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Anchorage is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on outside legal counsel due to a shortage of city attorneys. At a news conference Tuesday, Mayor Dave Bronson said the city is struggling to hire attorneys because of competition from the state and private sector. “I’ve directed HR to do a city-wide salary survey and from that, which we hope will be completed soon, we can get to the point

Anchorage is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on outside legal counsel due to a shortage of city attorneys. At a news conference today, Mayor Dave Bronson said the city is struggling to hire attorneys because of competition from the state and private sector. “I’ve directed HR to do a city-wide salary survey and from that, which we hope will be completed soon, we can get to the point

The fallout from last week's monsoons was being felt at South Florida gasoline stations today. Filling stations across Miami-Dade and Broward counties wrapped gas pump handles in red and yellow plastic coverings as their tanks emptied out. Motorists lined up by the dozens at some stations that still had fuel to sell. The trouble stems from last week's heavy rains in eastern Broward County,

The country's blood supply blood has dropped to "critically low levels" — nearly 25 percent since early August, according to the nonprofit organization, which provides about 40 percent of the nation's blood. Ramona residents can help. Donors of all blood types are urgently needed, according to the Red Cross. There is an emergency need for platelet donors and type O donors. "When (Hurricane)