Anchorage Daily News
6 people live in this 1-room shelter. Step inside the rural Alaska housing crisis
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- 6 people live in this 1-room shelter. Step inside the rural Alaska housing crisis
- Runtime
- 1:43
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The percentage of homes that are overcrowded in Northwest Alaska is 12 times the national average. In this interactive video, take a snowmachine ride with Alfred Coffin Sr. and step inside the one-room shelter where his family of six has lived for years. ... Find the full story here: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/rural-alaska/2018/12/10/6-people-lived-for-years-inside-this-1-room-tent-why-villagers-say-overcrowding-is-a-crisis/
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- Roaches in Alaska? See why tenants are suing this Anchorage hotel
- Runtime
- 3:01
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Nine current and former tenants of the Mush Inn Motel in Anchorage have filed a lawsuit against the owners, claiming they weren't told of a bedbug and roach infestation when they moved in. The hotel denies the claims. Read the full story here: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2018/11/15/defendants-are-slumlords-tenants-sue-anchorage-hotel-over-rodents-roaches-bed-bugs/
(Kyle Hopkins / ADN)
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- Iditarod 2018 Restart in Willow
- Runtime
- 1:18
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Mushers drive their dog teams past crowds gathered at the Iditarod Restart on Willow Lake and make their way to the Susitna River on Sunday, March 4, 2018.
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- Live Alaska gubernatorial debate
- Runtime
- 55:34
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Alaska gubernatorial candidates from left, Mike Dunleavy, Mark Begich, Billy Toien and Gov. Bill Walker debate during the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce "Make it Monday" forum at the Dena'ina Center in Anchorage on Monday, Sept. 10, 2018.
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- This is what Alaska’s largest motorcycle gathering looks like
- Runtime
- 1:13
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Over 1,200 motorcycles descended on downtown Anchorage on Saturday for the annual Gathering at the Bike Blessing, a season-kickoff organized by the biker advocacy group A.B.A.T.E. "We've been doing this for 15 years, and this year is our largest turnout yet," said organizer Dave Monroe, who also estimated the crowd size at over 2,500.
Read more: https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2018/05/05/this-is-what-alaskas-largest-motorcycle-gathering-looks-like/
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- Mirror Lake 7th-grader wins Doodle 4 Google’s Alaska contest
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- It may seem like a mere doodle to some people, but for Mirror Lake seventh-grader Jazzie Trotter, it's a winner. "Ever since I was a little kid, I loved drawing and I loved art," said Trotter, standing on the stage in her middle school multipurpose room.
Read more: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2018/05/03/mirror-lake-7th-grader-wins-doodle-4-googles-alaska-contest/
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- ‘Between a rock and a hard place’: Volunteers clear out longtime Anchorage homeless camp
- Runtime
- 1:26
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- A group of volunteers spent a gray Saturday morning on the eastern fringe of downtown Anchorage clearing out a longtime homeless camp. Now, the people who lived there need to find somewhere else to go.
Read more: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2018/04/28/between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place-volunteers-clear-out-longtime-anchorage-homeless-camp/
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- Discover Alaska’s songbirds with Mr. Whitekeys
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- To most Alaskans, Mr. Whitekeys is probably best known as the former owner of one of Spenard's most iconic bars, the Fly By Night Club, and host of the Whale Fat Follies musical revue. But lately he's been spending a lot of time in the woods, with binoculars hanging at the ready, listening for the sounds of birds.
Read more: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/wildlife/2018/05/10/discover-alaskas-songbirds-with-mr-whitekeys/
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- Nicolas Petit talks about the 2018 Iditarod
- Runtime
- 14:24
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Nicolas Petit talks about the 2018 Iditarod
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- Fly down the Iditarod trail
- Runtime
- 2:28
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Watch: From Anchorage to Nome, see the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race from a drone. More Iditarod videos at: www.adn.com/iditarod
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- Joar Leifseth Ulsom on why he loves dog mushing
- Runtime
- 4:19
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Joar Leifseth Ulsom holds a commanding lead going into the final 77 miles of the Iditarod. In White Mountain he talks about why he loves dog mushing.
