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Anchorage
Sunday, July 27th, 2025
Good morning, Anchorage. Here's your local news at a glance for Sunday, the 27th of July.
ACCIDENTS NEWS
- ➤ A local was attacked by a brown bear near Barbara Falls in Eagle River on Saturday around 10 a.m. and was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, a park ranger said. Alaska's News Source
BUSINESS NEWS
- ➤ Furie Operating Alaska LLC has renamed its Cook Inlet drilling platform from Julius to Allegra Leigh Platform—named after the owners’ first granddaughter—and is using the Spartan 151 jack-up rig to drill new wells in the nearly 83,400-acre Kitchen Lights Unit. The move will boost local natural gas production as demand grows and older fields wind down. Must Read Alaska
GOVERNMENT NEWS
- ➤ Gov. Dunleavy allowed three bills to become law this week by taking no action, eliminating DMV registration for active fishing boats and letting commercial fishing cooperatives form their own insurance pools + lowering classroom training requirements for new accountants + aligning state accounting rules with model legislation. Alaska Beacon
- ➤ A state emergency operations center worker mistakenly sent a wireless alert test message to cellphones that had opted in on Wednesday afternoon—only those who enabled test messages received it. Head of operations Mark Roberts said the error happened when the operator accidentally selected the wireless alert test along with the regular weekly test. Alaska Beacon
- ➤ On Friday, July 25, the Coast Guard intercepted a Chinese government icebreaker operating 130 nautical miles inside the US Extended Continental Shelf+290 nautical miles north of Utqiagvik, and a C-130J Hercules from Kodiak was deployed+as part of Operation Frontier Sentinel to monitor rising Chinese activity in the Arctic. Must Read Alaska
- ➤ The Alaska Bar Association board of governors will meet via Zoom on Aug. 21 to vote on recommending disbarment for former federal judge Joshua Kindred — he resigned in 2024 after investigators revealed he had engaged in misconduct. Anchorage Daily News
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
7:30-11:30 p.m. — Atwood Concert Hall — Tickets available — Engage with an astrophysicist on the wonders of the universe in a captivating evening.
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Candlelight Concert: Rings and Dragons
6:30-7:30 p.m. — 49th State Brewing — Ticketed event — Experience a magical live music performance under candlelight at an iconic Anchorage venue.
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Hawthorne Heights Live Concert
6:30-8 p.m. — SteamDot Williwaw — Tickets available — Experience the emotional sounds of Hawthorne Heights as they celebrate their latest album ‘The Rain Just Follows Me’.
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Uniform Residential Appraisal Report Course
9 a.m. - 5 p.m. — Alaska Aviation Museum — $200.00 ($175 for AI members) — Delve into the new URAR training while enjoying a unique setting at the largest seaplane base in the world.
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Battle of the Bands: Bike Week
5-11 p.m. — House of Harley-Davidson — Free entry — Experience local talent battling it out on stage during Anchorage's favorite bike week celebration.
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Race Judicata 5K Fun-Run
10 AM – 2 PM — Westchester Lagoon Nature Trail — $35 entry — Support the Anchorage Youth Court while enjoying a community-themed run/walk.
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ASA Alaska Chapter Annual Workshop and Meeting 2025
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. — USGS Alaska Science Center — $400 — Explore spatial linear modeling concepts in environmental data analysis at this informative two-day workshop.
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Power of Hope Cancer Support Group
Noon to 1 p.m. — Anchorage Native Primary Care Center — Free entry — A supportive learning circle for cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers to discover educational resources and management strategies.
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Meet the 4-H Horses
11 a.m. — France Equestrian Center — FREE — Experience a daily rendezvous with 4-H horses and learn more about their care and training.
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Rainbow Kitten Surprise Concert
11 AM – 8 PM — Alaska State Fair — Ticket prices vary — Experience a genre-defying performance by Rainbow Kitten Surprise at the Alaskan Fair.
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TODAY'S FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
~ Rumi
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