Anchorage Daily News
Egg Drop
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- Egg Drop
- Runtime
- 1:41
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Thousands of candy-filled plastic eggs are dropped from a helicopter during ACF Church's third annual Egg Drop on Saturday, April 15, 2017, at Eagle River High School. Separated in two different age groups, children ranging from four-year-olds to fifth-graders ran out to collect as many of the 30,000 eggs they could get their hands on. (Rugile Kaladyte / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- The sweetest gift: Alaska beekeeper shares his honey with community
- Runtime
- 3:47
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Alaska beekeeper Terry Holtman spends his summer tending to 14 hives spread out across Anchorage. His bees can produce 40 gallons of honey. And he gives it all away. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Slush Cup 2017
- Runtime
- 2:31
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- About 50 competitors participated in the Slush Cup at Alyeska Resort on Saturday afternoon, April 8, 2017. 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 2017-18. (Rugile Kaladyte / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Alaska State Spelling Bee
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- 2:39
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Joshua Saylor, a sixth-grader at Mirror Lake Middle School, wins the 2017 Alaska State Spelling Bee on Thursday, March 30, 2017, at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. Saylor's winning word was "comarca" and will represent Alaska at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. in May. "I felt quite nervous and stressed out because I only studied for like one week," said Saylor. "I wish I would have studied more, than I would have been less stressed." There were 157 contestants in this year's spelling bee. (Rugile Kaladyte / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- After escaping a fire, an Anchorage family begins to heal
- Runtime
- 5:30
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Andrew Engelking helped his family escape an apartment building fire by jumping from a third-floor window in February 2017. The incident led to the premature birth of his daughter, Liberty. Weeks later, Engelking recalled what happened that night and impact it will have on his family going forward. (Video by Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- World Ice Art Championships
- Runtime
- 2:08
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Six days. That's all artists have to carve intricate sculptures from massive blocks of ice, each weighing more than 2 tons, during the multiblock competition of the World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks, Alaska. (Rugile Kaladyte / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Mushers reach Nome in Iditarod 2017
- Runtime
- 3:28
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Top Iditarod mushers trickled into Nome, Alaska, on March 15, 2017. Hear from Jessie Royer, Aliy Zirkle, Pete Kaiser and Jeff King as they reach the finish line of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
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- Mitch Seavey wins reaches Nome to win Iditarod 2017
- Runtime
- 2:36
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Mitch Seavey, the 57-year-old musher from Sterling, Alaska, won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, March 14, 2017, shattering the speed record by nearly eight hours. (Video by Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- DeeDee's Mukluks
- Runtime
- 1:02
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race musher DeeDee Jonrowe explains how she keeps her feet warm at 50 below. (Bob Hallinen / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Fur Rondy Blanket Toss
- Runtime
- 1:35
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Children soar through the air during the Fur Rondy blanket toss on Feb. 25, 2017, in downtown Anchorage. It takes about 40 volunteers to hold the 20-year-old bearded seal skin blanket. "The blanket toss is a celebratory event usually following a successful whale hunt," said Gregory Nothstine, the facilitator of the blanket toss. "I think I've been facilitating this on and off for 15 years. I just have fun doing it." (Rugile Kaladyte / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- A winter walk at Matanuska Glacier
- Runtime
- 2:13
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Bill Stevenson, a guide at Glacier Park, points out features at the toe of Matanuska Glacier during a walking tour on February 23, 2017. (Video by Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- 2017 Iditarod Ceremonial Start
- Runtime
- 1:54
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race gets underway with the traditional ceremonial start on Saturday, March 4, 2017, in Anchorage. (Rugile Kaladyte / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Rondy Pins
- Runtime
- 1:57
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Sylvia Butcher talks about handmade Rondy pins that she helped make between 1963 and 1966 on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2017. The musher and dog sled pins are made from clay gathered at Point Woronzof. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Fur Bikini Contest
- Runtime
- 1:56
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- With encouragements from the roaring crowd, ten contestants shake their bodies in the Fur Rondy Fur Bikini Contest on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017, at Chilkoot Charlie's. (Rugile Kaladyte / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- 2017 Rondy Carnival
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- People enjoying Golden Wheel Amusements rides at the Rondy Carnival during the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous winter festival on Monday night, Feb. 27, 2017. (Bill Roth/Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Anchorage Moose Study
- Runtime
- 2:22
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Staff from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are darting moose in an effort to collect DNA and quantify the size of Anchorage's moose population. Feb. 26 and 27 have been experimental days for how well the teams are able to respond to moose sightings and collect the DNA. The actual survey won't take place until later this year. (Rugile Kaladyte/Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Fur Rondy Open World Championship
- Runtime
- 1:15
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- 19 mushers compete in the Fur Rendezvous Open World Championship Sled Dog Race on Feb. 24, 2017, in downtown Anchorage. Mushers will race 25-mile heats, on a combination of city streets and wooded trails, on three straight days.
