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Suspect in east Anchorage officer-involved shooting opened fire at police, APD reports

The suspect escaped from a residential reentry facility about 10 days before the shooting, APD Chief Sean Case reports.
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New details released in 8th officer-involved shooting

Anchorage police are releasing new details about the September 13 officer-involved shooting, including a roughly 32-hour response that involved SWAT clearing a home with multiple people inside. Police say the suspect was on federal probation for a previous carjacking and that the residence has been associated with rece
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Houston man cited after troopers say he illegally shot, killed a moose

A Houston man is facing multiple citations after Alaska Wildlife Troopers say he illegally shot and killed a moose. Troopers say they responded on September 17 to a report of a sublegal moose shot near La Rae Road in Houston. An investigation determined 67-year-old Larry Mayo of Houston shot the...
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Anchorage runners raise money for childhood asthma, allergy treatment

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Nearly 100 runners gathered on the Ship Creek Trail on a brisk Sunday morning to run for a cause. The second annual Puffin’ 5K, organized by the Alaska chapter of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA), put its proceeds toward helping children with serious asthma and allergies to
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New Construction Underway Next to Merc in Downtown Girdwood

A grove of cottonwoods were cleared next to Girdwood's Mercantile in the past couple months to make room for a triplex of condos and commercial space, the latest of several developments to crop up in downtown. Priced between $875,000 and $899,000, the three condos are already spoken for, according to...
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Denver, Rapid City, Billings and Chicago Reveal Just How Cold September Can Turn With...

DENVER, COLORADO — September can still feel like summer, but history shows it can also turn downright cold. AccuWeather, using data from NOAA ACIS dating back to the 1800s, has compiled the coldest temperature ever recorded during September in cities across the country, and the numbers reveal just how dramatically the
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10 Alaska Bookstores So Big You Could Easily Lose An Afternoon Inside

Rainy afternoons become much more appealing when a bookstore gives you no reason to hurry back outside. Alaska has shops where local writing, rare regional titles, used books, coffee, reading corners, events, and wonderfully crowded shelves can turn browsing into its own travel plan. I am easily convinced by any...
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Grandmother killed, 2 family members injured while changing tire on Mesa freeway

A grandmother is dead and two family members are hospitalized after troopers say a suspected impaired driver crashed into their vehicles early Wednesday morning.
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Despite three heart attacks and two strokes — Anchorage man plans to tackle Heart...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Any way you look at it, Paul Rotkis is a survivor. The Anchorage resident who recently turned 59, has suffered three heart attacks and two strokes in the last 21 years. Amazingly, Rotkis is still on his feet. Rotkis’s second heart attack may have brought him...
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A ballot measure asks voters whether to keep ranked choice voting — but it...

On the November ballot, voters will choose to vote for or against Ballot Proposition 2, an initiative understood to be the potential ranked-choice voting killer.

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