The Department of Public Safety reports that 66-year-old Michael Padilla experienced a medical emergency and died at 4:31 p.m.
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Alaska emergency officials investigate why Saturday’s tsunami phone alerts went beyond targeted areas
Alaska emergency officials are once again trying to figure out why cell phones that weren’t supposed to be triggered beeped awake with an urgent tsunami warning on Saturday night.
$23M project for homeless youth kicks off in Wasilla
The Wasilla project, called the Carson-Cottle Center, will include treatment programs for substance abuse and sex trafficking, a recovery high school and permanent supportive housing.
2 Anchorage Assembly members want to encourage more affordable housing with a dramatic zoning rewrite
Right now, zoning rules block building anything but single family homes and duplexes in huge swaths of the municipality.
A white raven has appeared on the Kenai Peninsula
“Whether it’s good or bad depends on the tradition,” said a local photographer who’s been documenting the bird.
Rain and mud make Mount Marathon trail ‘an absolute nightmare’
The course was so muddy that competitors had to hose themselves off at the finish line.
Alaska weightlifter Bobby Hill brings home gold from Special Olympics World Summer Games
Hill wasn’t the only Alaskan to shine at this Summer Games. Palmer resident Gretchen Winter got 4th place in the 1500-meter run.
Alaska Supreme Court considers whether Hilcorp’s financial information should stay secret
The city of Valdez, site of the trans-Alaska pipeline’s marine terminal, wants the public to have information about the private company’s financial wherewithal.
New estimate for Cook Inlet belugas shows hope for endangered population
A slight upturn — less than 1% a year — appears to have been happening for at least a few years, according to the new population estimate.
Amid child care crisis, some Alaska businesses launch centers for employees’ kids
Companies report happier staff and better retention rates — especially as affordable child care becomes harder and harder to find.