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May 04 2023
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Anchorage Mayor Bronson appoints new human resources director
Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson this week announced Tyler Andrews as the city’s new human resources director. Andrews will begin his new role Monday, according to a statement from the mayor’s office Wednesday. Andrews previously worked as the executive vice president of employee services and communications for the Chugach Electric Association, and has also worked as a senior manager of labor
Anchorage Daily NewsMay 04 2023
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Woman dies in collision with school bus near Wasilla
PALMER — A 42-year-old Wasilla woman died Thursday morning after the sedan she was driving collided with a school bus that was not carrying students at the time, Alaska State Troopers say. Shawna Boice was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision, which was near Wasilla at Seldon Road and Frontier Plaza Drive, troopers said. Troopers and Matanuska-Susitna Borough fire and EMS responders
Anchorage Daily NewsJul 11 2023
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Trapped drivers swam out of their cars. A woman died after being swept away by floodwaters. What to know about the heavy rainfall hitting the Northeast
Intense rain and flash flooding that left at least one dead in southeastern New York continued to pelt the Northeast on Monday, forcing residents from their homes and prompting road closures and water rescues.
Over 9 million people are under flood alerts across the Northeast on Monday, including parts of New York, Vermont, Massachusetts and Maine – as well as across the country in
CNN DigitalApr 28 2023
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After failed Senate vote, Murkowski says the Equal Rights Amendment remains ‘long overdue’
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate this week failed to pass a resolution to remove barriers to ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment, 100 years since the amendment was first proposed in Congress. Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who led the effort to pass the measure, expressed disappointment after the vote. “It is just long overdue,” Murkowski said of the ERA in an interview Thursday. “The
Anchorage Daily NewsMay 09 2023
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Former Louisville basketball coach Denny Crum dead at 86
Denny Crum, who won two NCAA men’s basketball championships and built Louisville into one of the 1980s’ dominant programs during a Hall of Fame coaching career, died Tuesday. He was 86. The school announced Crum’s death in a release after being informed by his wife, Susan. No cause was given, but Crum had battled an extended illness. He had a mild stroke in August 2017 while fishing in Alaska
AL.comMay 08 2023
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Annual Nenana Ice Classic river breakup guessing game ends with an icy splash
The ice on the Tanana River went out in Interior Alaska on Monday evening, stopping the clock in the century-old Nenana Ice Classic river breakup guessing game. A 30-foot-tall wooden tripod, which is placed every year in early spring on the ice upriver from the Nenana tributary, is connected to a clock that stops once the ice goes out. A few false alarms over the last few days helped build the
Anchorage Daily NewsMay 01 2023
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‘Deadliest Catch’ boat owner sues production company over former deckhand’s medical care
The owners of a fishing vessel featured in “Deadliest Catch” are suing the reality TV show’s production company and a contractor after a former crew member blamed a lack of prompt care during the pandemic for leaving him with serious medical problems. The civil lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Alaska by attorneys for the F/V Northwestern, centers on 58-year-old former deckhand
Anchorage Daily NewsMar 13 2023
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Biden approves massive oil drilling project climate activists derided as 'carbon bomb'
The Biden administration announced Monday that it is moving forward with approving a massive 30-year oil drilling project in Alaska over objections from climate activists and Democratic lawmakers about its environmental impact.
The Department of Interior (DOI) approved three of the five drilling sites proposed by oil company ConocoPhillips as part of its Willow Project in the National
Fox News DigitalMay 01 2023
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Climate sparks wildfire concerns in Anchorage area
This is the new reality in Alaska's largest city, where a recent series of wildfires near Anchorage and the hottest day on record have sparked fears that a warming climate could soon mean serious, untenable blazes in urban areas — just like in the rest of the drought-plagued American West. The risk is particularly high in the city's burgeoning Anchorage Hillside neighborhood, where multi-
Ketchikan Daily NewsMay 01 2023
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Recent series of wildfires near Anchorage prompt more preparation in urban areas
Research on a flat spot for air evacuations. Talk of old-style civil defense sirens to warn of fast-moving wildfires. Hundreds of urban firefighters training in wildland firefighting techniques while snow still blankets the ground. This is the new reality in Alaska's largest city, where a recent series of wildfires near Anchorage and the hottest day on record have sparked fears that a warming
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