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Anchorage

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Alaskan Militia Leader Schaeffer Cox Goes to Trial While Other Sovereigns Here Go to Prison

    Young Schaeffer Cox has already been acquitted of trying to kill a federal judge, an IRS agent and an Alaska state trooper. The jury might have been partial, however, being they were his

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Thanh Vi To Become Fusion World

    Seattle food writer Sara Dickerman's recent contention that "fusion" is no longer a dirty word in culinary circles could bode well for an International District restaurant in the midst of a major redesign. After a decade of serving a purely Vietnamese menu, Thanh Vi has eliminated half of its class ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Jan Steves, Rookie Musher, Last to Cross Iditarod Finish Line - But Finish She Did

    Down to a nine-dog team and reduced to super-gluing the skin cracks in her fingers, Edmonds' rookie musher Jan Steves finally glided past the Alaska finish line at 2:57 a.m. yesterday, officially ending the 2012 Iditarod Trail sled dog race. Placing 53rd in a field of 53 finishers, the 55-year-old ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    Jan Steves, Sister of the Travel Guru, Glides Off On Her Own Long Journey, the Alaska Iditarod

    At this point, Jan Steves, 55, is with her four-footed team mushing somewhere through the Alaska snowfields on a 1,000-mile journey between Anchorage and Nome, attempting to become, her brother says, the oldest woman from Washington state to ever finish the Iditarod dog-sled race. And here Rick Stev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Seattle's Deep Sea Fishermen's Union Turns 100

    ​When Mike Dye joined the Deep Sea Fishermen's Union in the late 1970s, the organization had 300 members. Its current registry lists fewer than 100 crewmen representing just 15 boats. "We're sort of an anachronism," says Dye, who longlines for halibut and black cod. "Most boats aren't represe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Mechele Linehan, Ex-Stripper Accused of Alaska Murder, Released by Judge, Returns to Olympia

    Sixteen years after she allegedly killed her Alaska fiance, is Mechele Linehan free to resume life as the soccer-mom wife of an Olympia doctor? The saga of the ex-Alaska stripper has been repeatedly told in print and TV reports - how she was convicted and sent to prison for 99 years, then exonerated ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    Mechele Linehan, Ex-Stripper/Murder Suspect, Escapes Charges (Again)--'Letter from the Grave' Won't Fly

    ​The 15-year legal odyssey that has surrounded the death of Alaskan fisherman Kent Leppink and the prosecution of his ex-stripper fiance Mechele Linehan has finally come to an end (we think).

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Jack Parlin, Alaska Man, Accused of Gnawing on Crewman's Arm After Plane Lands at Sea-Tac

    Image Source​Hands down, the worst part about commercial air travel is the landing. Your plane touches down, you taxi to the gate, and then . . . interminable waiting. Your legs and back are sore, you have to pee, you're tired and hungry--the experience can try the patience of even the most re ... More >>

  • Music

    August 31, 2011

    Indie Anna Jones: Kisses, Misses, and Sarah Moody

    Seattle's sassiest critic wades through the pop-culture jungle.

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Oregon Resident Jeff Ellis Tickled, Stung by Scorpion on Seattle Flight

    Jeff Ellis provided an image of the scorpion to Portland station KPTV.​"I'VE HAD IT WITH THESE MOTHERFUCKIN' SCORPIONS ON THIS MOTHERFUCKIN' PLANE!" That's what Oregon resident Jeff Ellis could have said after he was stung by a scorpion on a June 17 Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Anch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    Sarah Palin Emails: First Reports Reveal Ethics, Strategy Issues, Use of 'Unflippingbelievable'

    ​The state of Alaska released 24,199 pages of then-Gov. Sarah Palin's emails today and the mystery is whether the big document dump will have any effect on the aspirations of the could-be Republican presidential candidate. "The emails," says Tim Crawford, treasurer of Palin's political campaig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Ron Jeremy, James Beard, Dumplings, and Pig

    ​ "You know how whenever the federal government puts out a new budget or new income tax rules, there's always this B-roll footage shown on the news of some poor congressional staffer lugging around bound copies thicker than two phone books put together? "Yeah, well that's kind of the stage w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Seattle Snow Day Photo Blog: Post 'Em If You Got 'Em

    ​Good morning, Anchorage! I mean Seattle. The Daily Weekly is holed up at Neptune Coffee Roasters in Greenwood today. I've got some snow day photos here and I'm guessing you may too. So send 'em in to me at ccartier@seattleweekly.com and if they're good, I'll post up here and make you famous b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Feds Shut Down The Union Credit Union in Spokane, May Be First of Many to Go Under

