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| Alaska experiences, Anchorage and Southcentral Alaska maps, coupons and sample itineraries.You may also view the Guide online as a PDF file.Subscribe by email to receive a weekly Anchorage events calendar, hot specials and trip packages, trip planning tips and more.Glenn Highway on Saturday, according to the Alaska State Troopers.Young in the race of his lifeDon Young is showing early signs of an aggressive campaign, conceding that winning his 19th term as Alaska's lone congressman is not going to be easy this fall.Seniors write their stories with a nudge from a volunteerIn Christy Everett's Living History class, women write of their bodies wearing out.People kept buying, stealing and drinking it to get drunk.Now, you can't even buy vanilla extract at the store without asking an employee.Fairbanks Mayor Jim Hayes filed court papers challenging federal prosecutors to prove his client's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in a case accusing Hayes and his wife of misusing federal grants.READER SUBMITTEDStatehood anniversary
To mark the 50th anniversary of statehood, the Daily News is looking for people who were in Alaska before it joined the union on Jan.Poll: Do you like the new design?SPECIAL SECTIONThe Way Home
Stories and photos of four women dealing with loved ones serving overseas.This is a place for REI gear and matching Dansko clogs.America still plays 100 or more shows a year, 35 years after the band charted its first hit.Alaska Excursions
Embark on an Alaska adventure with photographer Marc Lester's narrated slide shows.Big time brown bear
A guided hunter scored a trophy in a Kodiak brown bear with a hide measuring 10 feet, 6 inches.DISCUSS7th Wonder of Alaska
Read suggestions and tell us your pick for Alaska's 7th wonder.UAA hits gas to smoke UAF in basketball
There was a stretch Saturday night when it looked as if an upset might have been in the making.But just like that, the moment was gone.The Seawolves turned it on and wound up winning in blowout fashion.Jankovic avoids upset at Aussie Open Giants hold on as Romo, Cowboys crumble Serena opens title defense with a win Nelson leads No.Anchorage rose last year in spite of the national real estate meltdown.New Jersey's got front porches too.The Year in Satire
ADN Editorial offers up the best of 2007 in satirical cartoons.Iraq War, senate politics and her Kenai River property.Merchandise, Miscellaneous
Antiques, apparel, even the kitchen sink.Watch them, and post one of your own.Watch brown bears in Katmai, porpoises up close and moose leaping over fences.Post a photo and explanation and check out others.The weather's warmer and the bears are out.Post pictures or stories of your latest sightings.Please, one picture per pooch.For other meanings, see Anchorage.Municipality of Anchorage (MOA)) in the U.To the south is Turnagain Arm, a fiord that has some of the world's highest tides.Knik Arm, another tidal inlet, lies to the west and north.Su is a "bedroom community" for Anchorage, the towns, exurbs, farms,and homesteads there have varied local cultures quite distinct from that of Anchorage proper.Between metropolitan Anchorage and the valley the communities of Eagle River, Chugiak, and Birchwood, although part of the MOA, also have distinct identities.The area of Anchorage is thus larger than that of Rhode Island.Dfc) due to its short, cool summers.C) with an average winter snowfall of 70.The weather on any given day and indeed for entire seasons can be very unpredictable.Anchorage area in 24 hours, closing schools for the next two days.December and 29 December 1955.Ash Hazards are a significant, though infrequent, occurrence.The most recent incident was on January 3, 1985.Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility.Because of Anchorage's latitude, summer days are very long and winter daylight hours are very short.Anchorage is often cloudy during the winter, which decreases the amount of sunlight experienced by residents.Anchorage was established in 1914 as a railroad construction port for the Alaska Railroad, which was built between 1915 and 1923.Ship Creek Landing, where the railroad headquarters was located, quickly became a tent city; Anchorage was incorporated on November 23, 1920.Between the 1930s and the 1950s, the city experienced massive growth as air transportation and the military became increasingly important.Merrill Field opened in 1930, and Anchorage International Airport opened in 1951.Elmendorf Air Force Base and Fort Richardson were constructed in the 1940s.On March 27, 1964, Anchorage was hit by the magnitude 9.In 1968, oil was discovered in Prudhoe Bay, and the resulting oil boom spurred further growth in Anchorage.In 1975, Anchorage merged with Eagle River, Girdwood, Glen Alps, and several other communities.The merger expanded the city, known officially as the Municipality of Anchorage.The city continued to grow in the 1980s, and capital projects and an aggressive beautification campaign took place.Government
Anchorage is governed by an elected mayor and assembly, and a city manager.The city's current mayor is Mark Begich.Anchorage is a designated census area.There were 100,368 housing units at an average density of 59.Anchorage is also the most ethnically diverse city in Alaska: the ethnic makeup of the municipality is approximately 72.Alaska Natives and American Indians, 5.Hispanic Americans or Latinos of any ethnic group.Spanish at home, while 1.There were 94,822 households out of which 38.The average household size was 2.In the city the population was spread out with 29.The median age was 32 years.For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.Out of the total population, 8.As of September 7, 2006, 94 languages were spoken by students in the Anchorage School District.Alaska, as well as a hub of the Alaska Railroad.Major industries include government and military, Petroleum, and tourism.Anchorage on the north: Elmendorf Air Force Base and Fort Richardson.Anchorage at some stage of their journeys in Alaska.Not surprisingly, summer is tourist season, and downtown Anchorage, as well as the highways leading north and south of town, are typically teeming with tourists.TSAIA is the primary international air freight gateway in the nation, by weight.These communities are also served by bus line from Anchorage.Anchorage also has a bus system called People Mover, with a central hub in downtown Anchorage and satellite hubs at Dimond Center and Muldoon Mall.The People Mover provides carpool organization services.There is one numbered state highway in Anchorage; Alaska Route 1.In Anchorage and southward it is known as the Seward Highway, it connects Anchorage to the Kenai Peninsula.Northerly from Anchorage it is known as the Glenn Highway.There is no other road access to Anchorage.New Seward Highway), is built to freeway standards.Glenn Highway carries commuter traffic to and from Eagle River, Chugiak, and the Matanuska Valley towns of Palmer and Wasilla.University of Alaska Anchorage.Television
