Alaska Dispatch News

• March Madness, Alaska style: No. 8 Ketchikan rallies past No. 1 East T-birds March 22, 2019
  In true March Madness fashion, the No. 8 Ketchikan Kings rallied from an 18-point deficit against the top-seeded East Thunderbirds in a 60-58 first-round upset at the Class 4A boys basketball tournament.After clawing back from their big deficit in the first half, the Kings maintained their poise and sealed their win at the free throw […]
• ACS girls launch 100 shots to stroll into Class 3A semifinals March 22, 2019
  Anchorage Christian’s pursuit of a third straight state championship started in decisive fashion Thursday at the Alaska Airlines Center.The Lions launched a staggering 100 field-goal attempts in a 68-23 romp over Kotzebue.The victory improved ACS to 28-0 and puts the Lions in a 6:30 p.m. semifinal game Friday against the Kenai Kardinals, who edged Mt. […]
• Sophomore sensation propels Bartlett over battle-tested Wasilla in Class 4A girls tourney March 22, 2019
  Led by sophomore Amelia Uhila, the Bartlett Golden Bears seized a 52-48 first-round win over the Wasilla Warriors, a team that has appeared in the last three Class 4A state championship games.Bartlett (21-7), whose lineup features two freshmen and two sophomores in key roles, showed veteran poise against the Warriors, the state champs in 2016 […]
• Governor’s office buying radio ads to encourage pro-PFD testimony March 22, 2019
  Updated at 8:30 p.m.According to an email sent at 8:22 p.m. by the governor’s office, the anonymous radio ads are the work of the office of the governor. According to an email from spokesman Matt Shuckerow, the ads were placed by the governor’s office in Kenai, Wasilla and Fairbanks at a cost of approximately $9,000.“From […]
• Anchorage port plan calls for construction, even without full funding March 22, 2019
  JUNEAU — Even if it doesn’t have all the money in hand, the Municipality of Anchorage will begin construction on the first phase of the Port of Alaska replacement project next summer, Municipal Manager Bill Falsey told state lawmakers in a Thursday hearing of the Senate Finance Committee.That first phase, which involves a new terminal […]