Evergreen Vista is the Olympia-based property of Intercommunity Mercy Housing. Its mission is to strengthen communities by providing quality, affordable, service-enriched housing for individuals and families who are economically poor.
PETA is not too happy with a church here in Anchorage, but one pastor is not sure what all the fuss is about. The group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, contacted Anchorage First Free Methodist Church to complain about their use of live animals in their Christmas nativity scene.
The number of people cited for not wearing their seat belt rose dramatically in Fairbanks, and in other areas of the state, last summer. That's because the state made lack of using a seat belt a reason for law enforcement officers to stop drivers.
Lawyers engaged in a legal battle between the Army and groups in Hawaii concerned over the training of a Stryker brigade there are floating a different idea. They are looking into whether Alaska possibly could host a second Stryker unit.
A Barrow man has been sentenced to prison. 45-year-old Kenneth Brower was sentenced to five years in federal prison for unlawfully transporting a polar bear hide. Prosecutors say Brower agreed to illegally sell the polar bear hide to someone who was not an Alaska Native.
A fire yesterday damaged a home in Anchorage and left five people homeless. No one was injured, but the home was badly damaged. Anchorage Fire Department Captain Clinton Powell says by the time firefighters arrived at the home in the Hillside neighborhood, it was engulfed in flames.
The University of Alaska Anchorage women are champions of the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout again. Marie Nilsson scored 17-first half points Wednesday night and the Seawolves held on to defeat California-Riverside 72-67 in the championship game.
Alaska National Guard soldiers deployed to serve in the Middle East are now settling into Kuwait. The soldiers, who were deployed in what was the largest deployment of the Alaska National Guard since World War II, are helping police the deserts of Kuwait.
An insurance company study shows aging Alaskans and their families are paying the highest nursing home rates in the country. The study was released by New York Life Insurance Company, the largest mutual life insurance company in the U.S. Nursing home costs average out to 388 dollars a day in Alaska.