Anchorage is also well served by television.Anchorage, though usually not KIMO except in very rare occasions (such as Iditarod coverage), to provide television service to remote areas.Citywide cable TV and Internet service is provided by General Communication, Inc.GCI) There is no competing cable service; however, satellite and broadcast TV are widely available.Numerous local and national Internet service providers serve the community.Radio
See List of radio stations in Alaska.Venues
The city of Anchorage currently provides three municipal facilities large enough to hold major events such as concerts, trade shows and conventions.Downtown facilities include the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, William A.The Sullivan Arena hosts sporting events as well concerts and annual trade shows.The Anchorage Football Stadium and Mulcahy Stadium are also noteworthy sports venues.Providence Health System has a history of serving Alaska, beginning when the Sisters of Providence first brought health care to Nome in 1902.As the territory grew during the following decades, so did efforts to provide care.Hospitals were opened in Fairbanks in 1910 and Anchorage in 1937.Alaska Regional Hospital on DeBarr Road in Anchorage opened in 1963 as Anchorage Presbyterian Hospital, located at 8th and L Street downtown.This predecessor to Alaska Regional was a joint venture between local physicians and the Presbyterian Church.Anchorage site and at 15 satellite facilities throughout the state.ANMC specialists also travel to clinics in the Bush to provide care.University of Washington's regional medical education program.Public safety
Crime rate in Anchorage, 2005
compared with Alaska overall,
with cities of comparable population,
and with the U.The UCR program collects data on certain types of crime reported to participating law enforcement agencies throughout the U.The UCR category of violent crime includes of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.Other law enforcement agencies in Anchorage include the University Police Department at University of Alaska Anchorage, the Airport Police and Fire Department at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, and offices of various federal agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.The Alaska State Troopers have their headquarters in Anchorage.Additionally, there are volunteer fire departments in Girdwood and Chugiak and fire departments on Elmendorf Air Force Base and Fort Richardson, as well as the Airport Police and Fire Department.In 2005, the latest year for which data is available, Anchorage reported 735.Anchorage's crime rate, both for violent and property crimes, is higher than for Alaska as a whole or for the U.Anchorage has a comparable rate of violent crime and a lower rate of property crime.Anchorage, and Alaska in general, have very high rates of sexual assault in comparison with the rest of the country, with Anchorage's annual rate of forcible rapes over twice as high as for the U.Justice Center at University of Alaska Anchorage, found that overall, Anchorage residents are fairly satisfied with the performance of the Anchorage Police Department.Education
Public education in Anchorage, Eagle River, Fort Richardson and Elmendorf Air Force Base is managed by the Anchorage School District, the 87th largest district in the United States, with nearly 50,000 students attending 88 schools.Anchorage among the top metropolitan cities in educational attainment.P) and Chugach Electric Association.The Municipality of Anchorage owns and operates the Water and Wastewater Utility serving an approximate population base of 214,000.Anchorage Municipal Solid Waste Services and Anchorage Refuse conduct trash removal in the city depending on location.In 2000, nearly 245,000 people visited 678 public performances.The Anchorage Concert Association brings 15 to 20 events to the community each winter.This statue of a generic sled dog, located at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and D Street, marks the starting line for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.Sports
The Sullivan Arena is home to the Alaska Aces of the ECHL (formerly East Coast Hockey League).The city's only other professional franchise is the Alaska Wild, an arena football team that began playing with the Intense Football League in April 2007.The Anchorage Bucs Baseball Club is a summer collegiate baseball team, attracting players from universities throughout the world.The Anchorage Glacier Pilots are a member of the National Baseball Congress.Both baseball clubs play at Mulcahy Stadium.The University of Alaska Anchorage sponsors the annual Great Alaska Shootout, an annual NCAA Division I basketball tournament featuring colleges and universities from across the United States.The University of Alaska Anchorage also has a Men's Division I hockey team that plays within the WCHA (Western Collegiate Hockey Association).Anchorage is the finish line for a wheelchair race known as Sadler's Ultra Challenge.Divisions include Men's Handcycle (with A, B, and C classes), Men's Wheelchair, and Women's Handcycle.Anchorage holds the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.Furthermore, Anchorage was also a candidate city for the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics, which it lost to Albertville and Lillehammer respectively.Wildlife
