News on Anchorage

Iditarod Sled Dog Race

2010-03-13T00:00:24Z

Anchorage rookie musher Emil Churchin prepares to leave Takontna, Alaska on Friday, March 12, 2010 during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A schoolteacher found dead this week near a remote Alaska village was probably killed by wolves, Alaska State Troopers said on Thursday.</p><p>The fatal attack could be the first on U.S. soil in more than 50 years. Attac...

Iditarod mushers get festive send-off for Nome trek

2010-03-06T17:15:25Z

<div><p>ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Seventy-one mushers and their powerful sled dog teams got a festive send-off in downtown Anchorage on Saturday for a 10-mile ceremonial run that launched the fabled Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.</p><p>Cheering, well-bundled specta...

Iditarod Preview

2010-03-06T12:15:12Z

FILE - This March 7, 2009, file photo shows Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race musher Hugh Neff's lead dogs jumping in their harness as they get ready for the ceremonial start of the race in Anchorage, Alaska. The 38th running of the world's most famous sled dog race kicks off Saturday amid depleted finances tha...

Economic woes pinch Iditarod, inspire new aid

2010-03-04T15:33:54Z

<div><p>ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - In hard economic times, even the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the famed long-distance trek across frozen Alaska starting on Saturday, has had to scratch around for a little extra assistance.</p><p>Sponsorship and business woes ha...

Glacier melting a key clue to tracking climate change

2010-03-04T06:30:28Z

<div><p>SINGAPORE/ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - The world has become far too hot for the aptly named Exit Glacier in Alaska.</p><p>Like many low-altitude glaciers, it's steadily melting, shrinking two miles over the past 200 years as it tries to strike a new balance with rising temperatures.</p><p>At the Anchorage mall shooting victim, release man taken into custody for questioning</div><div><p>Police on Sunday were looking for a suspect in a shooting at an Anchorage mall who may have been wearing a wig and fake mustache when a 29-year-old man was gunned down outside a barber shop.</p><p>Police said Edwing Matos was shot ...

Man shot to death at Anchorage mall

2010-02-28T15:15:19Z

<div id="subtitle">Police identify man shot to death at busy Anchorage mall</div><div><p>Anchorage police say a man taken into custody following a fatal shooting at a busy mall has been released, and they're now looking for a man who may have been wearing a wig and fake mustache.</p><p>Police just before 6:30 p.m. Saturday took a call that shots had been fired at the Anchorage and Kenai Peninsula</div><div><p>An avalanche has closed the only highway between Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula.</p><p>Transportation Department spokesman Roger Wetherell

Weather halts Alaska search for avalanche victim

2010-02-22T09:29:48Z

<div id="subtitle">Weather halts search for man missing in avalanche that killed ConocoPhillips Alaska head</div><div><p>Rain, low clouds and predicted high winds Sunday grounded searchers seeking the body of a ConocoPhillips Alaska employee missing and presumed dead in an avalanche that killed the head of the company.</p><p>The avalanche...

New airline flights to Alaska may lower fares

2010-02-22T10:49:25Z

<div id="subtitle">Travel industry officials say new airline flights to Alaska this summer may lower fares</div><div><p>Travel industry officials say more airline flights to Alaska this summer may boost competition and result in lower fares to some Lower 48 cities.</p><p>The Anchorage Daily News...

Captain of 'Deadliest Catch' ship suffers stroke

2010-02-22T12:49:33Z

<div id="subtitle">'Deadliest Catch' captain flown to Anchorage after suffering stroke while at port</div><div><p>The Seattle-based captain of the "Deadliest Catch" fishing vessel Cornelia Marie has been flown to Anchorage aft...

Judge OKs Alaska diocese plan for abuse victims

2010-02-22T14:40:58Z

<div id="subtitle">Bankruptcy judge approves Alaska diocese plan to help pay sex abuse victims</div><div><p>A judge has approved the final details of a bankruptcy plan revision for the Fairbanks Catholic Diocese that will help compensate sexual abuse victims.</p><p>Exxon tanker; vessel on its way out of Alaska waters</div><div><p>An Exxon tanker that lost power Sunday while leaving Alaska's Prince William Sound is under way again.</p><p>Coast

Airport attractions, from polar bears to music

2010-02-22T19:53:52Z

<div id="subtitle">From slots in Vegas to polar bears in Alaska, US airports have some unique attractions</div><div><p>With the latest terrorist incident over U.S. skies, air travelers are more on edge than usual and security lines are even longer. But if you're looking for something to distract yourself from all the worries and the waiting...

Feds search Chevron's Alaska facilities

2010-02-22T20:10:47Z

<div id="subtitle">Feds serve search warrants at Chevron Alaska properties on west side of Cook Inlet</div><div><p>The Environmental Protection Agency has served search warrants on Chevron Corp. properties in

United launching seasonal service to Anchorage

2010-02-22T20:52:52Z

<div id="subtitle">United launching seasonal nonstop service to Anchorage, Alaska</div><div><p>United Airlines, a unit of UAL Corp., said Wednesday it will launch seasonal nonstop service to Anchorage, Alaska.</p><p>The service, which begins May 22, will connect Anchorage to United's hubs in Alaska man who killed his father with a machete and attacked his dad's fiancee was given a 189-year sentence for murder and attempted murder.</p><p>Christopher Erin Rogers Jr. apologized at Monday...

Gas prices up 14 cents nationwide over 3 weeks

2010-02-22T22:39:22Z

<div id="subtitle">Survey: Average gas prices up 14 cents to $2.74 from 3 weeks ago</div><div><p>The average price of regular gasoline in the United States is up 14 cents over a three-week period to $2.74.</p><p>That's according to the national Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released S...

Police say Anchorage officer shot several times

2010-02-22T22:57:16Z

<div id="subtitle">Police say Anchorage officer shot several times in apparent early morning drive-by attack</div><div><p>An Anchorage police officer was ambushed without provocation by unknown gunmen early Saturday as he sat in his patrol car working on an apparently unrelated assault case, police said, and city officials vowed to catch those responsible.</p><p>"...