JUNEAU, Alaska – Juneau’s local eagle population seems to have boomed this year as locals report seeing more activity than normal at some of the hot fishing spots around town. Take the dock near D…
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FAIRBANKS — For three days each July, the tiny community of Anderson swells to an impromptu city of campers, tents, RVs and motorhomes as revelers converge on the sleepy little town for the Anderso…
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Tiffany Hildre and Mike Sturrock wed July 17, 2012 in a small ceremony with family. The bride is the daughter of Peter Hildre and the late Cathy Haffner of Juneau. She graduated from Juneau-Douglas High School and attended University of Alaska Southeast. She is employed with the Officer of the Governor. The groom is the [...]
Katy Jordan and George Schaaf were engaged to wed; the date is not yet set. The prospective bride is the daugther of Jeanne and Jack Jordan of Juneau. She is originally from Palmer. The groom is the son of Patricia and George Schaaf of Hayesville, NC. He is originally from Naples, Fla. The proposal took [...]
FAIRBANKS — Pvt. Dancer. Pvt. Parts. Lt. Lust. Wait, lieutenant who? With names like that, you’ve no doubt stepped into “Operation Bombshell,” a military-themed burlesque show courtesy of Naked Sta…
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Kids coming into any of the three public libraries this summer may enter a weekly drawing for prizes generously donated by local businesses. To enter the drawing, write a book review on forms available at the library. This program is open to all kids through teens. All our Summer Reading Programs are sponsored by the [...]
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LONDON — Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: READY TO GO! After years of preparation work, organization chief Sebastian Coe says London is ready and — like an athlete — raring to go. “We’re now in the [...]
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San Bernardino, a southern California city of more than 200,000, recently declared bankruptcy. Municipal bankruptcies are rare, but not unprecedented. Vallejo, Calif., in the San Francisco Bay area, for instance, filed for bankruptcy protection in May 2008. Jefferson County, Ala., sought bankruptcy protection in November 2011. And Stockton, Calif., population 300,000, filed for bankruptcy on [...]
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The governor nixes state-run health exchange because it doesn’t make sense to spend Alaska’s dollars to set up an exchange when so much uncertainty exists about how to implement it and how to gain federal approval. However, the governor has no problem in giving billions of state dollars to the oil companies with no strings [...]
Tiara Wall and Josh Clark will wed Sept. 16, 2012 in Juneau. The prospective bride is the daughter of Tami and Dave Wall of Juneau. The prospective groom is the son of the late Michelle Clark of Juneau. The couple met at work when, during a staff meeting, he elbowed her in the face. He [...]
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