State of Alaska
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The Last Manufactured F-22 Welcomed at J-BER
The last F-22 Raptor produced will bring a new realm of was welcomed by the U.S. Air technology to the Alaska base. Force Joint Base Elmendorf- "It's a 5th generation Richardson on Saturday, May 5. aircraft but the reality is Lt. Col. Paul Moga accepted that this craft can do what the "keys" to the fighter jet no other aircraft can do," he in Marietta, GA., where, back says. "And that technology in December, it was the last is in the hands of theU.S. one off the assembly line. Air Forceand theU.S. Air Moga then flew the Raptor Forceonly." cross-country from Marietta In May of last year, a fleet to J-BER in a non-stop, eight of F-22 Raptors was grounded hour flight. following 12 reports that The jet, tail number 4195, pilots experienced hypoxia- will be flown as the flagship like symptoms. The fleet was for the 525th Fighter authorized to resume flying Squadron, the "Bulldogs." four months later. The F-22 is the world's first fifth-generation fighter jet and Moga tell Channel 2 News that it's arrival to J-BER
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James Koenig Joins Search for Missing Airman
James Koenig, father of slain Davis, Reeves’ mom, “he’s 18 year Samantha Koenig, coming to help me because he joined the search for missing knows what I’m feeling so I’m 24 year old airman Clinton very thankful,” Reeves, Friday. Teams fanned out across town Koenig, whose daughter was Friday posting new fliers at abducted from a midtown storefronts and busy coffee stand and killed this intersections. past winter, says it’s his They moved quick, sweeping way of repaying the community through mid-town and South that helped him. Anchorage shortly after 1 pm. “I’m passing on everything Other groups headed for the that we have learned and all Mat-Su valley. the connections that we have Friends and family of Reeves in town,” he said in front of established a reward fund, the gate to JBER, where Friday, for information volunteers gathered to pick leading to his whereabouts. up stacks of fliers, Friday. The fund is being “There’s no book on how to do administered by the group this stuff,” he said. Victims for Justice at First “I think it’s great he’s National Bank Alaska, where reaching out to me. I’m a people can make donations. stranger to him,” said Judy Email Ted Land
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Corey Rossi Enters Guilty Plea in 2008 Bear Hunt Violations
Corey Rossi, the former for three years and the director of the Alaska revocation of hunting Department of Fish and Game’s privileges for one year.” Division of Wildlife Rossi resigned in January Conservation, entered a after being charged with a guilty plea Friday in dozen misdemeanor counts relation to illegal related to the hunt, during activities during a 2008 big- which he allegedly helped two game bear hunt. “Rossi out-of-state hunters take plead(ed) guilty to a three black bears and took consolidated count for another bear himself in Game falsifying a bear sealing Management Unit 16B. Although certification and one count Fish and Game Commissioner of unlawful acts by a Big Cora Campbell subsequently Game Guide,” Alaska State thanked Rossi for his service, Troopers spokesperson Megan critics accused Rossi of Peters said in a statement intimidating biologists and Friday. “The agreement calls aggressively pursuing a for a three year suspension policy of predator control. of his Big Game License with Topics Hunting two years suspended, $10,000 Trials fine with $5,000 suspended, Prosecution See 60 days in jail with all 60 more topics »X suspended, informal probation
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Woman’s Body Discovered Near Juneau Trailhead
A woman’s body has been the Switzer Creek and Richard discovered at a trailhead Marriot Trail, near Dzantik'I near a middle school in the Heeni Middle School Lemon Creek area of Juneau. Principal Molly Yerkes says Police on scene tell the police assured her that Juneau Empire that the woman parents do not need to keep was about 45 years old. children away from school, The body will be sent to and that the death is not Anchorage for an autopsy. connected to the school or It was discovered Thursday at students.
