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Yearly Archives: 2019

Victim was 18; shooter still at large

Anchorage police say the dead man in a shooting on Sunday was 18, not a juvenile, as earlier reported. It also appears that the...

Senate Rules: Explaining the $1,600 dividend proposal

THE OPENING BID FOR THE PFD IS $1,600, BUT LIKELY TO BE AMENDED Senate Bill 1002, Permanent Fund dividend payout legislation, was the subject of...

MRAK Almanac: The Turnagain bore ‘spring tide’ edition

By KOBE RIZK The MRAK Almanac is your place for political, cultural, and civic events, events where you’ll meet political leaders or, if you are...

Another urban trail shooting, this time deadly

17TH HOMICIDE OF THE YEAR IN ANCHORAGE Around 6:25 p.m., Anchorage Police dispatch received a report of shots fired in the Chester Creek Trail area...

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...

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