Six Alaska Youth Heroes Recognized during Alaska State Fair Ceremony
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – Alaska Communications, in partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs – Alaska, announced its six 2014 Summer of Heroes honorees Sunday, Aug. 24, at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer. Corey Allen-Young joined Bill Bishop, vice president of ...
Anchorage woman dies in Mat-Su jail
PALMER — A 37-year-old inmate died at the Mat-Su Pretrial detention facility Monday morning, authorities said. Tina Rochdi of Anchorage was brought into the facility intoxicated and taken to a local medical facility to ensure she was healthy enough to be ...
Officials release names of injured in plane crash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Three passengers seriously injured on a flight-seeing tour that crashed on Alaska's North Slope have been identified as tourists from New Brunswick, Canada. KTUU-TV (http://bit.ly/1wwRJpV) reports the Kirst Aviation flight ...
From homeless teen mom to doctor: Anchorage woman overcomes obstacles
April DeLira wasn't yet a teenager when she became homeless in Anchorage. She was just starting high school when she found out she was pregnant. Raised with men who she said physically and sexually abused her, she found life on the street "safer than ...