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- Iditarod race judge Karen Ramstead talks about the race from Unalakleet.
- Runtime
- 2:36
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Iditarod race judge Karen Ramstead talks about the race from the Unalakleet checkpoint on Monday, March 12, 2018.
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- 4-time Iditarod champ Jeff King talks about the perils of the coast
- Runtime
- 7:16
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- 4-time Iditarod champ Jeff King talks about the perils of the coast
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- Kotzebue musher Katherine Keith talks about the race so far
- Runtime
- 5:36
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Kotzebue musher Katherine Keith talks about the race so far.
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- Unalakleet comes alive for Iditarod
- Runtime
- 0:47
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Unalakleet comes alive for Iditarod
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- Iditarod race marshal Mark Nordman talks about conditions on the trail.
- Runtime
- 4:44
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Iditarod race marshal Mark Nordman talks about trail conditions, the race and even gives a prediction for when the first musher will get to Nome.
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- Joar Leifseth Ulsom talks about his race at the Unalakleet checkpoint on Sunday, March 11, 2018.
- Runtime
- 2:55
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Joar Leifseth Ulsom talks about his race at the Unalakleet checkpoint on Sunday, March 11, 2018.
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- DeeDee Jonrowe talks about her 36 years of racing in the Iditarod.
- Runtime
- 13:10
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- DeeDee Jonrowe talks about her 36 years of racing in the Iditarod.
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- Follow musher Jeff King into the Grayling checkpoint
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Follow musher Jeff King into the Grayling checkpoint
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- After five years the Iditarod returns to Shageluk
- Runtime
- 0:31
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- After five years the Iditarod returns to Shageluk
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- Kristy Berington met her husband in Ophir. Now he's mushing alongside her.
- Runtime
- 4:58
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Married Iditarod mushers Kristy Berington and Andy Pohl talk about the first time they met here, in Ophir, four years ago.
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- Fly through the ghost town of Iditarod, Alaska
- Runtime
- 0:42
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Fly through the ghost town of Iditarod, Alaska
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- Three-time Iditarod champion Mitch Seavey in Takotna
- Runtime
- 0:36
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Three-time Iditarod champion Mitch Seavey chats in Takotna while on his 24-hour layover.
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- Aerial scenes from around the Nikolai checkpoint on Wednesday morning during the 2018 Iditarod.
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Aerial scenes from around the Nikolai checkpoint on Wednesday morning. The first Iditarod musher you see is Anja Radano and the second is Marcelle Fressineau as they mush along the South Fork Kuskokwin River.
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- Iditarod 2018 begins with a celebration in Anchorage
- Runtime
- 3:36
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The 2018 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race began with a ceremonial ride across Anchorage on Saturday. Check out the scene and hear from mushers who describe the way the race used to begin and why they love it now. Also hear from a PETA representative who protested the sport in downtown Anchorage. (Video by Marc Lester and Loren Holmes / Anchorage Daily News)
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- Timelapse of the ‘super blue blood moon’ eclipse over Hatcher Pass, Alaska
- Runtime
- 0:31
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Southcentral Alaska and the rest of western North America, as well as the Pacific and eastern Asia, were treated to a rare sight early Wednesday morning: The overlap of a blue moon – the second full moon in a calendar month – with a lunar eclipse while the moon was at its closest approach to Earth.
Read more: https://www.adn.com/slideshow/alaska-news/2018/01/30/photos-moon-puts-on-a-dazzling-show-in-clear-southcentral-alaska-skies/
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2018/01/29/alaska-in-path-of-first-super-blue-blood-full-moon-eclipse-in-decades/
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- UAA's new gymnastics coach has big shoes to fill after Stoklos retirement
- Runtime
- 2:23
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Tanya Ho, UAA's new head gymnastics coach, has big shoes to fill as she takes over for Paul Stoklos, who created the program in 1984 and retired last year.
