Anchorage Daily News
Flips and fails of Slush Cup 2015
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- Flips and fails of Slush Cup 2015
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- 1:54
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- 11 years ago
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- About 40 costumed contestants participated in the Slush Cup at Alyeska Resort on Saturday afternoon, April 11, 2015. Skiers and snowboarders took an alpine run, hit a ramp and tried to skim across a pond at the base of the hill for the chance to win a season pass for 2015-16. It’s one of the most popular events of Alyeska’s Spring Carnival and draws a large crowd of spectators hoping to see some impressive tricks and spectacular wipeouts. Colin Gordon took first place in the event, followed by Desi Sherwood and Joey Aist. Jack Stahls won the prize for Best Crash. This was the 38th annual Slush Cup. Spring Carnival continues Sunday with events including a downhill mountain bike race and an Xtratuf tug-o-war.
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- Pupil + Paper scholarship competition where young designers rethink using paper
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- 1:58
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Whales in the Naknek River
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- 0:31
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Dalton Highway troubles in Alaska
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- 0:25
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Crabbing on the frozen Bering Sea in Nome, AK
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- 0:40
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- 11 years ago
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- The 11th annual Merry Marmot festival kayak races and dummy launch
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- 2:02
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- With Southcentral Alaska’s snow-sparse winter coming to a close, volunteers and skiers at Arctic Valley made the most of what little snow they had to celebrate the 11th annual Merry Marmot Festival.
Read the full article on Alaska Dispatch News: http://j.mp/1DihwG6
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- Paddleboarder rides bore tide on Alaska's Turnagain Arm
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- 3:35
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- On a rainy March morning, a lone paddleboarder rode a bore tide along Turnagain Arm in Southcentral Alaska. Leif Ramos had the wave to himself as he rode 45 minutes from just past Bird Point to Girdwood.
Read the full article on Alaska Dispatch News: http://j.mp/19uCgMZ
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- Alaska wild blueberry picking along the Denali Highway
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- From Arctic Valley to Nome, from the Kenai Peninsula to the mossy tundra of the Denali Highway, wild blueberries are in full fruit.
Read the full article on ADN.com: http://j.mp/adnberrypicking
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- Spring bore tide along Turnagain Arm in Alaska
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- The bore tide is a natural phenomenon that occurs in narrow channels when the leading edge of an incoming tide clashes with the flow of an outgoing tide, colliding and causing a wave. Bore tides only exist in relatively few places in the world and along Turnagain Arm, just south of Anchorage is one of the best places to see this spectacle.
National Park Service has recommendations for the best places and times typically to see the bore tide after low tide in Anchorage. Music by Peter Biedermann.
Beluga Point: 1 hour 15 minutes
Indian Point: 1 hour 30 minutes
Bird Point: 2 hours 15 minutes
Girdwood: 3 hours
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- Alaska Army National Guard Change of Command Ceremony
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- 2:47
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Iditarod musher Aliy Zirkle describes breaking a woman's bone while arm wrestling
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- 4:34
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Just hours after finishing the 2015 Iditarod, Aliy Zirkle entered an arm wrestling competition at Breakers Bar in Nome, Alaska. She and Grace Liu describe how Zirkle broke Liu's arm. (Video by Marc Lester and Matt Tunseth / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- A beautiful mind lost to heroin addiction
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- 2:45
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- "It was a waste of a beautiful life, and a beautiful mind," said Jacquelyn Smallwood of her daughter Summer Myers' death, caused by a heroin overdose. (WARNING: This video contains some graphic images.)
Read the full article on Alaska Dispatch News: http://j.mp/1GSncnu
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- Dallas Seavey wins the 2015 Iditarod Sled Dog Race
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- 2:51
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Dallas Seavey in Koyuk
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- 5:01
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- 11 years ago
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- Dallas Seavey, defending Iditarod champ, looked well-positioned to potentially grab back-to-back titles when he pulled into the coastal community of Koyuk Monday, mere minutes ahead of challenger Aaron Burmeister. Seavey passed Burmeister just outside the checkpoint, after letting the Nome musher break trail most of the way from Shaktoolik. Seavey left about four hours after first arriving, and spoke with Alaska Dispatch News before his departure.
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- Aaron Burmeister in Koyuk
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- 3:27
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Musher Aaron Burmeister talks about his 15-hour run breaking trail through a snowstorm on the Norton Sound coast after he arrived in the Iditarod checkpoint in Koyuk on Monday, just minutes behind defending champion Dallas Seavey.Burmeister was still resting at the checkpoint by the time Seavey pulled out shortly before 5 p.m., and will have some catching up to do if he still hopes to take the title from Seavey.He spoke with Alaska Dispatch News shortly after arriving.
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- Dallas talk about competing with his dad Mitch Seavey
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- 4:50
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- 11 years ago
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- A beautiful mind lost to heroin addiction
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- 2:45
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- "It was a waste of a beautiful life, and a beautiful mind," said Jacquelyn Smallwood of her daughter Summer Myers' death, caused by a heroin overdose. (WARNING: This video contains some graphic images.)
