ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Filmmakers are holding their last major auditions Friday and Saturday at the Dimond Center mall in Anchorage mall for the movie, "Everybody Loves Whales." Casting directors p...

"On an overcast summer afternoon just outside the Downtown Soup Kitchen in Anchorage, Chris Buckley sat with a steaming cup of soup and a sandwich, just one among the hundreds..."

I saw this posted Saturday.

"About the same time Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan was talking about an $18 million budget gap and considering asking employee unions for cutbacks he authorized a 3 percent pay raise..."

Calling all cute dogs! The Anchorage Animal Care and Control Center has announced its annual Poster Dog Contest. Does your dog have what it takes to be a poster dog? If the answer is yes, take a picture of your pretty pooch and email it to Anchorage Animal Care and Control at taylorbd@muni.org.

My research with Vernon lead me to this.

"Several home burglaries have hit the usually quiet community of Anchorage in the last few weeks and it came to a head when a police officer caught the suspected burglar in the act. In all the thefts, high tech equipment was stolen, but every case has had a common thread of one target item - large flat screen television sets."

Ellen Lockyer, KSKA ? Anchorage Anchorage mayor Dan Sullivan presented a grim picture to the city Assembly this week. Sullivan says the estimated 2011 costs of current services in the city are $448 million. That figure presents a gap of somewhere between $18 million and $18.5 million in city revenues and city [...]

Here is an intersting one:

"Anchorage police say three men beat another man to death at Eagle River because they suspected him of stealing a backpack."

Tyler wrote:

I came across this post Friday.

"ANCHORAGE - The Anchorage Assembly voted Tuesday night to accept the findings of an investigator who found financial failings in the last months of the administration of Mark Begich as mayor."

Would anyone care to comment?

My friend thought this was interesting.

"ANCHORAGE - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is visiting Alaska and plans a town hall community meeting Thursday in Barrow to discuss North Slope issues."

Do you?

I saw this posted Thursday on NEWSMINER.COM.

"ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan says the city will come up at least $18 million short next year if it maintains the current rate of spending for services. At a briefing Wednesda..."