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Julia O'Malley
Alaska life - one story at a time. Julia writes a general-interest column about life and politics.
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House panel advances stand your ground bill
An Alaska House committee advanced a bill Friday that would expand people's right to use deadly force as a means of self-defense.
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Alyeska Resort tramway set to reopen
Alyeska Resort says its aerial tramway will reopen Saturday, albeit with only one tramcar running, after a wind gust smashed a car into the tram's lone tower New Year's Eve.
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Court rejects appeal of Wasilla homicide lawsuit
The children of a woman killed by her husband at the home of a friend can't collect damages from the homeowner because she engaged in a kiss and provocative dancing, Alaska Supreme Court ruled in a case released Friday.
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CRIME
Luch guilty of first-degree murder
An Anchorage jury has convicted Robert Luch of first-degree murder for shooting his wife to death in 2010. Luch, 64, faces 20 to 99 years in prison at a sentencing hearing currently set for June.
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ANCHORAGE
University wants Boeing 727 to land at Merrill Field
FedEx has agreed to donate a Boeing 727 to the University of Alaska Anchorage for use by aviation technology students at Merrill Field. The jet would be the largest ever to land at the airport, the city says. The proposal goes before the Assembly for approval on Tuesday.
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Anchorage teachers union, school district start bargaining far apart
The Anchorage teacher's union and the school district made public each of their contract proposals Thursday, and they appear far apart.
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Troopers: Kake girl's death a homicide
Mackenzie Howard, 13, was found dead in a Kake church late Tuesday. Alaska State Troopers now say she was the victim of homicide.
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Candlelight vigil honors slain Kake girl
Thirteen-year-old Mackenzie H. Howard loved to read and was a straight A student. She loved to play basketball, and always had a smile on her face. That's how friends remembered her at a candlelight vigil Friday.
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Spyder skiwear CEO sentenced in illegal Alaska hunt
A skiwear company executive who once ran one of the world's largest snowboard companies has admitted to taking part in an illegal hunt in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in 2008. He was sentenced Friday to pay $10,000.
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ANCHORAGE
Assembly, School Board candidates file; Traini and Clary face off again
Andy Clary, a member of the city Budget Advisory Commission, is challenging Midtown Assemblyman Dick Traini for an Assembly seat in the city's April 2 election. Clary lost a tight race against Traini for the same seat in 2010. Six Assembly seats and two School Board seats are on the ballot, and...












