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Even if East Anchorage does top 90, the city may fall short of a new record which is recorded on the other side of town, where it's cooler. The all-time high of 86 degrees was reached in July 1993.Eli Martin
An Anchorage bookkeeper who worked for a nonprofit that supports people with disabilities was charged with multiple felonies after she allegedly embezzled more than $90,000. The woman used the money for an Old Navy credit card and a Las Vagas vacation. Jerzy Shedlock
15,000 people are registered for the “world's happiest 5K” in Anchorage this Saturday -- if they all show, it will be the largest ever running event in Alaska's largest city.Suzanna Caldwell
Sephora debuts its first Alaska store on Friday, bringing a "stress free, beauty product playground" to Anchorage's Fifth Avenue Mall.Leslie Boyd
Police Chief Mark Mew says officers will not longer shoot at moving vehicles unless another weapon is being brandished or shooting is otherwise justified.Suzanna Caldwell
OPINION: Now that the long-overdue repaving of Anchorage’s celebrated and well-traveled Tony Knowles Coastal Trail has finally begun, the work should meet the highest possible standards.Bill Sherwonit
The third annual Anchorage Weed Smackdown fights the good fight against so-called "invasive species'' in Alaska's largest city. The particular enemy being this year is the European bird cherry tree, otherwise known as the Mayday tree, which is running wild all over native spruce-birch forests.Craig Medred
Two single-track trails in Anchorage's Kincaid Park loved by mountain bikers -- Sandbox and Bolling Alley -- were closed until the moose carcass being eaten by Alaska bears could be removed.Craig Medred
Alaska Attorney General Michael Geraghty outlined Jerry Andrew Active’s prior criminal history Thursday afternoon in Anchorage. The 24-year-old is accused of breaking into an Anchorage home, killing two grandparents and sexually abusing a great grandmother and a 2-year-old girl.Jerzy Shedlock
Katie John, noted Ahtna Athabascan elder and Alaska icon, passed away on May 31 at 97 years old. Three days later, more than 450 people filed into the Anchorage Baptist Temple to celebrate her life.Sean Doogan

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