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- Anchorage stands with Planned Parenthood
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- In order to show support for Planned Parenthood, approximately 200-300 people march with signs from Delaney Park to Peterson Tower on Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in downtown Anchorage. "A lot of people showed up to show our senators, specifically Murkowski and Sullivan, that we stand with Planned Parenthood and they should too," said Jessica Cler, the Alaska Public Affairs Manager for Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii. (Rugile Kaladyte / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- What set off Evan Ramsey? Alaska’s only school shooter talks about what happened 20 years ago
- Runtime
- 8:31
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- On Feb. 19, 1997, 16-year-old Evan Ramsey walked into Bethel Regional High School with a loaded shotgun and killed the principal and a fellow student. Two other students were wounded during the attack, and the trauma of the tragedy still haunts some in the isolated rural Alaska community.
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- Flying Iron Freestyle Show
- Runtime
- 1:26
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Riders Cory Davis, Joe Parsons, Heath Frisby and Tim Beckner soar into the sky during the 3rd annual Flying Iron Freestyle Show on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in downtown Anchorage. (Rugile Kaladyte / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Don Young speaks at a press conference launching the U.S. House Cannabis Caucus
- Runtime
- 1:24
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Alaska Congressman Don Young speaks at a press conference launching the U.S. House Cannabis Caucus - Feb. 16, 2017
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- Iditrarod 2107 Food Drop
- Runtime
- 1:19
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Mushers in the 2017 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race dropped off their food drop bags at Air Land Transport Inc. in Anchorage, Alaska, on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. The bags are weighed, tagged and put on pallets to be shipped to the checkpoints on the race route.
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- 2 dead, 16 hurt in fire at Anchorage apartment
- Runtime
- 1:27
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Two people died in a fire early Wednesday at a Spenard apartment and motel complex that also injured more than a dozen other people. Residents who escaped uninjured said they saw people jumping from third-floor windows of the Royal Suite Lodge, 3811 Minnesota Drive, and heard screaming.
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- 53 Years Near You
- Runtime
- 2:20
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Located on Aphrodite Drive, Max and Bev Huhndorf plan on spending Valentine’s Day together at home. 53 years of marriage and Max’s voice quivers when he talks about the first time he saw his wife. He serenades her with his favorite song, “Near You” by George Jones and Tammy Wynette. (Rugile Kaladyte / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Yarn Bombing with the Anchorage Guerrilla Knitters
- Runtime
- 5:10
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- With a permit from Parks and Recreation, the Anchorage Guerrilla Knitters sew dozens of yarn sweaters onto trees along Westchester Lagoon on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, in Anchorage.
The following day, a knitter returned to take photos of the trees, only to discover that the yarn sweaters were gone. The project that was meant to be an art installation until May, became a one-day performance piece.
