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Trace volcano ash reaches small Alaska city

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:46:04 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Trace amounts of ash from a remote Alaska volcano have fallen on an Aleutian Islands community, but the latest ash cloud remained just under the 20,000-foot threshold considered to be a major threat to trans-continental aircraft.

Searchers seek 2 missing on trip out of Kotzebue

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:43:12 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Searchers in northwest Alaska are continuing to look for two people missing since Wednesday on a snowmobile trip.

Coast Guard to take testimony on Shell grounding

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:21:59 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Coast Guard will kick off hearings Monday on how a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge used for Arctic Ocean exploratory drilling ended up aground off a remote Alaska island.

Copper River salmon arrive in Anchorage

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:04:05 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Copper River salmon has arrived in Anchorage stores and restaurants.

Aloha spreads across cultures

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:19:27 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - This time of year across the country, gyms and auditoriums fill with robed students, "Class of 2013" balloons and the strains of "Pomp and Circumstance." In Anchorage -- home to the highest concentration, per capita, of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders on the mainland -- another unique graduation tradition has taken hold among people from all backgrounds: the graduation lei. Draping a graduate's neck with bands of candy and flowers has become as expected in many families here as watching a graduate fling a mortarboard cap into the air.

Poet tries crowdsourcing to visit AK ghost village

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:08:30 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Joan Naviyuk Kane feels the pull of an ancestral place where she's never been, a crumbling ghost village built on stilts across the rocky face of a remote western Alaska island.

Alaska volcano shoots ash 15,000 feet into the air

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:14:20 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - One of Alaska's most restless volcanoes shot an ash cloud 15,000 feet into the air Friday in an ongoing eruption that is visible for miles when the weather allows.

Snow is in Alaska forecast for mid-May

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:01:14 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The calendar says it's spring in Alaska, but with lakes still frozen and snow in the forecast for the Anchorage area this weekend, many residents are saying enough is enough.

Alaska man runs onto frozen lake to avoid jail

Fri, 17 May 2013 01:28:05 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant.

Agency to consider listing for Alaska lake seals

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:16:22 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The National Marine Fisheries Service announced Thursday it will consider listing a population of harbor seals that live in a freshwater Alaska lake as a threatened or endangered species, a decision that could affect the massive Pebble Mine development project.

Official recommends dog be killed following attack

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:17:34 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The head of the Mat-Su Borough animal control division is recommending that a sled dog belonging to Iditarod musher Jake Berkowitz be killed after the husky attacked and seriously injured a 2-year-old girl in Big Lake.

Anchorage Bike to Work Day scheduled for Friday

Thu, 16 May 2013 06:13:35 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Anchorage officials are expecting more bicycles on the road and fewer greenhouse gases in the air Friday.

Player denies abuse by Alaska college coach

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:15:10 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A former Alaska Anchorage hockey player acknowledges he was hit by his former coach with a stick during practice, but he said that it didn't rise to the level of the abuse allegation being made by a former teammate.

Group to sue to force polar bear recovery plan

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:20:29 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An environmental group has given formal notice it will go to court to force the federal government to complete a recovery plan for threatened polar bears.

Woman found dead after drinking homemade liquor

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:14:56 -0400

MOUNTAIN VILLAGE, Alaska - A woman suspected of drinking homemade liquor died in her sleep in an Alaska village, State Troopers said.

Firefighting exercises set for Anchorage airport

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:14:19 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Firefighting training exercises are set to be held at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport this week.

Car sideswipes Anchorage coffee stand

Wed, 15 May 2013 01:11:15 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Anchorage police say they have arrested a driver accused of sideswiping a coffee stand in a crash that injured the barista inside.

Minor lava flows detected on 2 Alaska volcanoes

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:13:05 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Scientists say small lava flows have been detected on two restless volcanoes in Alaska.

Budget cuts pare real-time monitoring of volcanoes

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:28:23 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Scientists monitoring Alaska's volcanoes have been forced to shut down stations that provide real-time tracking of eruptions and forgo repairs of seismic equipment amid ongoing federal budget cuts - moves that could mean delays in getting vital information to airline pilots and emergency planners.

Police fire weapons at fleeing stolen pickup

Sun, 12 May 2013 20:59:07 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Anchorage police say two officers fired weapons at a pickup driven by a man who ignored an order to stop and smashed into a patrol car.

Fire damages Anchorage restaurant

Sun, 12 May 2013 18:21:23 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Anchorage Fire Department investigators are trying to learn the cause of a fire that seriously damaged a restaurant.

Anchorage hospitals finding ways to retain nurses

Sun, 12 May 2013 11:08:28 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Nurses Monica Negaard and Linda Hackenbruch can be found together on Alaska Regional Hospital's critical care unit much of the time these days, their Dansko clogs clopping on the floor in unison as they visit patients.

2 officers' names added to Alaska Police Memorial

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:35:40 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Two names have been added to the Alaska Police Memorial: Manokotak Village public safety officer Thomas Madole and Alaska State Trooper Tage Toll.

Kincaid to get 6 miles of new mountain bike trails

Sat, 11 May 2013 14:19:22 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - About six miles of new mountain biking trails are set to be built this summer at Kincaid Park in West Anchorage.

Maintenance crews repairing Anchorage potholes

Sat, 11 May 2013 06:43:03 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Maintenance crews in Anchorage are repairing roads marred by springtime potholes.