Alaska Dispatch News
Alaska's first legal marijuana shop opens to the public in Valdez
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- Alaska's first legal marijuana shop opens to the public in Valdez
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- 10 years ago
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- Customers lined up outside Herbal Outfitters for the chance to purchase marijuana in Valdez, Alaska, on October 29, 2016. The store was the first in Alaska to open to the public. (Video by Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Cuttlefish tank - Anchorage Museum
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- 10 years ago
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- The cuttlefish is known as the "chameleon of the sea" because it can blend into its environment by rapidly altering both the color and pattern of its skin using pigmented organs called chromatophores to mix its skin color like paint. (Video by Anchorage Museum)
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- CubsCurse2016 web
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- 10 years ago
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- Jason Motyka successfully hunts a mountain goat on Kodiak Island in mid-October. After winning a lottery permit, Motyka, who knows little about baseball, was told the story of the Curse of the Billy Goat by friend and fellow 49th State Brewing Co. co-owner David McCarthy, and enlisted to help end the curse.
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- Kodiak goat hunt is linked to Cubs curse
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- 10 years ago
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- Jason Motyka successfully hunts a mountain goat on Kodiak Island in mid-October. After winning a lottery permit, Motyka, who knows little about baseball, was told the story of the Curse of the Billy Goat by friend and fellow 49th State Brewing Co. co-owner David McCarthy, and enlisted to help end the curse.
(Video by Don Poynter)
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- Arguing Alaska Debate Series
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- 10 years ago
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- "Political Correctness has compromised free thought in
American Universities"
Arguing for - Paul Jenkins and Sen. Mike Dunleavy
Arguing against - Dr. Diane Hirshberg and Dr. Daniel Klein
Brought to you from the Bear Tooth Theatrepub in Anchorage by UAA Seawolf Debate and Alaska Dispatch News
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- Presbyterian Church Apology to Alaska Natives
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- 10 years ago
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- On Saturday, for the first time in its 50-year history, delegates at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention heard a church apologize.
Rev. Dr. Curtis Karns, Executive Presbyter of the Presbytery of Yukon, the Presbyterian Church in Alaska, apologized for past abuses made by the church in interior Alaska Native communities.
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- AFN Quyana Night: Highlights
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- 10 years ago
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- Every year at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention, dancers and drummers from across Alaska gather for two nights of song and dance, blending traditional songs with modern touches. Here are some highlights from the first night, held at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks on Oct. 20, 2016.
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- Opera flash mob at Clark Middle School
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- 10 years ago
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- Opera singers posing as cafeteria workers break out in the Rigoletto Quartet at Clark Middle School in Anchorage.
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- Preserving Gwich'in culture through fiddling
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- 10 years ago
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- In a back room at Fairbanks’ Carlson Center, Evon Peter, a UAF vice chancellor and Gwich’in from Vashraii K'oo, or Arctic Village, was teaching old and young alike traditional fiddle dances.
“The fiddle was introduced to our people a few hundred years ago, by French fur trappers,” Peter said. “Our people took it up and made it our own, and now we have a whole genre of fiddle music.”
“We came down here to do our native dances,” said Fort Yukon elder Geno Fields. “And we’re hoping that we can help the young people learn our dances. I’m glad the young kids got into it, because that’s what it’s all about.”
Peter and Fields both learned the traditional dances just by being a young kid in Gwich’in country. “In our village, especially during the holidays, we would dance seven or eight days in a row,” said Peter. “We’d be dancing from 7:00 or 8:00PM until sometimes five or six in the morning.”
“As kid...
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- Alaska Native youth pass on their culture through dance
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- 10 years ago
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- The sights and sounds of traditional Alaska Native song and dance filled the Carlson Center in Fairbanks on Monday night, as groups of youth from across the state took to the stage during the annual Chin’an night performances.
Perhaps not as well known as the annual Quyana dance performances that are a perennial highlight of the Alaska Federation of Natives conference, Chin’an is organized to highlight groups that are youth led or made up primarily of Alaska Native youth.
“There’s definitely some adrenaline,” said Steven Woods, a teenager from Huslia who performed with the FNA/JOM Potlatch Dancers. “You feel excited and nervous at the same time,” said his fellow dancer Jazmyn Vent, also from Huslia. Their group is unique in that the older members, teenagers, teach their songs and dance to the younger members.