A diverse wildlife population exists in urban Anchorage and the surrounding area.Bears are regularly sighted within the city.Moose are a common sight.In the Anchorage Bowl, there is a summer population of approximately 250 moose, increasing to as many as 1000 during the winter.Two people have been stomped to death by moose in recent years in Anchorage.Alaska Dept of Fish and Game has to destroy some individual aggressive moose in the city every year.ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates:2006.Retrieved on September 30, 2007.Anchorage Municipality County, Alaska.Modern Language Association (no date).Retrieved on May 13, 2007.Offenses Known to Law Enforcement."Crime in the United States 2005.Federal Bureau of Investigation.Crime in the United States 2005.Anchorage, AK: Alaska Peace Officers Association.Anchorage Fire Department official website."Forcible Rapes and Sexual Assaults in Anchorage."Municipality of Anchorage website.Public Evaluation of Police Performance in Anchorage."Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage."Anchorage Attitudes Toward Justice System."See Copyrights for details.Look up Anchorage, anchorage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.See Copyrights for details.Add gas prices to your web site.When you enter a gas price into the above form, you are assisting in the fight against high gasoline prices in Anchorage.Tell a friend about our site!See what gas prices are around the US with our gas price temperature maps!State of Alaska purchases Alaska
Railroad from federal government
Anchorage named a U.Anchorage includes access to research material
available to local residents at the Alaska Collection of the
Loussac Library, and to all others through the interlibrary
loan system of your local library or through your local
bookseller.Click on any link to see and read about some
of the thousands of books available about Anchorage and
Alaskan history.Located in Southcentral Alaska on the shores of Cook Inlet,
the Municipality of Anchorage is a unique urban
environment situated in the heart of the wilderness.According to anthropological research
using the Beluga Point Site located just a short distance
from downtown Anchorage, human occupation of the
Anchorage area occurred in three waves, the first in 3,000
BC, the second in 2,000 BC, and the third and last at the
start of the new millennium.Southcentral area at first contact
with Europeans.Russian explorers had established themselves in southern
Alaska by 1784, but the English explorer Captain James
Cook is credited with first exploring and describing the
Anchorage area in 1778 during his third voyage of
discovery.Turnagain Arm by a subsequent
British explorer, George Vancouver.Ship Creek, and soon swelled to a population
of over 2,000.Between 1915 and 1920 the federal A.Anchorage,
and during this time water lines were laid, a power plant
was established , a rudimentary telephone system installed,
and a sewer system was started.However, by 1920
pressure by local citizenry resulted in an election which led
to the incorporation of Anchorage on November 23, 1920.Harding drove the ceremonial golden spike
to commemorate the completion.During the thirties Anchorage rebounded
from the loss of population and industry it had suffered
during World War I.Matanuska Valley, profited from the resources which were
funneled through it in order to develop the colony.The arrival of troops to Anchorage in 1940 marked a
decade of growth based on military expansion for
Anchorage.During the beginning of the decade, military
construction doubled the population of the town and
provided a boost to the local economy.Soviet Union ensured a continued heavy military
investment in the Anchorage area.Anchorage also experienced a
unfortunate rise in crime during this
tumultuous growth period, a problem the city would fight for decades.Kenai Peninsula
to motor vehicle traffic.Anchorage and
Southcentral Alaska: the Good Friday earthquake.This earthquake measured 8.Richter scale,
the largest ever recorded in North America and, because
Anchorage lay only 80 miles from the epicenter damage to
structures ran to the hundreds of millions of dollars.Since Anchorage had already
benefited from the 1957 discovery of oil at the Swanson
River field in the Kenai Peninsula, it was a natural choice
for the corporate headquarters of the large oil concerns
involved in operating North Slope fields and the TAPS
system.Anchorage
area had increased to 184,775, half the population of the
entire state.In great part because of this rapid growth, in
1975 the two local governmental entities, the City of
Anchorage and the Greater Anchorage Area Borough,
combined to a new government, The Municipality of
Anchorage.This new political entity
stretched from Eklutna and Eagle River in
the north to Portage in the south, from the Chugach State
Park in the east to Turnagain and Knik
Arms in the west, encompassing nearly 1,955 square miles.The new government was built on the City Charter, written by a
charter commission and endorsed by area voters in 1975.The Charter Commissioners
designed a strong mayoral system with
eleven Assembly members who serve as the legislative
branch.President Richard Nixon met with Emperor
Hirohito of Japan.Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race was
held, and today the image of the race start from downtown
Anchorage is televised annually throughout the world.The decade of the eighties was also a time of growth for
Anchorage, especially for its infrastructure and quality of
life.Thanks to a flood of North Slope oil
revenue into the state treasury, between 1980 and 1987
nearly a billion dollars worth of capital projects were
constructed in Anchorage.An unparalleled system of trails was created,
culminating in the Coastal Trail which made the Anchorage
coastline available to runners, skiers and bikers from Ship
Creek to Point Campbell.Anchorage could boast of maintained trails. |
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