    ​A phone call to The Union Credit Union in Spokane won't get you to a credit union agent or anyone else associated with the collective. Instead, after a long wait, a person with "Credit Union Services" at a call center in Grand Rapids, Mich. will pick up and ask "how may I help you?" That's be ... More >>

  • Film

    October 20, 2010

    The Anchorage: Immersion in a Swedish Forest

    ​A phone call to The Union Credit Union in Spokane won't get you to a credit union agent or anyone else associated with the collective. Instead, after a long wait, a person with "Credit Union Services" at a call center in Grand Rapids, Mich. will pick up and ask "how may I help you?" That's be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2010

    Bumbershoot Review: Surfer Blood, Mature, Talented, and Rocking Decades Beyond Their Years

    ​ Who: Surfer Blood When: 7:30 Where: Broad Street Stage My most anticipated show of the festival did not disappoint me -- through the rain and the cold, Surfer Blood killed it on the Broad Street Stage this evening. Surfer Blood is a youthful fivepiece -- bass, drums, guitar, keys (the keybo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Crumpet Shop Cook Dances, Sings In The Kitchen

    Photo by Leslie KellyIsrael Berube got his start cooking at Sbarro's Pizza at a mall in Anchorage.​Israel Berube is a crumpet cook by day, psychedelic hip hop artist by night, but his musical side comes out in the kitchen. Customers might catch him dancing to his mix while mixing batter and fl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    Meet Israel: Crumpet Baker, Hip Hop Artist, Earthling

    Photo by Leslie KellyIsrael Berube gets some advice from Crumpet Shop owner Nancy McFaul.​See that guy dancing in the kitchen at The Crumpet Shop? It's Israel Berube, a musician, a poet, a crumpet artist. He's the bubbly presence who can't stop grinning while he cooks those magnificent discs o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    Update: Ted Stevens, 86, Washington's '3rd Senator,' Confirmed Dead in AK Plane Crash

    ​Update: Stevens was killed in the crash, his family has now confirmed (11:30 a.m.). Known sometimes as Washington state's third U.S. senator for his support of local projects and the large donor base he developed among Seattle's fishing and aerospace industries, former Alaska Sen. Ted Steven ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    Amazing Photo of Anchorage Plane Crash

    KATU News​In the picture above, police and bystanders prop up the wing of a Cessna 206 in an attempt to free victims of a crash in downtown Anchorage. Five people were on board, including four family members who operate a guide and outfitting business and one of their employees, a 16-year-old ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    Mechele Linehan Out on Bail, But Won't Be Able to Come Home to Olympia

    Photo by Anchorage Daily News.She found another benefactor.​Former stripper Mechele Linehan, who had her murder conviction thrown out by an Alaska Appeals Court earlier this year and now awaits a new trial, was released from prison last night. But she won't be coming home to her family in Olym ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    Mechele Linehan, Ex-Stripper Accused of Murder, Gets Bail Offer From Alaska Strip Club Owner She's Never Met

    (Your regularly scheduled blogger, Caleb, has earned some vacation, so the rest of the gang, including yours truly, will be pitching in with DW duties today and Monday.) Photo by the Anchorage Daily NewsMechele Linehan of Olympia was engaged to both the alleged shooter and the victim.​Strip c ... More >>

  • Diversions

    October 28, 2009

    Fisticuffs and Northwest Profile #676: Bike Messengers With the European Hats and Tight Pants

    (Your regularly scheduled blogger, Caleb, has earned some vacation, so the rest of the gang, including yours truly, will be pitching in with DW duties today and Monday.) Photo by the Anchorage Daily NewsMechele Linehan of Olympia was engaged to both the alleged shooter and the victim.​Strip c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    A Finnish Beginning to Summer

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. Follow him on Twitter @Duff64.Late spring in Europe and the U.K. means only one thing for the music lover over here: FESTIVAL SEASON! Of course, these festivals are good for both the fans AND the bands that play in front of them, as festivals will ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    Seattle Is America's Most Wired City

    So says Forbes. And, no pun intended, it may have something to do with coffee. While Seattle ranks 10th in broadband adoption and 2nd in access options, it ranks 1st in wi-fi hotspots. At last count, it also ranks 2nd (to Anchorage, AK) in per-capita coffee shops, and it's not a big jump to think th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2008

    PNBA Short List Announced

    The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association gives its awards next spring. Last year, Sherman Alexie was among the winners for his The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Notable among the writers below is Seattle's Garth Stein, whose The Art of Racing in the Rain was first featured at S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2008

    Defeat AND Prison?