“The little kids look up to the older ones, and we show them [the dances],” said Woods. “It’s good to pass it on and k...
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- Moose Creek wildfire
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- 10 years ago
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- Jonathan Glover, Division of Forestry Operations Section Chief, patrols a burn out while fighting the Moose Creek wildfire near Sutton, Alaska on Sunday, Oct 16, 2016.
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- Dash-cam video: Fairbanks police officer injured in shooting
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- 10 years ago
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- The Fairbanks Police Department released two videos taken from the dashboard camera of an FPD officer's patrol vehicle after the officer was shot and injured by a suspect on the morning of Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. The first video shows the initial contact between the suspect (walking down the sidewalk) and the officer; the second video (which begins at the 17-second mark) shows the suspect walking away from the patrol vehicle after police said he stole it and abandoned it a few blocks away following the shooting.
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- Ahtna wildcat Tolsona gas well
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- 10 years ago
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- Michelle Anderson, president and shareholder of Ahtna, Inc., on site of their exploratory gas well "Tolsona No. 1" about 11.5 miles west of Glennallen on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Anderson said the project has the potential of employing many shareholders and local residents, lower the cost of energy, and bring much need economic opportunities for the area. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Watch flying gourds at the BP Pumpkin Drop
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- 10 years ago
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- Every year BP caps off a month of volunteer activity with a celebratory pumpkin drop, tossing elaborately decorated squash from 50 feet in the air onto their parking lot.
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- Wolf Day at the Alaska Zoo
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- 10 years ago
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- Get close to and learn about the 10-year-old Alaska gray wolf siblings during Wolf Day at the Alaska Zoo on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016.
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- Sherri Hadley's celebration of life music jam
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- 10 years ago
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- Close to 150 people showed up from around Alaska to join Sherri Hadley in a celebration of her life on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, at Chilkoot Charlie's in Anchorage. Musicians, members of her yoga class, folks from church, from a Parkinson’s support group and former co-workers turned out. There were Bloody Marys and plates of homemade brownies and salmon, potluck style. Most of all, there was music. “It may have been the biggest old-time fiddle jam in the history of Anchorage,” said Denise Martin. (Robyn Lauster video)
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- Byron Nicholai sings at Tribal Nations Conference
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- 10 years ago
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- Byron Nicholai, a Yup'ik drummer and singer from Toksook Bay, Alaska, performed for President Barack Obama at the 8th annual Tribal Nations Conference in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 26, 2016.
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- Tour a marijuana growing operation in Kasilof, Alaska
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- 10 years ago
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- Greatland Ganja, a marijuana growing operation in Kasilof, Alaska, is partway through its first harvest on Wednesday, September 21, 2016. Arthur Abel, one of the company's co-owners, offers a look inside the facility, which will plans to supply Alaska retailers when they come online. (Video by Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Anchorage Police respond to standoff on Ginami Street
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- 10 years ago
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- Anchorage Police respond to a standoff at a home Ginami Street. Two police officer were injured in gunfire earlier in the day on Sept. 22, 2016. Video by Bob Day
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- Mountain View Cabbage Parade
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- 10 years ago
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- Refugee gardeners with Fresh International Gardens parade from Bunn Street to their stand at Northway Mall Wednesday Market with a 30-lb cabbage and a 24-lb cabbage midday Wednesday, September 21, 2016 in Northeast Anchorage. The group was celebrating the summer harvest and the approaching end of the outdoor market season. They also paid tribute to Julie Riley, horticulturalist with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, who has worked with the garden since 2007 but is being transferred to Fairbanks.
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- Anchorage Police respond to homicide on 15th Ave and E St
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- 10 years ago
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- Anchorage Police Chief Chris Tolley said Tuesday morning that police had one person in custody in connection with the fatal shooting, and they believe he is the only suspect.
Tommy Rumph, 31, was contacted by police in the area of 29th Avenue and Willow Street in Spenard, more than a mile from Tuesday's shooting scene, police said in a public statement. He surrendered peacefully, police said.
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- The Violin Maker
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- 10 years ago
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- Anchorage luthier Petr Bucinsky has been making wooden instruments since he was 7 years old, helping his father repair violins. 45 years later he's working at the same bench.