Read the full article on Alaska Dispatch News: http://j.mp/1GSncnu
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- Unalakleet Native elder Lorena Paniptchuk
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- 2:02
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Lorena Paniptchuk has slowed down a bit in recent years, but she still manages to practice her sewing and beading, to both make a living and carry on traditions.
Read the full article on Alaska Dispatch News: http://j.mp/1TGyIZr
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- Iditarod 2015: Aaron Burmeister arrives in Huslia
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Iditarod musher Aaron Burmeister was the first musher to arrive at the Huslia checkpoint on Thursday, March 12, 2015. People lined the street to cheer the musher as he arrived. This is the first time Iditarod has passed through the village.
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- Yuka Honda talks about Jeff King running over her sled on the Iditarod Trail
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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Despite difficulties, love of mushing keeps Lance Mackey going
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- 3:19
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Four-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey has had a rough couple of years, between lingering health issues and rebuilding his champion Comeback Kennel. But the musher is as dedicated as ever to the sport -- and still hoping to find himself in the winner's circle.
Read the full article on Alaska Dispatch News: http://j.mp/1E4Jt1f
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- 2015 Iditarod Sled Dog Race ceremonial start
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- 2:00
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Rain, wind and shine, mushers and fans made the most of a wet, weird – and ultimately wonderful Iditarod ceremonial start on Saturday across Anchorage for the city’s annual sled dog extravaganza.
Read the full article on Alaska Dispatch News: http://j.mp/1KXBiKs
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- Jeff King and Dallas Seavey recall the dramatic finish of Iditarod 2014
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- 17:37
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- 11 years ago
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- With just 77 miles to go in the 2014 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Jeff King appeared hard to beat. The four-time champion, and one of the winningest mushers in the sport, left White Mountain an hour ahead of his nearest competitor. But on the race's last day, the leaders headed straight into a dramatic coastal windstorm that left racers frightened and their whereabouts unclear to one another. A year later, King and fellow musher Dallas Seavey describe the events and explain their decisions in one of the most unpredictable finishes in race history.
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- The 2015 World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks, Alaska
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- 1:47
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- The World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks, which began in 1989, is the largest ice sculpting competition of its kind.
Read the full article on Alaska Dispatch News: http://j.mp/1KXBiKs
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- March begins with northern lights over Alaska
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- 0:29
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Avid aurora chaser and photographer Ronn Murray proclaimed March 1 "one of the best nights of aurora this winter," and for good reason. This time-lapse of the northern lights was captured from a hill 45 minutes away from Fairbanks.
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- Memorabilia connects Fur Rondy collector to festival's heyday
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- 2:20
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Phil Robertson has hundreds of pins and other pieces of Fur Rondy memorabilia in his collection, and is still avidly collecting. He says he longs for Rondy's heyday, when Anchorage shut down and families gathered for the dog races and fur auctions.
Read the full article on Alaska Dispatch News: http://j.mp/1lVf6pn
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- Photographs of African Americans in Alaska
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- 1:42
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Chappie James American Legion Post 34 chaplain Cal Williams gave a presentation on the George Harper black history photograph collection on Thursday, February 26, 2015. The late George Harper gathered photographs relating to the history of African Americans in Alaska including many photos of the black US Army troops who worked on the Alaska Highway. The photographs now reside at the University of Alaska Anchorage Consortium Library.
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- Mark Selland, cardiologist and Iditarod rookie
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- 3:04
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Anchorage cardiologist Mark Selland is taking time off from his work as a doctor to train and compete in the 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
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- Parker Corts, Anchorage National Air Traffic Controller saves the day
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- 4:07
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Mariano Gonzales' sculpture, "Don't Touch My Cheese"
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- 0:18
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Mariano Gonzales demonstrates his multi-media sculpture, "Don't Touch My Cheese." The piece, with the firing pin removed, is part of his solo show, "A Man in the Shadows" at the Anchorage Museum.
Video courtesy of the artist.
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- Alaska Green Cross celebrates marijuana legalization day
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- At a party in this liberal, free-spirited enclave, pot enthusiasts celebrated both the groundbreaking legal change and the broader societal shift toward the acceptance of marijuana use.
Read the full article on Alaska Dispatch News: http://j.mp/1vDefO8
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- Anchorage Police Department K-9 Unit training
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- 1:42
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Bosco's Comics slays a dragon, opens new store
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- 2:47
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Bosco’s, Anchorage’s locally-owned comic and game store, celebrated the opening of their new larger location on Saturday with swords, dragons and costumes.
“Over the past 30 years the geek culture has changed,” said John Weddleton, a co-owner of Bosco’s. “Like we’ve transformed this old beat-up car wash [into the new Bosco’s], our culture has transformed. Instead of being the odd man out, we are ascendant.”
Local cartoonist Lee Post attended the opening and was looking forward to seeing the community space grow. “I’m really excited to have a neat community space where people can come and hang out, a safe place where kids can come and have fun.”
The new Bosco’s is located at 2301 Spenard Road in Anchorage, a few blocks north from their previous location.
