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Beth Bragg

BETH BRAGG

Never had to reboot Jack Miller if you wanted information

My last note from Jack Miller showed up about a month ago. As usual, I opened it with curiosity. You never knew what Jack might put in an envelope and stick a stamp on.

BETH BRAGG

Dillingham ‘consultant’ knows what’s best for Park Strip

Paul from Dillingham was watching tennis and enjoying a warm summer night at the Delaney Park Strip when he struck up a conversation with a group of women walking in the park.

BETH BRAGG

Low-profit garage sale enriched by a rewarding reunion

Memo to the guy from Eagle River so enamored by the framed photo of Marilyn Monroe that he spent his last penny Saturday at my big fat garage sale: You forgot to take the golf club you bought for your girlfriend in the hope it would get you out of the doghouse.

BETH BRAGG

Going the extra mile with dog poop is energy scoop

With all this talk about buying a share of the oil pipeline and negotiating a deal for a gas pipeline, it's time to introduce another idea for harnessing Alaska's vast natural resources: A poopline.

Hype precedes blind musher on the Iditarod

We're six weeks away from what could be the most widely publicized, closely watched and fiercely debated Iditarod in history.

Raising my Irish coffee, making a final toast to the Cheechako

Joe Reilly has sold more Irish coffees, given away more corned beef sandwiches and hosted more wakes than any man in Anchorage.

Features

GRAPHIC

Indigenous Americans

Find out what the 2006 census reveals about how Alaska's Native population compares to other states.

GRAPHIC

New Elmore Road

The opening of the 3-mile road from Abbott Road to 48th Avenue is now set to open at the end of the month.

SLIDE SHOW

Downtown construction

Photographer Bob Hallinen captures the sights and sounds of construction in downtown Anchorage.

DISCUSS

Anchorage Trails

Potholes, cracks and crevasses: Should the municipality improve recreational trails?

FEATURE

New Faces, New City

Stories from Anchorage's minority communities.

PHOTOS

Moose sightings

Moose eating a pumpkin. Moose in a swimming pool. What else are these guys up to? Send photos of your close encounters.

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