid employee, is the fifth man to serve as UAA’s head hockey coach. He’s the fourth in a row who failed to win with consistency.
 
 
 
 
By Assoicated Press: Alaska regulator wants to hold oil companies accountable for spills
 
 
 
 
By Cameron Mackintosh: Anchorage birth center reports rise in pregnant women suffering from opioid addiction
“What Pay it Forward recovery is allowing people to do is apply for the funds to be able to get into an inpatient treatment program, even if they have to go out-of-state,” she explained. “Then when they get back, they’re able to pay back the money. And that money is used to pay for the next addict that’s still suffering.”
 
 
 
 
Robert Archibald: GUEST COMMENTARY Owning Horses & Stakeholders not far apart on oil transport in Prince William Sound
 
 
 
 
Mms Everyday Alaska Family Features: Garlic cream elbows with sun-dried tomatoes and basil

Alaska News March 06, 2018

By Liz Thomas: 2 entrapped in overnight Midtown collision
 
 
 
 
By Daniella Rivera: Reduced bail denied again for leader of alleged drug ring
 
 
 
 
By Michelle Theriault Boots: Facing severe backlog of long-delayed criminal cases, Alaska attorneys try a new strategy
 
 
 
 
By Nathaniel Herz: Alaska House proposal would add cash to public defenders’ budget to stave off crisis
 
 
 
 
By Laurel Andrews: Army tanker spills jet fuel in crash on Richardson Highway
 
 
 
 
By Matt Miller, KTOO: Judge plans to dismiss felony PFD fraud charges filed against former Fisheries Board nominee
 
 
 
 
By Kyle Hopkins, Tegan Hanlon: Mushers say the Iditarod can be saved. Here’s how.
 
 
 
 
By Leroy Polk: Man wanted for allegedly punching Anchorage mall security guard
 
 
 
 
By Mike ross: Prop 1 supporters speak to Anchorage School Board
 
 
 
 
By Kalinda Kindle: Town Hall discusses $1-billion sale of ML&P
Anchorage voters will consider a proposition on April 3rd to authorize the sale of ML&P to Chugach Electric.
 
 
 
 
By James Gaddis: Teacher of the Week: Joyce Banks
 
 
 
 

Iditarod 46 LIVE blog: First musher greeted in Nikolai

Alaska News March 05, 2018

By KTVA Web Staff: Troopers: Knife-wielding teen assaults brothers
 
 
 
 
By Assoicated Press: AR-15-style gun found near Juneau school on same day as Florida shooting
 
 
 
 
By Kalinda Kindle: Alaska Filmmakers host community discussion on sexual assault
 
 
 
 
By Cameron Mackintosh: Funding boost called for Alaska public defenders agency
 
 
 
 
By Daniella Rivera: Third-party custodians becoming thing of the past in Anchorage
 
 
 
 
By Assoicated Press: States mull ‘sanctuary’ status for marijuana businesses
 
 
 
 
By Assoicatedf Press: Fire department offers free opioid overdose rescue kits
 
 
 
 
By Moms Everyday Alaska Family Features: Slow-cooked pork with soy and smashed sweet potatoes

Alaska News March 04, 2018

By Devin Kelly: God, gender identity and public restrooms at play in Anchorage’s Proposition 1 debate
 
 
 
 
By Nathaniel Herz: Alaska House’s budget, without taxes, could drain state savings account in two years
 
 
 
 
By David A. James: Think you know Arctic expedition history? Try this book.
 
 
 
 
By Erica Martinson: Don Young isn’t bothered by hubbub over controversial gun control remarks
 
 
 
 
By Annie Zak: Open & Shut: A second Summit tea shop and a new marijuana retailer
 
 
 
 
By Victoria Taylor: A change in command for Anchorage’s Air Guard Wing

Alaska News March 03, 2018

By Chris Klint: APD names woman murdered in Turnagain stabbing
 
 
 
 
By Richard Mauer: Public can weigh in on budget, talk to lawmakers
 
 
 
 
By Daybreak Staff: ‘Icons of the Iditarod’ chronicles decades of The Last Great Race
 
 
 
 
By Sidney Sullivan: MAP: See how 2018 Anchorage homicides compare to past deadly years
 
 
 
 
By Alexis Fernandez: Eagle River High School students stage sit-in to protest budget cuts
“When you are cutting the programs that kids come to school for, you’re showing how highly you prioritize us,” said Kali Spencer, a junior at Eagle River High.
 