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- General the huskaroo puppy
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- 3:07
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- General, a husky puppy in Fairbanks, was born with deformed front legs, but that hasn't slowed him down one bit.
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- 27th Annual Ice Fishing Jamboree
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- 2:22
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- For the past 27 years, Anchorage kids and their families have been coming to Jewel Lake for the annual Ice Fishing Jamboree. Organized by the non-profit Swim Like A Fish Foundation, the free event offers kids a chance to learn about ice fishing and gives families an opportunity to get outside and enjoy the winter together.
Read more and see a slideshow at: http://www.adn.com/slideshow/photos-27th-annual-ice-fishing-jamboree
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- Rescued Alaska harbor seal pup
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- 1:29
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Bryce the blind harbor seal has started learning basic husbandry behaviors through the rehabilitation program at the Alaska SeaLife Center. The training will help make his life at the center stress free, and will make it easier for his human caretakers to take care of him. February 2, 2015
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- Video: Police chief Mew discusses response to recent shooting deaths
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- 3:59
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Anchorage Police Chief Mark Mew discusses recent shootings in Anchorage during a press conference at police headquarters on Thursday, January 29, 2014. He compared this month's statistics to the month of January in recent years, and discussed how he intends to respond to activity in 2015.
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- Trapper Tim
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- 3:25
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Tim Buechle says he likes old things -- old planes, old cars and an old way of life. The 54-year-old has been trapping since he was a kid in Pinconning, Michigan, and he lives a life that harkens back to Alaska's gold rush days.
Read the full article on Alaska Dispatch News: http://j.mp/1D6Ue1a
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- Anchorage teenager gives breast milk to the baby she gave up for adoption
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- 3:11
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- For the last two months, Kaleena Pysher 19, has fought through pain in her body and heart to pump breast milk for the baby she relinquished to an adoptive family.
Read the full article on Alaska Dispatch News: http://j.mp/1CfeFr5
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- Nordic skating the trails in Girdwood
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Alyeska Resort mountain services manager Brian Burnett decided to head out on the Girdwood trails a rainy day last week. With the lack of snow and icy conditions Burnett figured he would give Nordic skating the trails a try. Burnett’s wife Ellie shot this video of him glided around the icy trails in his finest rain gear.
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- Massive blaze engulfs Wasilla commercial building Jan. 20, 2015
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- 0:28
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Governor Bill Walker talks about the budget
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- 4:09
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Backstage at Cirque du Soleil's Dralion
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- 1:55
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- For the first time ever, Cirque du Soleil has landed in Anchorage. Its east-meets-west-themed show “Dralion” is in town this week, with a cast of over 50 artists -- acrobats, musicians, clowns, dancers, singers, aerialists and more.
Read the full article on Alaska Dispatch News: http://j.mp/1BtVwFf
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- Charlo Greene defends herself in court
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- 1:32
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- District Court Judge Pamela Washington ruled Friday that Alaska Cannabis Club owner Charlo Greene failed to provide insurance for her business, ruling instead for Greene's landlord.
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- Images of Alaska's mining past
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- 3:21
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- J. Jason Lazarus explores Alaska's wilderness looking for abandoned mining sites to capture their imagery and stories in ghostly photos.
Read the full article on Alaska Dispatch News: http://j.mp/1xD8IEL
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- Wine grape grower hopes to make first Alaska-grown wine
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- 2:38
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Bell's Nursery owner Mike Mosesian is a fourth generation grape grower. After years of growing flowers, tomatoes, and table grapes in Anchorage, Mosesian decided to grow wine grapes. He hopes to produce the first Alaskan wine made from locally grown grapes.
Read the full article on Alaska Dispatch News: http://j.mp/1D3qFhC
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- Chef becomes a shining example for disenfranchised in Anchorage
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- 3:11
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- After 11 years in federal prison, Aaron Dollison found a new lease on life -- and a new sense of belonging -- through his work as a chef at Anchorage’s Bean’s Café.
Read the full article on Alaska Dispatch News: http://j.mp/1xd1Wqr
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- Special Olympics Polar Plunge in Anchorage, Alaska
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- More than 1,000 people jumped into the frigid waters of Goose Lake in Anchorage for a good cause on Saturday, part of this year's Polar Plunge event that organizers expected would raise more than $400,000 for Special Olympics Alaska.
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- Watch a Christmas tree go up in smoke
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- 2:01
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Anchorage firefighters on Wednesday demonstrated the dangers of a Christmas tree fire. Within a minute of being ignited, a tree decorated with ornaments and yellow caution tape was completely engulfed in flames. The demonstration took place at the Anchorage Fire Department Training Facility near Merrill Field. According to firefighters, Christmas tree fires aren’t the most commonly occuring home fire, but they are very dangerous.
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- The Nutcracker, a beloved holiday tradition
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- 3:38
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Anchorage's big performance of "The Nutcracker" may have already come and gone for the year, but there's no better time than the leadup to Christmas to relive the magic of the ballet that's become an annual ritual for families around the globe.
Read the full article on Alaska Dispatch News: http://j.mp/1zP62og
