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Yearly Archives: 2019

KISS — 45 years ago today in Anchorage

On June 2, 1974, KISS played its first Alaska concert with Savoy Brown at the Sundowner Drive-In Theatre in Anchorage. It would be the band's...

Alaska life hack: Bringing home firewood — and spruce beetles

DON'T IMPORT THESE BUGS INTO YOUR LIVE STANDS OF SPRUCE If it's summer in Alaska, it must be time to cut firewood for winter. But with...

Barr comes to learn about violence in the village

BUT WERE TABOO TOPICS DISCUSSED -- OR AVOIDED? U.S. Attorney General William Barr came to Alaska from Washington, D.C. to learn about violence against Natives. He...

Police roundup four in drug-related killing

Police arrested four people Friday and Saturday that investigators say were involved in a shooting death on Oklahoma Street in Anchorage on March 31. Wutner...

Book Review: ‘Alaska Raw’ by Bob Lacher

SO SATISFYING, THIS BOOK WILL PROMPT YOU TO GET OFF THE SOFA It's not often I tuck a book into my satchel before heading to...

Wanted man in homicide case arrested near Chester Creek Park

After a large police presence closed down a section of the Chester Creek Park near Lake Otis Parkway and 20th Ave. on Saturday due...

Metlakatlaka crash: Pilot had five hours experience on floats when hired

The National Safety and Transportation Board preliminary investigation into the May 20 deadly crash of a floatplane in Metlakatla shows that the pilot had...

Breaking: Dunleavy Administration makes slashing victim whole on his PFD

The convoluted case of a 26-year-old man, Stephen Hansell, who had been a survivor of a mad slasher at Mountain View Elementary School in...

BP, Exxon back in Alaska LNG project

The Dunleavy administration has announced that BP and ExxonMobil are ready to invest in the Alaska gasline project again. At the Alaska Oil and Gas...

Tlingit history, culture thrive as Hoonah expands as destination

By WIN GRUENING SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR “Yesterday brought word that the Hoonah Packing Company at Hoonah packed 115,000 cases of fish.” - Alaska Daily Empire, August 15, 1918 That...

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