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Anchorage, Alaska is located in Anchorage County. Zip codes in Anchorage, AK include 99521, 99520, and 99510. The median home price in Anchorage is $284,900. More Anchorage information.

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39 min ago | Anchorage Daily News

Suspicious diner fire has investigators asking for help

The Anchorage Fire Department is asking for help in the investigation of a suspicious May 11 fire at Sunrise Grill & Pancake House.

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39 min ago | Anchorage Daily News

Ex-officer illegally used police computers to look up info for woman, charges say

A former Anchorage police officer illegally used police computers to look up confidential information about a woman he arrested and weeks later had sex with, according to charges filed Monday.

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1 hr ago | Alaska Star

Police seek suspect in Eagle River shooting

Anchorage police are seeking the public's help in locating Daniel Rosendahl, who they say shot a man in the head April 24 in downtown Eagle River.

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5 hrs ago | Alaska Journal of Commerce

BP Energy Center in Anchorage marks 10 years

The $7.1 million, 12,000-square foot facility for meetings and education was built for use by local nonprofits and community service organizations by BP Exploration Alaska Inc.

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8 hrs ago | Anchorage Daily News

Alaska Pacific University OKs tuition cut

The school's board last week decided to reduce tuition by nearly $10,000 per year, from $29,600 to $19,950, KSKA reported .

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12 hrs ago | KFQD-AM Anchorage

Parnell to sign oil tax bill, budgets

Gov. Sean Parnell is scheduled to sign into law an overhaul of Alaska's oil tax structure on Tuesday.

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Mon May 20, 2013

Business Wire

Adak Seafood Processing Equipment to Be Sold at Auction

The equipment is located in a recently updated 250,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art processing facility in Adak, Alaska.

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The Spokesman-Review

Volcano's eruptions continue - Mon, 20 May 2013 PST

Alaska's Pavlof volcano sent ash and steam skyward Sunday but not enough to raise the aviation threat for international air carriers.

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Sun May 19, 2013

Anchorage Daily News

Commission to consider misconduct allegations against Alaska police officers

A state commission will meet behind closed doors Tuesday in Kenai to decide whether a number of former police officers, troopers and corrections officers should lose their right to wear a badge in Alaska.

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Anchorage Daily News

Players in the Pebble wars

Founder of McKinley Capital Management, an investment firm in Anchorage. He has a big family compound on Lake Clark near the proposed Pebble mine and is a relentless, and wealthy, opponent of the project.

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Anchorage Daily News

Businesses and organizations involved in the fight over Pebble

Anchorage-based Pebble mine developer. Partners are Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd., a Vancouver, B.C.-based mineral exploration company, and Anglo American, a London-based mining company with operations around the world.

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Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Alaska Native corporation launches tourism service

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An Alaska Native village corporation that operates a popular cruise ship destination has launched a commercial consulting service for others seeking help developing their own cultural tourism ventures.

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Sat May 18, 2013

Anchorage Daily News

Anchorage sees longest snow season on record

The unseasonable snowfall Friday and Saturday has set a slew of new records in Anchorage, the National Weather Service says .

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Anchorage Daily News

Man found dead under Anchorage bridge, police say

Volunteers taking down signs for a charity walk Saturday morning found the body of a 55-year-old man under a Chester Creek bridge near Mulcahy Stadium, according to Anchorage police.

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Anchorage Daily News

Gallery: Late-season snowfall, May 17, 2013

Mary Anne Feeney and Jonathan Brady have portraits made a few hours before their wedding ceremony on Saturday morning, May 18, 2013.

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Anchorage Daily News

Late-May snow sets multiple records for Anchorage

The unseasonable snowfall Friday and Saturday has set a slew of new records in Anchorage, the National Weather Service says.

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WBNS

Psychiatrist retires commuted to Ketchikan

After 34 years of working at Ketchikan's Gateway Center for Human Services, including 10 years as medical director, Wandal William Winn is calling it a day.

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Peninsula Clarion

Snow is in Alaska forecast for mid-May

The calendar says it's spring in Alaska, but with lakes still frozen and snow in the forecast for the Anchorage area this weekend, many residents are saying enough is enough.

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Peninsula Clarion

Poet tries crowdsourcing to visit AK ghost village

Joan Naviyuk Kane feels the pull of an ancestral place where she's never been, a crumbling ghost village built on stilts across the rocky face of a remote western Alaska island.

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Knoxville News Sentinel

Vanquish Worldwide gets multimillion-dollar EPA contract

Maryville-based Vanquish Worldwide, has landed a multimillion-dollar contract to store and manage equipment for the Environmental Protection Agency in the northwestern U.S. Vanquish will provide equipment management and warehouse services for emergency and terrorism-response vehicles and equipment in Region 10 of the EPA.

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