Police & fire for Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016

Fire and medical• On Sunday, Capital City Fire/Rescue responded to 12 EMS calls, two transport calls, and a fire alarm at a building on Glacier… Continue reading

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Russell Handy, Commander, Alaskan Command, U.S. Northern Command, speaks to the Joint Armed Services Committee to give an Alaskan Command update at the Capitol on Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Bryan Owens, Commander General of the U.S. Army Alaska, Laurie Hummel, Adjutant General of the Alaska National Guard and commissioner of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, and Rear Admiral Daniel B. Abel,Commander of the 17th Coast Guard District, also spoke to the committee.

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Russell Handy, Commander, Alaskan Command, U.S. Northern Command, speaks to the Joint Armed Services Committee to give an Alaskan Command… Continue reading

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Russell Handy, Commander, Alaskan Command, U.S. Northern Command, speaks to the Joint Armed Services Committee to give an Alaskan Command update at the Capitol on Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Bryan Owens, Commander General of the U.S. Army Alaska, Laurie Hummel, Adjutant General of the Alaska National Guard and commissioner of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, and Rear Admiral Daniel B. Abel,Commander of the 17th Coast Guard District, also spoke to the committee.

Park proposes no increase for Glacier Bay cruise ships

Glacier Bay National Park is proposing no increase in the number of cruise ships allowed within the park in 2017.According to a notice published by… Continue reading

Lt. Gov. Mallott speaks to Central Council today

Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott is the featured speaker at today’s noon Native Issues Forum hosted by the Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of… Continue reading

Alaska comes in No. 5 on Lonely Planets top destinations for 2016

PHILADELPHIA — Lonely Planet gave some love to The City of Brotherly Love on Tuesday, ranking Philadelphia the No. 1 place to visit in the… Continue reading

Around Town

Intermediate Microsoft Excel, 9-11 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. Learn to use Excel spreadsheets and other intermediate level skills. Free. Details: 586-5718. Writing… Continue reading

People watch the arrival of the polar icebreaker U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy at the cruise ship terminal in September 2014. The Healy was returning to Seattle after completing 123 days of operations in the Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea and Arctic Ocean.

Obama budget: Money for icebreaker, villages

ANCHORAGE — U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan praised the inclusion of Alaska items in President Barack Obama’s proposed $4.1 trillion federal budget but said Tuesday he… Continue reading

People watch the arrival of the polar icebreaker U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy at the cruise ship terminal in September 2014. The Healy was returning to Seattle after completing 123 days of operations in the Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea and Arctic Ocean.

Utilities seek ConocoPhillips stake in Cook Inlet gas field

ANCHORAGE — Two Anchorage-based utility companies have teamed up to purchase a portion of a Cook Inlet gas field under a $152 million deal with… Continue reading

Trump, Sanders win in New Hampshire

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders swept to victory in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primaries, adding crucial credibility to their upstart candidacies… Continue reading

Obama sends Congress record $4.1T 2017 budget

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sent Congress his final budget on Tuesday, proposing to spend a record $4.1 trillion on a number of initiatives, from… Continue reading

  • Feb 10, 2016
  • By ANDREW TAYLOR and MARTIN CRUTSINGER
  • Nation-World

Costs at ESPN hinder Disney’s Force-ful quarter

LOS ANGELES — ESPN, the sports network that drives Disney’s profit engine, has hit a soft patch. Subscribers have fallen by about 7.2 million over… Continue reading

  • Feb 10, 2016
  • By RYAN NAKASHIMA

Louisville’s Pitino awaits NCAA interview about sex scandal

Coach Rick Pitino said Tuesday morning that he is still waiting to be interviewed by the NCAA about an escort’s book allegations that a former… Continue reading

  • Feb 10, 2016
  • By GARY B. GRAVES

Champion Broncos strut through Denver amid questions

DENVER — From the top of a fire truck, Von Miller thrust the Super Bowl trophy into the air again and again as the Denver… Continue reading

  • Feb 10, 2016
  • By DONNA BRYSON and PAT GRAHAM

Newton defends actions: ‘I will not conform’

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cam Newton isn’t apologizing for acting like a “sore loser” after the Super Bowl.The league’s MVP has been widely criticized for walking… Continue reading

  • Feb 10, 2016
  • By STEVE REED

Hoarding in Syria’s largest city as government advances

BEIRUT — As government troops close in on Aleppo, some residents are preparing to flee Syria’s largest city while others are hoarding food in case… Continue reading

Erika Colligan poses with a painting made by her father Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, in San Diego. After three decades searching for her father's artwork - paintings the South Vietnam pilot made for the U.S. Air Force aviators who trained him during the Vietnam war, Colligan recently found one. The painting gave her the first tangible sliver of the father she never got the chance to know. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Woman finds artwork by father killed in Vietnam

SAN DIEGO — Erika Colligan spent three decades searching for her father’s artwork — paintings the South Vietnam pilot made for the U.S. Air Force… Continue reading

Erika Colligan poses with a painting made by her father Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, in San Diego. After three decades searching for her father's artwork - paintings the South Vietnam pilot made for the U.S. Air Force aviators who trained him during the Vietnam war, Colligan recently found one. The painting gave her the first tangible sliver of the father she never got the chance to know. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

One-night homeless count draws criticism, defenders

NEW YORK — Over the past few weeks, thousands of clipboard-toting volunteers have fanned out across some of the nation’s largest cities, tasked with a… Continue reading

Wrangell doctor in child porn case gets 20 years

A former Wrangell family doctor will spend the next 20 years in prison and the remainder of his life on supervised release for receiving and… Continue reading

Assembly: Concentrate marijuana carefully or else

Anybody attempting to make marijuana concentrates using butane, propane or any other such chemical had better think twice. Not only could using these gases result… Continue reading

TSA struggles to fill vacant positions at Alaska’s airports

ANCHORAGE — The Transportation Security Administration says it’s having difficulty filling the open positions at more than a dozen airports across Alaska.Several factors have been… Continue reading