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Teacher of the Week: Wendy Barnes | KTVA 11

Wendy Barnes learned as a teenager that you should never take anything for granted. When she was 18 years old, she taught sick kids at a hospital in Chernobyl. She said the experience was an eye opener. Years later, as a kindergarten teacher at Tyson Elementary, that lesson still holds true. “You have no idea …

Source: Teacher of the Week: Wendy Barnes | KTVA 11

907 Updates March 29, 2017 Gang graffiti grows in east Anchorage

An east Anchorage neighborhood near Russian Jack Springs Park is plagued with gang-related graffiti. Spray-painted symbols and words related to the Crips, Bloods and other gangs line a number of fences near the intersection of Reka Drive and Bragaw Street. “Graffiti is the first sign that you’ve got an issue in your neighborhood,” said Scott …

Source: Gang graffiti grows in east Anchorage, former APD officer weighs in on solutions | KTVA 11

907 Updates March 29, 2017

By Kirsten Swann:  Eagle River rugby star keeps Alaska close to heart

 

Women’s History Month and one woman’s trek in science
Revisiting a moment in Alaska with Rita Colwell, the first woman to serve as NSF director

 

Congratulations to: 17-year-old Megyn Williams
Fairbanks teen helps stranded drivers through Facebook page

 

https://rewire.news/article/2017/03/21/know-someone-tribal-community-advocates-seek-honor-missing-murdered-native-american-women/

“We all know someone,” said Tami Truett Jerue, executive director of the Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center during the briefing. She noted that although Alaska Natives are 16 percent of the population in Alaska, they make up 28 percent of the murder victims. (The statistics refer to all Alaska Natives, including women.)

The briefing corresponded with efforts by congressional representatives to declare May 5 as a National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls.

907 Updates March 28, 2017

http://www.ktva.com/another-fairbanks-police-officers-name-used-recent-scam-department-warns-469/

 

http://www.ktva.com/mat-su-school-board-calls-emergency-meeting-following-superintendents-resignation-454/

 

 

http://www.ktva.com/power-outage-leaves-juneau-skiers-dangling-chair-lift-886/

 

http://www.ktva.com/father-son-look-back-1964-earthquake-973/

 

Cover 2 Cover: Seward’s Day

 

Thank you Leeann Brewster and Chism Henry!
By Mike Ross: Saved from death; puppies left at a dumpster get a second chance

907 Updates March 27, 2017

http://www.ktva.com/trooper-involved-shooting-leads-deaths-suspect-k-9-770/

 

http://www.ktva.com/3-pilots-inducted-alaska-aviation-hall-fame-306/

 

 

 

Congratulations Heidi Rader!
By Victoria Taylor: UAF educator develops new app for gardening

 

 

By Jackie Bartz: APU student seeks public input about popular Anchorage park
The survey is open until March 31, 2017.
The survey can be found at: www.surveymonkey.com/r/TBCXR2F

 

 

WATCH: Unstable Ground: The Story of the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake

 

 

907 Updates March 26, 2017

 

http://www.ktva.com/royal-suite-lodge-fire-child-victims-receive-special-gift-anchorage-woman-799/

 

 

http://www.ktva.com/lavish-style-entourage-chinese-tourists-crew-runs-iditarod-326/

 

By Cameron Mackintosh and David Brooks: Mat-Su Borough’s first marijuana retailer opens for business

 

 

NOAA hosts open house to encourage tsunami awareness

 

Bethel restaurant drops bid to open city’s last liquor store

 

 

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907 Updates March 25, 2017

 

‘A victory for Alaska’ Young wants to keep working on health care reform bill

 

By Mike Ross: Graffiti eraser; meet the guy who cleaned up the locomotive

 

http://www.ktva.com/change-command-armys-425-609/

 

http://www.ktva.com/sitka-basketball-team-returns-anchorage-receiving-national-honor-430/

 

Freeride World Tour 2017 Haines, Alaska: Women’s Results

907 Updates March 24, 2017

Excellent!
By Sidney Sullivan and Blake Essig: Palmer man indicted for murder and drug trafficking could face death penalty

 

http://www.ktva.com/alaskans-march-domestic-violence-sexual-assault-483/

 

http://www.ktva.com/volunteers-covenant-house-help-assemble-narcan-kits-531/

 

http://www.ktva.com/kenai-assembly-defeats-proposal-drop-invocation-policy-730/

 

 

Update: Good Samaritan cleans off train graffiti

 

 

Where did the money come from?  Best use of resources?
by Ariane Aramburo: UAA’s unveils new lactation pod providing privacy for nursing moms

907 Updates March 23, 2017

 

http://www.ktva.com/police-shooting-fairbanks-library-confused-phone-charger-explosion-332/

 

By Kyle Hopkins: ‘A prosecutor’s worst nightmare.’ Why the state dropped a prior charge against accused wife killer

 

By Rebecca Palsha: A popular coffee spot robbed; the entire thing was caught on security cameras

 

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http://www.ktva.com/mat-su-borough-assembly-takes-2-parks-off-trapping-ban-list-585/

 

http://www.ktva.com/police-arrest-made-anchorage-train-tagging-case-358/

 

 

907 Updates March 22, 2017

Anchorage police say a man wanted for a murder and arson that occurred on Jan. 24 turned himself in to police on Tuesday. In a statement announcing the arrest, police spokeswoman Renee Oistad said 51-year-old Jimmy Cates was taken into custody for the charges of first-degree murder, first-degree arson, tampering with evidence and two counts …

Source: Man under investigation for apartment arson, homicide turns himself in | KTVA 11

 

By Ashleigh Ebert: Woman found dead in homeless camp on Barrow Street

 

By Leroy Polk: Tagged Downtown: Engine 556 gets hit by graffiti on the park strip

 

By Blake Essig: Anchorage voters ‘speed date’ assembly candidates

 

By Mike Ross: Riding in winter: horse therapy group about to open new building