Hot Off The Press | January 22
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Well gang, we've made it to another Friday. A couple more months and we'll be deep into breakup, the sun will be back to stay, and we'll be back dining on patios with this worst winter in modern history behind us.


Meanwhile, at the Gambell Carr's: police say a man was caught shoplifting and, when confronted, pulled out the very large knife he had also been concealing. Always the Gambell Carr's......

Meanwhile, as major festival Glastonbury announces a repeat cancellation for 2021, the Anchorage Folk Fest has decided to go virtual for the first time. Organizers behind last May's "Keeping The Folks At Home" festival are behind the event, and will be announcing specifics on the virtual festival soon.

Finally, Ned Rozell writes of a new turn of phrase- "nuisance lynx". Lynx follow a ten-year rabbit population surge and dip. They're at a relative peak right now, and beginning to dip as human populations are kept home by COVID. As a result, officials are getting record numbers of reports of lynx encounters with pets and livestock.

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James Pearce facing criminal charges after threatening store personnel with a knife
At 1:59 PM on January 19, 2021, Anchorage Police responded to Carrs at 1340 Gambell Street in reference to a robbery involving a knife. Initial indications are that a Carrs employee confronted 37-year-old James S. V. Pearce when he saw…
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Anchorage Folk Fest Goes Virtual in 2021
Anchorage Folk Fest Goes Virtual in 2021
By John Christensen
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High time for lynx in Alaska’s Interior
High time for lynx in Alaska’s Interior
Mike Taras has worked for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game for many years, but this is the first time he has said the words “nuisance lynx.”
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Recall of Governor Dunleavy Reboots to Collect Final 22,000 Petition Signatures by Mid-March
In a January 19th press conference, a nonpartisan group of Alaskans spearheading the recall of Governor Mike Dunleavy announced a resurgence of interest in gathering the remaining 22,000 recall petition signatures within the next several weeks, paving the way for…
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Do you have information that can help us find who killed Arnoldine Simone Hill found deceased near milepost 81 of the Parks Highway?
Do you have information that can help us find who killed Arnoldine Simone Hill found deceased near milepost 81 of the Parks Highway?
Do you have information that can help us find who killed Arnoldine Simone Hill? Since January 9, 2021, Alaska State Troopers have been investigating the death of the 26 year old from Hooper Bay. She was found deceased in a…
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Save Anchorage: No Humor or Free Speech Allowed?
Save Anchorage: No Humor or Free Speech Allowed?
I stumbled upon Nate Crawford's Facebook account this afternoon as I was reading the anti-Biden, election-fraud Qanon comments posted in local news media posts. I forget which comment Mr. Crawford left that caused me to chuckle, but it was enough…
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The more contagious coronavirus variant may soon be the U.S.’s dominant strain
The more contagious coronavirus variant may soon be the U.S.’s dominant strain
A highly contagious coronavirus variant will become the dominant version of the virus in the United States in March, emphasizing the need for more rapid vaccination, a new modeling study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests.The…
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Trump, exiting presidency, issues leases in ANWR. One day later Biden moves to block further leasing
Trump, exiting presidency, issues leases in ANWR. One day later Biden moves to block further leasing
On Tuesday, one day before President-elect Joe Biden sworn into office the U.S. Bureau of Land Management signed and issued leases nine tracts that received qualifying bids in the Jan. 6 gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge,…
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Hey Joe, Where You Goin' With That Pen in Your Hand?
Hey Joe, Where You Goin' With That Pen in Your Hand?
On his first partial day as president, Joe Biden issued 17 "executive orders, memorandums and proclamations" -- two more than America's first five presidents issued over their 36 years in office.
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Free Will Astrology for the week of Jan. 21
Free Will Astrology for the week of Jan. 21
ARIES (March 21-April 19): On May 4, 2019, my Aries friend Leah woke up in a state of amazement. During the night, she felt she had miraculously become completely enlightened. Over the next 16 hours, she understood her life perfectly.…
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One of the reasons I don't have kids is because I think people would have been very unfair to them. Think of it. You're still asking me questions about The Exorcist.
Linda Blair, born January 22, 1959

The injury that we do to a man must be such that we need not fear his vengeance.
Steve Perry, born January 22, 1949

That deep fryer looks like the community pool in Flavortown.
Guy Fieri, born January 22, 1968

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