    Senator Begich? If you've watched any of Sen. Ted Stevens' performances over the years, you likely wondered how voters and the FBI let him get away with this or that or this or that. Now it appears neither have. "I think it's all over," Anchorage pollster Ivan Moore said to the Daily News, read ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2008

    Ted (R-Leavenworth)

    Senator Begich? If you've watched any of Sen. Ted Stevens' performances over the years, you likely wondered how voters and the FBI let him get away with this or that or this or that. Now it appears neither have. "I think it's all over," Anchorage pollster Ivan Moore said to the Daily News, read ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2008

    Sarah Palin's Twins

    Senator Begich? If you've watched any of Sen. Ted Stevens' performances over the years, you likely wondered how voters and the FBI let him get away with this or that or this or that. Now it appears neither have. "I think it's all over," Anchorage pollster Ivan Moore said to the Daily News, read ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2008

    The Juneau Gossip on Sarah Palin

    Senator Begich? If you've watched any of Sen. Ted Stevens' performances over the years, you likely wondered how voters and the FBI let him get away with this or that or this or that. Now it appears neither have. "I think it's all over," Anchorage pollster Ivan Moore said to the Daily News, read ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2008

    It's Not Hillary, It's...Sarah Palin

    Senator Begich? If you've watched any of Sen. Ted Stevens' performances over the years, you likely wondered how voters and the FBI let him get away with this or that or this or that. Now it appears neither have. "I think it's all over," Anchorage pollster Ivan Moore said to the Daily News, read ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2008

    Campaign to Nowhere?

    Senator Begich? If you've watched any of Sen. Ted Stevens' performances over the years, you likely wondered how voters and the FBI let him get away with this or that or this or that. Now it appears neither have. "I think it's all over," Anchorage pollster Ivan Moore said to the Daily News, read ... More >>

  • News

    August 6, 2008

    Deep Pockets Still Love Stevens

    Boeing has ponied up $48,000 for his re-election campaign.

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2008

    Sen. Ted Indicted

    Boeing has ponied up $48,000 for his re-election campaign.

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2008

    From Colacurcio to Al-Ogaidi

    Boeing has ponied up $48,000 for his re-election campaign.

  • News

    May 14, 2008

    Salmon Caught in the Carbon Net

    Our mania for wild, fresh boutique fish comes at a high environmental cost.

  • Music

    April 23, 2008

    Behind My Music (Before the Long Winters)

    In my youth, rock culture was too dull-witted to take seriously.

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2008

    My Seattle Rock Journey - Part One

    In my youth, rock culture was too dull-witted to take seriously.

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2007

    Scandal, Alaska

    In my youth, rock culture was too dull-witted to take seriously.

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2007

    Weekly Nabs Five Firsts at SPJ Banquet

    In my youth, rock culture was too dull-witted to take seriously.

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2006

    Crude Again

    In my youth, rock culture was too dull-witted to take seriously.

  • Arts

    June 7, 2006

    If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News From Small-Town Alaska

    NPR commentator spins homilies out of rural life.

  • News

    January 4, 2006

    Strongman of the North

    Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is, by his own account, a 'mean, miserable SOB.' He's also a powerful SOB who has effectively become Washington's third senator. He wants to drill in ANWR and see more tankers cruising Puget Sound, but his overreaching may be a godsend for Maria Cantwell in 2006.

  • News

    March 9, 2005

    The Alternative War

    Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is, by his own account, a 'mean, miserable SOB.' He's also a powerful SOB who has effectively become Washington's third senator. He wants to drill in ANWR and see more tankers cruising Puget Sound, but his overreaching may be a godsend for Maria Cantwell in 2006.

  • Food

    March 9, 2005

    Alaska's Gourmet Subs

    Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is, by his own account, a 'mean, miserable SOB.' He's also a powerful SOB who has effectively become Washington's third senator. He wants to drill in ANWR and see more tankers cruising Puget Sound, but his overreaching may be a godsend for Maria Cantwell in 2006.

  • Diversions

    August 4, 2004

    Best Migratory Booker

    ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • News

    June 18, 2003

    Who Owns REI?

    It can't be the members. They aren't even privy to what the co-op's executives earn.

  • News

    April 16, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    '... Rick Anderson does a noble deed and reminds us how quickly todays men and women in uniform can become tomorrows pariahs. ...'

  • Music

    July 3, 2002

    Days Of Our Nights

    Of Mice and (patrol) Men, Courtney's latest look, Muppets, and more.

  • Music

    June 12, 2002

    Days of our nights

    Of Mice and (patrol) Men, Courtney's latest look, Muppets, and more.

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