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Cordova Newspaper Makes Comeback After Sale
Several months after its sale, presses once again running by the Cordova Times newspaper, November. according to locals, is “The community has really thriving. stepped up and said, ‘hey Last year it was one of we’re willing to be serious several publications that partners in this,’” Gibbens Calista, an Alaska native said. corporation, decided to shed You won't find hard-hitting from its portfolio of assets. investigations in the paper, The local news business was but Gibbens says readers are "not supportive of the always assured an interesting company's long-term financial read with full-color photos interests," a press release on nearly every page. read at the time. They cover a lot of fishing A lot of people in small news, outdoors stories, and Alaska towns like Cordova local politics. One local wondered where they'd get column is titled simply: "B.S. their fix of local stories, " photos, and gossip. “It’s way better, hands down, The Cordova Times, which ” said Dez Jensen, who was dates back to 1906, appeared helping her daughter Anika doomed following the sale, get ready for her weekly but it’s now printing once a delivery. week and is read by most Anika is one of a dozen or so people in town. kids who show up at the “We did miss it the time that Cordova Times front door each it wasn’t available,” said Friday to pick up a stack of Lisa Brost, who stopped by issues, stuff them in a the one-desk Cordova Times canvas sack, and then fan out newsroom last week to pick up across town. a few back-issues. “It’s the highlight of my Much of the town credits week,” said Gibbens. Jennifer Gibbens with saving The “paper kids” earn $1 for the paper. She spent a year every $4 paper they sell. as editor and when Calista Gibbens considered making the announced it was selling the Cordova Times a mostly-online Times, she got to thinking news source. It would’ve about the future. saved money, but as she soon “I didn’t want the paper to discovered, “people really disappear,” she said while want print.” preparing the next issue for KTUU will feature this story delivery. on "Assignment Alaska," which So she bought the Times, airs during the Newshour, convinced advertisers to Thursday at 6pm on Channel 2. commit to a year, and had the Email Ted Land
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State, TransCanada Shift to Tidewater Natural Gas Pipeline
The State of Alaska has given Valdez. TransCanada Corp.permission The change was requested by to shift its attention to a TransCanada after the North natural gas pipeline project Slope's major players that would be capable of announced that they were producing liquefied natural aligning with TransCanada to gas for export overseas. pursue an alternative In a Wednesday letter (PDF), liquefied natural gas project. Natural Resources Its approval comes after the Commissioner Dan Sullivan and collapse of the Legislature's Revenue Commissioner Bryan special session over a Butcher approved a project dispute on oil taxation, plan adjustment for which left one of the items TransCanada Alaska Wednesday on Gov. Sean Parnell's agenda under the Alaska Gasline for the session -- Inducement Act. legislation to build an in- “The commissioners agreed to state gas line to Fairbanks allow TransCanada Alaska, the from either Cook Inlet or the State’s AGIA Licensee, to North Slope -- an apparent shift its focus to a large- casualty of the conflict. diameter line that will run “A key benefit of the PPA is from Alaska’s North Slope to that it enables all parties -- tidewater in Alaska for in- the North Slope producers, state use, liquefaction and the State and the AGIA export,” officials from the Licensee -- to come together state’s Gas Pipeline Project for the first time to work on Office said in a statement commercializing North Slope Wednesday. gas,” said Kurt Gibson, the The proposed pipeline would project office's director. have a large diameter, Topics running parallel to the trans- Conservation Alaska pipeline for much of TransCanada Corporation its length from Prudhoe Bay Energy Resources to tidewater -- although not See more topics »X necessarily to the Port of
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Shelley Hughes Appointed to Carl Gatto’s Palmer House Seat
Gov. Sean Parnell appointed government affairs director Shelley Hughes, a former for the Alaska Primary Care legislative aide of the late Association. Rep. Carl Gatto, to fill his Related
Palmer House seat on Tuesday. Alaska GOP Sends Parnell List Hughes has lived in Palmer for Gatto Replacement in for 22 years. She served as a PalmerTopics legislative aide for Gatto Sean Parnell from 2003 to 2005, and most Republican Party recently worked as the
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Tons of Suspected Japan Tsunami Debris Wash Ashore in Alaska
Tons of debris suspected to the beach for miles. have washed into the Pacific Related
Ocean during the March 2011 Suspected Japanese Tsunami Japan tsunami, are showing up Debris Washes Ashore in on Alaska’s coastline. AlaskaTopics On Kayak Island, roughly 60 Pacific Ocean miles southeast of Cordova, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami hundreds of buoys, thousands (2011) of bottles, countless fuel National Oceanic and cans, shoes, chunks of Atmospheric Administration building insulation, and See more topics »X other household items litter
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As Ruedrich Replaced, Tension Surrounds Republican Party Convention
As longtime state Republican hours after Paul supporters Party Chair Randy Ruedrich apologized for an outburst moved toward the end of his during Murkowski's Friday tenure Saturday, dramatic night speech. events surrounded a Topics convention where an apparent Republican National Ron Paul supporter will Conventions replace him. Parties and Movements Russ Millette and Debbie Republican Party Brown were elected as the See more topics »X incoming chair and vice chair
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Pickup Truck Drives Into Midtown Insurance Office
A pickup truck drove into a at the far west side of the Midtown insurance office office,” Shell said in a Friday morning, according to statement Friday. Anchorage police. One person in the office, 67- Officers were called to State year-old Anchorage resident J. Farm insurance agent Dave B. Bailey, was struck by the Strike’s office, in a front bumper of the pickup commercial area on the truck and complained of northwest side of the shoulder pain, but wasn’t intersection of Lake Otis taken to the hospital. Parkway and Tudor Road, at Neither Barrios nor her 2213 E. Tudor Road Suite 54 passenger, 50-year-old shortly after 10:30 a.m. Vincent Henderson, was According to APD spokesperson injured. Anita Shell, the collision U-Haul personnel retrieved occurred at about 10:15 a.m. the pickup truck, which A Ford F-150 U-Haul pickup sustained minor front-end truck driven by 84-year-old damage and scratches but was Frances Barrios was making a able to be driven from the loop through the parking lot scene. around Golden Donuts, heading The Anchorage Fire Department east as it attempted to park responded to shore up the in front of the pastry shop. building, which will be “Instead of pressing the visited by structural brake, Barrios accidentally engineers to assess its hit the gas (pedal) and integrity. careened forward, through the Barrios was cited for glass windows of the State careless driving. Farm business, coming to rest Email Rebecca Palsha
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