Uber begins Anchorage ride sharing despite uncertainty about legal status
Uber -- the company that lets people order, monitor and pay for a ride via its smartphone app -- began operating in Anchorage on Wednesday night when members of the indie-rock band Portugal. The Man got aboard a red SUV to take a ride. Anchorage is ...
Yoga is for all ages
Anchorage, Ak-- Breathe in, breathe out. Yoga and everything it has to offer is continuing to be the leading exercise for all body aches, regardless of age. " You are looking at postures that have a long history that have come down to us. We've taken ...
APOC rejects more fisheries complaints
ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Public Offices Commission received and rejected 14 complaints regarding lobbying at Upper Cook Inlet Board of Fisheries meetings. Alaska’s Board of Fisheries is responsible for making certain fisheries management policy decisions ...
Sebastiaan de With and Stuart Philkill complete a road trip to the end of the Earth
Sebastiaan de With, 26, and Stuart Philkill, 30, spent 10 weeks and 17,700 kilometres following the road from San Francisco to Anchorage, Alaska, until it ran out. Along the way they had a white-knuckled ride on one of America’s most dangerous highways ...
Anchorage police name pedestrian killed on street
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Anchorage police have released the name of a pedestrian who was struck and killed on a busy street. Police say 43-year-old Craig McCarty was struck by a Honda Accord Wednesday morning on Muldoon Road in east Anchorage. McCarty was ...
Uber ride-sharing enters Anchorage market
A ride-sharing service called Uber will start operating in Anchorage this week. Instead of calling a taxi, people who need a ride can use a smartphone app to hail a nearby private vehicle. But taxi companies in Anchorage and around the world say it’s ...
Anchorage Loussac Library unveils $15 million overhaul
Anchorage’s Loussac Library is going under the knife to the tune of $15 million just in time for its 30th birthday. Library administration pulled back the curtain on a redesign that was more than two years in the making at a public meeting Sept.
Anchorage Capital Partners 2014 Q2 Investor Letter
Kevin Ulrich's and Anchorage Capital Partners' 2014 Q2 investor letter is out. Anchorage Advisors is one of the large but unknown hedge funds with strong returns. The credit, special situations, and distressed debt hedge fund returned 8.7% during the first ...
Anchorage party brawl with Sarah Palin & family is put to music
A Sept. 6 brawl at an Anchorage party has reintroduced ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, “fist dude” Todd Palin, son Track Palin and daughter Bristol Palin to America, just as the Palins’ fame from the 2008 presidential campaign had flown away. The ...
Anchorage Brewing Co. gears up for new location
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — On the back of a black label stuck to a corked, Belgian-style beer bottle, 38-year-old Gabe Fletcher penned his gratitude to Gary Klopfer, the owner of Anchorage's Snow Goose Restaurant and Sleeping Lady Brewing Co. "In 2010 I ...
