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Summer sun 2013

Pearl, a 12-year-old pit bull, retrieves a toy for Keri Bailey in Taku Lake on Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

The Anchorage area has enjoyed the warmest and sunniest stretches of weather in recent memory. Here's a look at how residents are making the most of the beautiful summer weather.

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Best of June 2013

See the best photos from the Anchorage Daily News - June 2013.
PHOTOS

Rabbit Creek flood

Rabbit Creek flooded Friday, June 14, 2013. It appears that a jam had caused water to rise upstream, then broke and the water rose rapidly.
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Sixty-seven Alaskans become U.S. citizens

Sixty-seven people from about 25 countries took the oath of allegiance and became U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony held at the Wilda Marston Theatre at the Loussac Library on Friday, June 14, 2013. The ceremony, conducted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, is one of several...
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Ship cargo oozes oil in Valdez

The BBC Arizona cargo ship with containers oozing oil from China is being held by the US Coast Guard at the Port of Valdez. The leaking oil, for insulating and cooling transformers, is part of a shipment destined for Venezuela that also includes transformers, Coast Guard Lt. Allie Ferko said. The...
FISHING PHOTOS

Fishing the Russian River; 2013

The Russian River fishing season is heating up on the Kenai peninsula.
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Galena Starts to Recover from the Flood

Galena residents and others start the long process of cleaning up and rebuilding after the devastating Yukon River flooding.
SPORTS PHOTOS

Yoga in the Park

Over 150 people participated in The Alaska Club's free "Yoga in the Park" community event that was led by instructor Randie Mead on a warm and sunny Wednesday evening, June 12, 2013, at the Delaney Park Strip. "Yoga in the Park" happens between 6-7p.m. on Wednesday's during June and July.
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2013 Alaska Military: Alaska National Guard

Alaska National Guard photos depicting activities and events in 2013.
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Galena residents face uncertainty

Galena residents evacuated from their homes to Fairbanks as the Yukon River flooded their town face uncertainty as to when they might be able to return home and what they will find there.
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Turkey protests

Police operates during clashes at the Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Hundreds of riot police overran improvised barricades at Istanbul's Taksim Square on Tuesday, firing tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon in running battles with protesters who have been occupying...