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Big triathlon had a small start
Anchorage Daily NewsAlaska News
May 21Three decades ago, the Gold Nugget Triathlon got its start at Tryon and Marianne Wieland's Sand Lake home. "The transition area was our driveway," recalled Jennifer, one of the Wieland…Click to Continue » »
Native Youth Olympics: Wrist Carry Spot Light
Kimo - News
Apr 28Friday kicked off the 42nd annual Native Youth Olympics at the Dena'ina Center in downtown Anchorage. »
Ponzi scheme defendant gets 5 years for theft
Anchorage Daily News
Apr 28An Anchorage woman who ran a Ponzi scheme was sentenced in state court for stealing from her friends.Click to Continue » »
Aces fall to Vegas, return home with conference finals tied 1-1
Anchorage Daily News
Apr 28Outplayed and overwhelmed for three goals in the first period, the Alaska Aces were never in the hockey game, falling 3-0 on the road to the Las Vegas Wranglers, who…Click to Continue » »
Spray-paint vandals target south-side homes, vehicles
Anchorage Daily NewsAlaska News
Apr 27Anchorage police say vandals spray-painted profanity, racial slurs and smiley faces on a dozen homes, a school, vehicles and signs overnight and early this morning in a South Anchorage subdivision.Click to Continue » »
Latest Blog Posts in Detail
Zeitoun Part 2 - I had no idea where this book was headed
What Do I Know?
May 21I put Zeitoun down after the last post and did some other things. Eventually I picked it back up later in the day. Armed men (it turned out there was a woman too) were breaking into the front door at Zeitoun's rental property in flooded New Orleans j... »
18 may 12 bike to work day
Corinne's (Somewhat) Weekly Photo
May 20The Nature Conservancy Bike CommutersI hadn't been bicycling since late February. Sometime that month I went over the handlebars on my friend's snowbike, which likely brought on the tendinitis and bursitis in my shoulders that has taken months to hea... »
Anchorage to Mongolia, Mexico, and ???
What Do I Know?
May 19Anchorage's returned Peace Corps Volunteers had a potluck to send off three Alaskans on their coming Peace Corps assignments. Michael Bardwell is headed for Mongolia at the end of the month. He'll be teaching English there.Becky Roberts is headed fo... »
Anchorage Gets Jolted Just After 7am (4.6)
What Do I Know?
May 16Some quakes you wonder about - "Was that a quake?"Not this one. The room jerked hard as if startled. And then it was over, maybe a few seconds. No damage here, but it definitely got our attention.[I changed the title from 4.8 to 4.6. The original U... »
"We have 5 options before us that we’ve talked about all weekend."
What Do I Know?
May 16"For a decision-making or policy making body, the Open Meetings Act defines a meeting to be: a gathering of members of a governmental body when . . . more than three members or a majority of the members, whichever is less, are present, [and] a matter u »