“It’s left us pretty devastated,” said knitter Barbara Brown. “What it was, was a thing that made us happy. Everybody working on it was happy. Sad thing to think that somebody would want to destroy that." (Rugile Kaladyte / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- The Fastest Woman with an Ulu
- Runtime
- 2:17
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Marjorie Tahbone, 28, demonstrates the traditional method of filleting a fish using an ulu during The Gathering, a family-friendly community health fair hosted by the Southcentral Foundation, on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, at the Egan Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage. "It's all about identity and who we are as Inuit people," said Tahbone. "I want to make sure that I'm a positive role model for the younger generation... Or at least help people have a better understanding of what it means to be in a subsistence lifestyle." (Rugile Kaladyte / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Immigration protest in Anchorage
- Runtime
- 1:16
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- People gathered at the Federal Building and marched through downtown Anchorage in protest to President Trump's immigration orders on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017.
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- Seward's Polar Bear Jump-Off
- Runtime
- 1:18
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- For the 31st annual Polar Bear Jump-Off, about 100 people leaped into the cold water of Resurrection Bay on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017.
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- Father tells the story of delivering his daughter in a vehicle
- Runtime
- 2:02
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Kamio Friese gave birth in a Wasilla parking lot while on the way to the hospital, with help of her husband Rick Friese who spoke with an emergency dispatcher by phone on January 26, 2017. Rick tells the story of what happened the following day. (Video by Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Alaska Legislature Live Stream
- Runtime
- 0:00
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
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- Slick Roads
- Runtime
- 0:55
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Freezing rain resulted in slick roads and caused traffic havoc in the Anchorage area on Jan. 26, 2017.
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- Versa Style Dance Company
- Runtime
- 2:12
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- The Versa-Style Dance Company from Los Angeles leads a hip-hop workshop during an East Anchorage High School dance class on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017.
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- Arguing Alaska Debate Series
- Runtime
- 1:38:24
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- “Will Alaska Thrive Under a Trump Presidency?” A public debate about the future of our state.
Jim Crawford, chair of the Trump campaign in Alaska (pro side) and John Havelock, former Attorney General for the state of Alaska (anti side) will each pair up with a student from the Seawolf Debate team for tonight's debate.
Representing the Pro side will be Jim Crawford, Chair of the Trump campaign in Alaska. Jim has chaired six presidential campaigns in Alaska, starting in 1980 with President Ronald Reagan. A former resident of Fairbanks, Tok and Valdez, Crawford is a real estate broker who lives in Anchorage.
He'll face John Havelock, a former Alaska attorney general, former White House Fellow, and columnist for the ADN. He currently lives in Anchroage.
Mr. Crawford and Mr. Havelock will be paired with a student from the Seawolf Debate team to make up a partnership for the debate.
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- Women's March on Anchorage
- Runtime
- 1:21
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- The Women’s March on Anchorage drew together a countless number of people on a snowy Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017.
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- 2017 Kuskokwim 300 visits Kalskag
- Runtime
- 1:09
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- The 2017 Kuskokwim 300, one of the richest mid-distance mushing races in the world, came through Kalskag early Saturday morning.
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- Joseph of Liberty Tax
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Joseph Artz, 29, braves temperatures in the negative teens while attracting customers to Liberty Tax Service on the corner of West Benson Blvd. and C Street Thursday, January 19, 2017. Dancing to keep warm, Artz wears three pairs of pants, four upper body layers and the costume. "At first I thought the costume was dorky and silly," said Artz. "Well, I still kind of think that, but it's fun and I enjoy it. Just go out there and go to town with it." (Rugile Kaladyte / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Kusko 300 musher Richie Diehl
- Runtime
- 1:25
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Aniak musher Richie Diehl prepares for the upcoming Kusko 300 sled dog race on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Frosty Bottom
- Runtime
- 2:19
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Fat bikers endure the 11th annual Frosty Bottom race after a big snowfall. The lead pack in the 43-mile race made it to the halfway point at Hillside Park in 2 hours, 40 minutes. A year ago, the winning time was 2:42. (Rugile Kaladyte / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Alaskan ski jumpers compete in the 2017 New Year's Classic
- Runtime
- 1:16
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- The Karl Eid Ski Jumps, in Anchorage, Alaska, hosted its New Year’s Classic competition on Saturday, January 7, 2017. About 30 jumpers competed. Divisions included 10, 20, 40 and 65-meter events. (Video by Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- FBI & APD news conference on Esteban Santiago
- Runtime
- 10:10
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- News conference held Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 by the FBI and the Anchorage Police Department on Florida airport shooting suspect Esteban Santiago.