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- Carrying Sky
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- 10 years ago
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- Jen Allison didn’t expect her daughter Sky, born with profound birth defects, to survive after birth. Now, nearly two years later, she’s holding on to every day. “I told her I would carry her as far as she wanted to go.” Photos and video by Ash Adams #carryingsky
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- With positivity, trainer helps orphaned and injured animals adjust
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- 10 years ago
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- When the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center takes in an orphaned or injured animal that can’t be returned to the wild, animal behavior and training manager Chandelle Cotter goes to work. She lead’s the center’s animal care team in training the animal to live a comfortable life at the center. Cotter says she uses training methods that emphasized positive reinforcement, not exerting dominance or using punishment to correct behavior. She says that results in animals that are less stressed. “We want him to look at us as the source of all things good,” Cotter said, referring to the the center’s most recent arrival, a 7-month-old black bear cub named Kobuk. In this video, watch Cotter work with several animals at the Wildlife Center and discuss her hands-on job with some of Alaska’s creatures. (Video by Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Anchorage Police investigate homicide in Stuckagain Heights
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- 10 years ago
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- Sgt. Slawomir Markiewicz of the Anchorage Police Department discusses the investigation of a death on Basher Drive in the vicinity of Stuckagain Heights in Anchorage on Monday, August 22, 2016.
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- Thai students dance at J-1 Visa event in Anchorage
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- 10 years ago
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- Four J-1 Visa students working in Alaska perform a Thai dance at a gathering of foreign seasonal workers in Anchorage in July. Sukanya Phurungsriroj, Keawarin Sangprapai, Phetphailin Yammaneechai and Auraiwan Wongkoon all work at Carl's Jr. in Eagle River. (Video by Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- J-1 Club Night at the Denali Park Salmon Bake
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- 10 years ago
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- Seasonal workers from various parts of the globe gather to socialize and party at Denali Park Salmon Bake's "J-1 Club Night" on Wednesdays during the summer. For many of the young people who work multiple jobs in the tourism industry, it's a rare chance to cut loose. DJ Skittles explains. (Video by Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Prayer and protest after Satanic Temple invocation in Soldotna
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- 10 years ago
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- Catholics and secular abortion rights advocates each staged peaceful protests outside the Soldotna Planned Parenthood clinic and the Kenai Peninsula Borough assembly chambers, where the Aug. 9 meeting began with a Satanic Temple invocation.
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- Sons of Norway Fish Boil
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- 10 years ago
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- People gathered at the Sons of Norway Bernt Balchen Lodge in Anchorage for a Fish Boil on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- The man who collects sounds
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- 10 years ago
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- “This place looks pretty similar to how it might have looked a hundred years ago,” Davyd said, looking out over a lush green boreal forest filled with spruce and birch trees. “But it probably doesn’t sound even like it did 20 years ago. So we are basically trying to document what the level of quietude and noise is in these areas, and whether or not natural processes are impacted by human activities.”
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- Climb aboard the United States' biggest icebreaker
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- 10 years ago
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- The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, a 420-foot long icebreaker, stopped in Seward, Alaska this week to swap out equipment and science teams. The ship made headlines last year when it became the first U.S. surface vessel to reach the North Pole unaccompanied.
Peter Worcester, a research oceanographer with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, came aboard the ship this week. He and his team plan on deploying a network of seven deep-water moorings in the Beaufort Sea in order to better understanding how sound travels in the Arctic Ocean. They will also be measuring ocean temperatures.
"This ship is really essential (to the science we are doing)," said Worcester. "We really can't deviate from the geometry that we've pre-determined. We have to be able to get to specific geographic locations, within a few kilometers."
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- Denis Morin riverboarding Yukon River
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- 10 years ago
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- French- Canadian Denis Morin riverboarded from Whitehorse, Canada to Emmonak, Alaska - almost 2,000 miles - during the summer of 2016. (Video courtesy of Denis Morin)
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- Anchorage Museum moves Alaska Gallery
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- 10 years ago
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- The Anchorage Museum is “reimagining” their most popular exhibit, the Alaska Gallery, which first opened in 1985. They are moving objects to a temporary space on the first floor while renovations are made to the gallery space.
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- Auction of 1930 Packard touring car part of Alcan Highway history
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- 10 years ago
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- Duane Hill of Alaska Auction Co. previews an estate sale on Aug. 4, 2016, which includes a 1930 Packard that is documented to be the 8th private vehicle to drive up the Alcan Highway when it opened in 1946. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- New Alaska Rock Gym
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- 10 years ago
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- The Alaska Rock Gym reopens at its new, larger, brighter location in Midtown Anchorage.