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- Special Olympics Alaska Polar Plunge
- Runtime
- 1:08
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Freezin’ for a reason, Alaskans make a splash to raise money for Special Olympics. Over 1,000 people jumped into Goose Lake to raise money for Special Olympics Alaska.
Read more: https://www.adn.com/sports/2017/12/16/at-goose-lake-more-than-1000-take-a-dive-for-a-good-cause/
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- A visit from Santa brings hope to a Western Alaska village
- Runtime
- 4:09
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Life is hard is St. Michael, where jobs are few and addiction has taken a toll on the village. But a visit from Santa Claus still manages to bring the community together. Full story: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/rural-alaska/2017/12/08/a-visit-from-santa-brings-hope-to-a-struggling-village/
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- APD Officer Academy recruits tested on EVOC course
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Anchorage Police Department Officer Academy recruits pursue a "bad guy" while being tested on an Emergency Vehicle Operators Course (EVOC) at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. APD officer recruits are nearing the end of 24 weeks of basic law enforcement training and will graduate on Nov. 30, before starting their field training. The next APD Officer Academy is scheduled to begin on Dec. 18.
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- Family asks for help locating missing Palmer man Keith Aumavae
- Runtime
- 2:49
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Junior Aumavae speaks to the media outside the Alaska Department of Public Safety Headquarters in Anchorage on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017. Junior said his brother Keith Aumavae of Palmer had been missing for 19 days and is asking for the public's help in locating him.
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- Pastor Alonzo B.Pastor Alonzo B. Patterson steps down from pulpit
- Runtime
- 2:52
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- On his 80th birthday, Reverend Dr. Alonzo B. Patterson, Pastor , delivered his last sermon on Sunday, on Nov. 5, 2017, before stepping down from the pulpit after 47 years.
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- ‘Like Christmas come early’: Students at Creekside Park Elementary get free winter coats
- Runtime
- 1:37
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Each of the 441 students enrolled at East Anchorage's Creekside Park Elementary is getting a brand-new winter coat this year.
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- Alaska marching band heads to Macy's Thanksgiving Parade
- Runtime
- 2:31
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Thee Northern Sound, which was for a long time Alaska's only marching band, is preparing to head to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
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- Watch: Marines deliver toys for the holidays
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The Marines and Alaska Airlines team up to bring holiday toys to children in villages across rural Alaska.
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- Dallas Seavey speaks out after doping scandal
- Runtime
- 1:08:12
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Iditarod race officials announced Monday that four-time Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey was the musher whose dogs tested positive for a prohibited opioid painkiller in the 2017 race.
The announcement follows two weeks of speculation after the race's governing board, the Iditarod Trail Committee Board of Directors, released a statement that "several" dogs on one 2017 Iditarod team tested positive for a "prohibited substance."
On Tuesday, Seavey spoke with Alaska Dispatch News reporter Tegan Hanlon, explaining his side of the story.
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- Alaska Air Cargo
- Runtime
- 0:37
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Alaska Airlines unveiled a next-generation Boeing 737-700 freighter jet at its Anchorage cargo facility on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. It's the first of three 737-700 freighters to be converted from passenger aircraft specifically for Alaska Air Cargo. The jets are expected to increase cargo capacity to Alaska communities by 15 percent.The new aircraft will replace five Boeing 737 passenger-cargo "combi" aircraft and one 737-400 freighter, all scheduled to end service at the end of the year.
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- 4-year-old boy dies after being struck by vehicle
- Runtime
- 0:48
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- APD spokesman MJ Thim talks about a tragic vehicle / pedestrian accident that claimed of a 4-year-old boy after he was struck by an SUV in the parking lot of a South Anchorage apartment complex on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017.
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- Snow Team Parade
- Runtime
- 1:09
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The 773rd Civil Engineer Squadron held their annual Snow Team Parade on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. The parade was also an opportunity to showcase the 673rd Logistics Readiness Squadron's summer-long effort to prepare all of JBER's 83 heavy-duty snow removal vehicles for the winter and signify the transition to a 24 hour shift schedule for the team to ensure the installation's runways, roads and parking lots are clear and safe.
