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Anchorage Museum among Alaskans combining to win auction for Alaska Railroad's golden spike
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad over a century ago will be on permanent display in Alaska for the first time after entities combined to win an action for the 14-karat artifact Friday. The Anchorage Museum and the city of...
Northrim: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Northrim BanCorp Inc. (NRIM) on Friday reported net income of $10.9 million in its fourth quarter. The Anchorage, Alaska-based bank said it had earnings of $1.95 per share. The holding company for Northrim Bank...
Movie Review: Whatever you do this January, don't book a seat for 'Flight Risk'
“Flight Risk” sounds like the setup for a joke: What do you get when you put a U.S. Marshal, a fugitive and an unhinged pilot in a small plane? We don't know but get out your barf bag. Mark Wahlberg,Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace star in this truly forgettable thriller-comedy...
A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction. Alaskans want to bring it home
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the final coupling of the Alaska Railroad more than a century ago, a ceremonial act that marked the launch of a system to easily bring coal and other natural resources out of the wilderness. Harding...
Siberian air will spread across US, and Trump inaugural is forced indoors
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The vast majority of Americans are about to get an extended taste of frigid Siberian weather. Another polar vortex disruption will stretch Arctic air across the top of the globe, with expected frigid conditions in the nation's capital severe enough to force Donald Trump's...
Hurricane-force winds cause widespread damage in Alaska's largest city
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Thousands of residents across Alaska’s largest city were still without power Monday, a day after a powerful storm brought hurricane-force winds that downed power lines, damaged trees, forced more than a dozen planes to divert, and caused a pedestrian bridge over a...
Fencing, roof of Anchorage pedestrian bridge fall in strong wind, closing highway
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The side fencing and roof of a pedestrian bridge fell in strong wind early Sunday, closing the main highway south of Anchorage in both directions until the debris could be cleared. No one was hurt when the structure fell onto the Seward Highway on the south...