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- Haru Sushi Fire 12 27 16 Anchorage, Alaska
- Runtime
- 5:15
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- From ADN reader Noa Otto (video rotated). "Haru sushi caught fire. About 4:30 am. Crazy."
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- 700 Santas ski for free at Alyeska
- Runtime
- 1:15
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- For decades, Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska has offered a day of free skiing to anyone who comes wearing a full santa outfit. This year over 700 people showed up.
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- Barrow or Utqiaġvik: Residents discuss changing the city's name
- Runtime
- 3:42
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Voters approved changing the name of the city of Barrow to Utqiaġvik in October, a change which went into effect on December 1, 2016. In Alaska’s northernmost city, however, residents remain divided about whether they name should’ve changed at all, whether the process was hurried, and whether the Utqiagvik is even the proper Inupiaq place name. Several residents share their perspective on the topic. (Video by Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Christmas in Prison
- Runtime
- 3:32
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- The Goose Creek Singers, an inmate-led choir at Goose Creek Correctional Center, perform Christmas carols for their fellow prisoners.
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- Loussac Library Book Sale Time Lapse
- Runtime
- 1:46
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- A time-lapse look at the Z. J. Loussac Library Fall Book Sale in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, November 4, 2016.
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- Early voters file in at Alaska's Division of Elections
- Runtime
- 0:21
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Dozens of people wrapped around the state Divisions of Elections building in Midtown at lunchtime Monday, November 7, 2016, to vote early.
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- Funeral for Fairbanks Police Sgt. Allen Brandt
- Runtime
- 0:31
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Funeral service for Fairbanks Police Sgt. Allen Brandt at the Carlson Center on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016. (Dermot Cole / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Bryson Andres - In The Name Of Love (violin cover)
- Runtime
- 5:33
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Electric violinist Bryson Andres has received international acclaim for his innovative violin virtuosity. His solo work incorporates the use of a loop and samples to create the sound of a full orchestra.
Song: In The Name Of Love
Artist: Martin Garrix & Bebe Rexha
Performed by: Bryson Andres
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- Alaska Gov. Bill Walker cancer announcement
- Runtime
- 11:09
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Alaska Gov. Bill Walker announced Friday that he has prostate cancer but expects to fully recover after surgery Outside in December.
"It's an adjustment. There's no question about that," Walker, 65, said at a news conference Friday, surrounded by his wife, Donna, and his children. But, he added: "I think this day and age of where we are in cancer treatments gives me a lot of encouragement."
Read more: https://www.adn.com/politics/2016/11/04/walker-announces-he-has-treatable-prostate-cancer-says-he-will-stay-on-the-job/
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- Meet Bacon, a therapy pig for Anchorage seniors
- Runtime
- 2:42
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Kori Mateaki gets help from the animal world to care for adults with Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia at the recently-opened Turnagain Social Club. Bacon, a three-month-old pot-bellied pig, does her part to provide social interaction, exercise assistance and entertainment. For the clients, Mateaki says pet therapy can be beneficial for people experiencing depression, anxiety and pain. “And she’s a vacuum cleaner, too,” she said. “Anytime anybody spills, she’s right behind them to clean it up.” (Video by Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)