 
 
 
By Laurel Andrews: Alaska’s monthly cannabis tax revenue topped $1 million for first time in January
 
 
 
 
By Jack Carney: School District hopes voters will approve $50M bond for roof replacements
 
 
 
 
By Victoria Taylor: Mayor, Police Chief talk about Turnagain Arm, red light enforcement
 
 
 
 
By Travis Khachatoorian: Juneau’s 102-year-old Palace Theater revitalized by new brewery
 
 
 
 
By Daybreak Staff: Mic Check in the Morning: Jeffrey Steele
 
 
 
 
By Scott Gross: Anchorage airport prepares for $100M in runway repairs
 
 
 
 
By Daybreak Staff: National Consumer Protection Week’s Consumer Forum
 
 
 
 
Moms Everyday Alaska KTUU: Stay-at-home moms losing out on more than just current income

Alaska News March 02, 2018

By Jack Carney: Fred Meyer second large Alaska retailer to change gun-buying age to 21
“It’s not the classification of a weapon if it’s not guns or ammunition, it’s going to be a baseball bat, it’s going to be a knife,” Doughman said.
 
 
 
 
By KTVA Web Staff: Alleged Fred Meyer shooters fled the state: Docs
The sentence for first-degree attempted murder is between five and 99 years.
 
 
 
 
By Nathaniel Herz: Legal defenders for Alaska’s poor say they may have to start refusing cases
 
 
 
 
By Associated Press: Alaska lawmaker takes training after policy vetting pledge
 
 
 
 
By Associated Press: Homer officials consider opening Spit to marijuana sales
 
 
 
 
By Associated Press: New high tallied for Alaska marijuana tax collections
 
 
 
 
By Richard Mauer: New legislators planning to dig in as session reaches halfway mark
 
 
 
 
By Victoria Taylor: Girl Scouts sell cookies, learn life lessons
 
 
 
 
By Jeff Lowenfels: Here are the plants you need to start now for them to be ready for summer
 
 
 
 
By Heather Hintze: Massive Alaska Native ivory collection up for auction
 
 
 
 
By Nancy Clark: Alaskan Authors
There are a wide variety of authors, both local and not, coming to the Anchorage Public Library before summer arrives.

Animals are a frequent subject of children’s books, including those by Alaskan authors Tricia Brown (Groucho’s Eyebrows), Elizabeth O’Connell (Apun the Arctic Fox), and Barbara and Ethan Atwater (How Raven Got His Crooked Nose: An Alaskan Dena’ina Fable). Brown will be doing a presentation called “Sled Dogs and Other Amazing Animals” for those critter-lovers in the crowd.

For teens, we have Brendan Kiely, author of the best-selling novel All American Boys. This story about two young men, one black and one white, follows their journey as they navigate the fallout of extreme police brutality and the media storm that results from it.

Read more ->

Alaska News March 01, 2018

By Zaz Hollander: Man charged with stabbing death of woman during fight, Anchorage police say
 
 
 
 
By Leroy Polk: Attempted murder, knife attack in Wasilla ends in arrest
 
 
 
 
By Chris Klint: Trooper K-9’s killer gets 10-year federal sentence
 
 
 
 
By Scott Gross: A new reality: Students train for active shooters in school
 
 
 
 
By Nathaniel Herz: A $5,000 PFD check? As boosters push for it, lawmakers dismiss it as ‘instant gratification’
 
 
 
 
By Marc Lester: Kamaka Hepa’s shot, from behind the Arctic Circle
 
 
 
 
By Devin Kelly: Anchorage’s first-ever tax on gas and diesel fuel takes effect Thursday
 
 
 
 
By Brad Keithley: GUEST COMMENTARY: U.S. needs a plan to address the debt, now
 
 
 
 
By Associated Press: Popular Alaska peak weighs new rules for climbers’ poop
 
 
 
 
By Leroy Polk: Registration deadline almost here to vote in upcoming April election
 
 
 
 
By Nancy Clark: Libraries are synonymous with reading, but the flip-side of that is writing. Without writers, we wouldn’t have all of those books on the shelves, on audiobooks, and in eBook form.
 
 
 
 
By Mike Kilen: Iowa woman finds solace from pain in dogs who will lead her in Iditarod
 
 
 
 
Moms Everyday Alaska Kristi Larson: Making healthier choices at fast food restaurants