Julia O'Malley
What chased the Luch kids down the trail?
In hindsight, those finish-line whispers were right, something was off about the Luch family, those little kids -- as young as 8 -- who competed with adults in local running races and placed.
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JULIA O'MALLEY
On this farm, spring lasts forever
Those bean sprouts in your pho or greens in your spicy tuna roll may be the freshest thing you can eat in Anchorage in January. Chances are they were grown in Spenard by S J. Klein.
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Julia O'Malley: Flint Grove was here
Austin Schwartz wanted to tell a story about Alaska using bumper stickers. The story took on a life of its own.
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Doctor brings noise to a silent killer of women
Joanie Hope, Alaska's only gynocologic oncologist, is lead singer in a rock band dedicated to making women aware of deadly cancers nobody likes to talk about.
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Discharged in Anchorage, gay airman finds his way to the White House
David Hall, who was discharged under Don't Ask Don't Tell in 2004, wasn't expecting an invitation to the Oval Office last week.
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O'Malley: Left homeless by fire, Midtown residents look to rebuild
The entryway of the burned apartment building on Eureka Street gaped open, its walls torched and gutted. Former residents trailed in and out last Wednesday afternoon, carrying boxes and trash bags.
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Julia O'Malley: When a debit card thief sends gifts to his victims
After someone stole an Anchorage couple's debit card information, Credit Union 1 issued a new account number. They filed a police report. They thought that was the end of it. Then the first delivery man arrived at their door.
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Julia O'Malley: Many happy postscripts from a year of columns
I checked in with some of the people I wrote about in 2012 to see where they ended up. The first was Bill Popp, whose family I wrote about a few weeks ago.
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O'Malley: For neighbors of proposed housing for mentally ill, some good questions to ask
Neighbors to the proposed Long House project should reserve their judgement. If it's done well, there's evidence it won't cause problems and will do some good
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Julia O'Malley: When Sandy Hook sinks in at school
People who work in schools and students old enough to absorb the facts of the shooting can't avoid the grim mental exercise of putting themselves in the shoes those at Sandy Hook Elementary.
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Julia O'Malley: Jens Hansen left imprint on city's fine dining
Jens Nannestad remembers the moment "Big Jens" Hansen noticed him. It was more than 20 years ago. Nannestad was a kid working in the kitchen at the Crow's Nest. Big Jens, the charismatic, gravel-voiced head chef, didn't like the fact they had the same name. Months went by. Big Jens ignored him. ...
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Bio
Julia O'Malley writes a general interest column about life and politics in Anchorage and around Alaska. She grew up in Anchorage and has worked at the ADN on and off as a columnist and reporter since 1996. She came back full time as a reporter in 2005.
As a reporter, she covered the court system and wrote extensively about life in Anchorage, including big changes in the city's ethnic and minority communities.
In 2008, she won the Scripps-Howard Foundation's Ernie Pyle award for the best human-interest writing in America. She has also written for the Oregonian, the Juneau Empire and the Anchorage Press.
Email her at: jomalley@adn.com.
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