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- Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Taiko Drummers Shozuidaiko
- Runtime
- 6:13
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
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- Japan Training Squadron
- Runtime
- 0:47
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Naval ships from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Training Squadron arrive at the Port of Anchorage on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017.
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- Drone Racing
- Runtime
- 1:14
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Alaska Drone Racing League held their final races of the season at Jim Creek RC Park located next to the Knik River Public Use Area entrance on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2017.
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- Butte Fatal Fire
- Runtime
- 1:18
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- DPS public information officer Megan Peters gives an interview at the scene of a fatal mobile home fire in the Butte that claimed the lives of five girls aged 3 to 12 on Thursday morning, Sept. 7, 2017.
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- Alaska airmen gear up for deployment to the Middle East
- Runtime
- 2:01
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- In a cavernous building on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson early Tuesday, more than a dozen airmen from the Air Guard's 176th Wing were dressed in camouflage uniforms and waiting to board the plane that would fly them thousands of miles away.
They won't return to Alaska for about four months.
Their mission: Support the fight against the Islamic State, said Lt. Col. Matt Harper, commander of the wing's 210th Rescue Squadron, an elite search-and-rescue unit.
Full story: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/military/2017/09/26/alaska-airmen-deploy-to-the-middle-east-carrying-pieces-of-home/
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- The fall harvest at Spring Creek Farm
- Runtime
- 2:28
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The fall harvest at Alaska Pacific University's Spring Creek Farm in Palmer is a busy but exciting time for farm workers.
Full story: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2017/09/24/alaskas-farming-future-is-warmer-and-probably-weirder-too/
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- Iditarod veteran DeeDee Jonrowe at Willow Restart
- Runtime
- 0:08
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Iditarod veteran DeeDee Jonrowe drives her dog team across Willow Lake during the restart on Sunday, March 6, 2016.
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- Alaska National Guard pararescuers return from hurricane aid mission
- Runtime
- 1:40
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- "They couldn't believe we were all the way from Alaska," said Maj. Jay Casello. "They were incredibly excited to have us down there." The Alaska National Guard 176th wing pararescuers returned from areas affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, where they provided humanitarian relief, on Friday. "Hurricane season is not over," said Lt. Col. Matthew Komatsu. "We'll be ready if we get another call."
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- Meet the brains behind 3 science exhibitions opening at Anchorage Museum
- Runtime
- 3:43
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Meet the artists and designers behind the research-based exhibitions opening Friday at the Anchorage Museum.
"Cruisin' the Fossil Coastline" from celebrated Ketchikan artist Ray Troll and paleontologist Kirk Johnson, "Murmur" from Seattle artist John Grade, and Lead Pencil Studio's "Ephemeral State" are three of the exhibitions that will be on display.
"It's been an epic month," said Anchorage Museum Director and CEO Julie Decker. "We're on the final details now … We're tired. We're excited. We're really eager to turn this over to the public and have it belong to the city."
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- Woman accused of ‘terroristic threat’ toward Anchorage Museum, police officers
- Runtime
- 2:46
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- A 32-year-old woman was pepper-sprayed, shocked with a Taser and arrested on terroristic threatening charges Tuesday morning near the Anchorage Museum after telling authorities she planned to detonate an explosive in her backpack. The incident occurred about 7:50 a.m., when museum security called Anchorage police for backup. A woman was refusing to leave a loading dock area on Sixth Avenue near A Street, police spokesman MJ Thim said. She had threatened the security officers with a knife, he said. When police arrived, the woman was hiding behind a stairwell, Thim said.
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- Mixed-use development with subsidized apartments opens in Anchorage
- Runtime
- 2:01
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Cook Inlet Housing Authority on Tuesday celebrated the grand opening of a 33-unit apartment building in Spenard. The mixed-use building, with apartments above three retail spaces, was to welcome its first resident Wednesday morning. The site, at 36th Avenue and Spenard Road, used to include a strip club. The housing authority bought the property at a U.S. Marshals auction and spent three years prepping the site before beginning construction.