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- Garbage truck removed from AK Check Cashing building
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- 10 years ago
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- An Alaska Waste truck is removed from the AK Check Cashing building after an accident that injured 3 people on Monday, August 1, 2016.
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- JBER Arctic Thunder air show
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- 10 years ago
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- Anchorage packs JBER for a show in the sky and on the ground.
Read more: http://www.adn.com/alaska-news/military/2016/07/30/anchorage-packs-jber-for-a-show-in-the-sky-and-on-the-ground/
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- The Cloister garden at St. Patrick's Parish
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- 10 years ago
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- After years of development and construction, the Cloister garden at St. Patrick's Parish is on Anchorage's 2016 Garden Club Tour.
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- Arctic Thunder Warbirds
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- 10 years ago
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- Warbirds from the Wings of Freedom and the Commemorative Air Force like the BT-13, blue and yellow, AT-6 Texan, silver, and AT-6 Harvard Mk IV, yellow, that were used to train pilots during WWII will perform this weekend during the Arctic Thunder Open House on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Alaska delegates cast votes at DNC 2016
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- 10 years ago
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- Alaska Democratic Party Chair Casey Steinau casts the state's delegates' votes for the party's presidential nominee at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 26, 2016. Video by Erica Martinson / Alaska Dispatch News
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- 2016 Crow Pass Crossing racers reach Raven Glacier
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- 10 years ago
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- Racers in the Crow Pass Crossing backcountry marathon reach the race's high point, 3,500-foot Crow Pass. With a brief view of Raven Glacier, the racers begin their descent toward Eagle River over rocks and snow on July 23, 2016. (Video by Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Samoan Cricket Practice
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- 10 years ago
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- David Fanene plays the field during a Samoan Cricket practice at Chester Creek Greenbelt Park in Anchorage, AK. Fanene’s other job is to keep the team involved and spirits up. He blows his whistle and goes through a series of motions, which the rest of the team mimics after a significant play.
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- Winter training in July
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- 10 years ago
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- For one week in each summer month, the APU Nordic and the US Ski Teams train together high above Girdwood in a faux winter setting. The snow on Eagle Glacier at about 5500 feet above sea level doesn't all melt away in temperatures that reach into the 50s. It's a perfect setting for these elite athletes to keep training for the next world competitions next year.
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- Kikkan Randall full interview on Eagle Glacier
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- 10 years ago
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- US and APU Nordic Ski Team member, Kikkan Randall recently returned to Olympic-cycle training after in April giving birth to her first son, Breck. Randall is a popular world-class nordic skier from Alaska. In this interview she discusses the difficulties of beginning training again after her pregnancy, the excitement she feels being back on the snow, and her future.
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- Aerial view of the McHugh Creek wildfire
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- 10 years ago
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- A view of the McHugh Creek wildland fire on Tuesday, July 19, 2016. (Video by Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Delegates voice protests at Republican National Convention in Cleveland
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- 10 years ago
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- Republican National Convention delegates erupt over a floor vote that signaled the end of options for delegates hoping to stop Donald Trump's nomination on July 18, 2016.
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- McHugh Creek Wildfire
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- 10 years ago
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- Helicopters dropped water from buckets and a Convair CV580 air tanker dropped fire retardant on the wildfire at McHugh Creek in the Chugach State Park on Sunday, July 17, 2016, as the Division of Forestry attacked the blaze from the air and with wildland fire crews on the ground. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News)
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- Anchorage marches together in unity
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- 10 years ago
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- A few hundred people, including Alaska Governor Bill Walker and Alaska Federation of Native president Julie Kitka, turned out for a Unity March on Saturday, July 16, 2016 in Anchorage. Sign wavers and singers marched 2.5 miles from the Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church to the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial at the Delaney Park Strip.
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- Kids test and crash drones
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- 10 years ago
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- The Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program (ANSEP) hosted 52 middle school students, this week, from across the state for a class on drone building, testing and operation. Drones are also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This program is an effort to interest students at a young age in science, technology, engineering and math.
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- A poem from prison: Jennifer Prince reads 'Tick, tock'
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- 10 years ago
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- Jennifer Prince, who is incarcerated at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center, recently received an honorable mention in the PEN America Prison Writing Contest for her poem, “Tick Tock.” (Video by Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)
