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Anchorage public buses would be free for kids under proposed ordinance
A People Mover bus in Downtown Anchorage in August 2023. Youth under the age of 18 might soon be able to ride Anchorage’s public buses for free. East Anchorage Assembly member George Martinez is ...
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Anchorage police ID man fatally shot by officers after Monday traffic stop
Anchorage police declined to comment on whether the two men are related. Alaska’s News Source reports that the two were brothers, citing a statement from family members. Anchorage police have ...
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Rise in homeless camps on state land in Anchorage and elsewhere prompts new protocols to clear them
Encampments on state parcels within the municipality have been a jurisdictional quagmire. But under new guidelines, that ...
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Magnitude 4.7 earthquake shakes Anchorage, Alaska
Shaking from the earthquake has been reported in Anchorage and surrounding communities ... on the Alaskan Peninsula Monday evening. Southern Alaska is situated on the Pacific "Ring of Fire ...
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City to clear 2 major Anchorage homeless camps early this summer
Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance said her administration is working to ramp up the clearing of major homeless camps. At a press conference Wednesday, she said her team would start to abate two ...
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Anchorage officials want to turn your garbage into electricity
sending Southcentral Alaska leaders scrambling to find solutions. Spafford said the potential power generated from the 1,000 tons of trash Anchorage produces daily would be significant.
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Magnitude 4.7 earthquake shakes Anchorage, Alaska
ANCHORAGE — A magnitude 4.7 earthquake shook Anchorage, Alaska, just after midnight local time, according to the U.s. Geological Survey. The quake was centered on the Kenai Peninsula, some 33 miles ...
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2 Anchorage high school graduates say extracurricular activities were key to their success
South Anchorage High School graduate Anna Kardashyan moved to Alaska with her family from Russia at just three years old. Monday, she graduated as the valedictorian of the South Anchorage High ...
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Another child care facility closes in Anchorage in sign of industry’s challenges
On Friday, what was once one of Anchorage’s largest child care facilities ... In the last three years, 25% of all child care facilities in Alaska have shuttered, according to thread, an ...
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Anchorage readies for 'very busy and heavy' wildfire season
state and federal authorities in Alaska’s largest city working on projects to mitigate the threat, including cutting a major fire break through one of Anchorage’s largest areas of parkland.
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Opinion: A Pacific wave of interest in Alaska LNG
Add to that the strong support of our federal government. President Biden gave Alaska LNG an environmental green light and signed into law more than $30 billion in federal loan guarantees ...