Hank Davis
Assignment Editor
Anchorage, Ak
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Hank Davis came to KTUU from the Mississippi Gulf Coast, arriving days before the Nov. 2018 earthquake shook Southcentral Alaska. Since then, Hank has reported in communities across the state, covering breaking news, the oil & gas industry, politics and more.
(Photo Credit: Freeze Frame Photography)
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The U.S. Senate voted 67-32 on Wednesday to begin debate on $550 billion in new federal funding for infrastructure initiatives.
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Hundreds of thousands of young salmon are dying in western rivers as a heat wave and drought take their toll.
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A simple question to describe one’s craft led to creative comparisons that might help fans tuning in just for the Tokyo Olympics to better understand what they’re watching.
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A former grocery store employee of the Fred Meyer in Wasilla is going to court after she claims she was fired for blowing the whistle on safety concerns.
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The Alaska Public Offices Commission is proposing a more than $52,000 fine for Dave Bronson's campaign for finance violations.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection “will do the job it set out to do” despite Republicans’ vow to boycott the probe.
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They also signed a deferred prosecution agreement that US Attorney Vipal J. Patel says may result in the dismissal of the charge, WXIX reported.
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House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy said the GOP won’t participate the investigation if Democrats won’t accept the members he appointed.
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House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy has picked five Republicans to sit on the new select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
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The Alaska Department of Corrections says 43-year-old Keith Manzanares was found dead on Wednesday, at Lemon Creek Correctional Center.
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A public health order requiring masks indoors will go into effect Saturday.
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The 28-year-old former deputy was arrested in 2019. He was accused of planting drugs in cars during traffic stops while working for the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.
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Lavetta Langdon, who is 80 years old, was sentenced eight to 10 years for murdering her husband, Larry Langdon, in August 2020.
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U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said deciding whether to free Douglas Jensen from jail pending trial was a “close case,” but he ultimately agreed to release the Des Moines, Iowa, resident on house arrest with electronic location monitoring.
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The bear was shot by federal wildlife workers wearing night vision goggles shortly after midnight, when it approached a trap set near a chicken coop about 2 miles from Ovando, where Leah Davis Lokan, 65, of Chico, California, was killed early Tuesday morning.
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Sharpton eulogized 17-year-old Hunter Brittain, who was shot and killed by a white Lonoke County sheriff’s deputy, Sgt. Michael Davis, during a traffic stop June 23 near Cabot, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) northeast of Little Rock.
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Police say Michael Jaramillo, 11 years old, died Sunday from his injuries, and three others were injured.
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Cases and deaths from COVID-19 are at or near record lows since the outbreak began, thanks to the robust U.S. vaccination program. Businesses and restaurants are open, hiring is picking up and travel is getting closer to pre-pandemic levels.
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James Franco and his co-defendants agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit alleging he intimidated students at an acting and film school he founded into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations, court filings made public Wednesday showed.
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The vote comes against the backdrop of larger reckoning in the U.S. with racism, one that’s prompted a reassessment of statues and other symbols that valorize those who upheld white supremacy.
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The memorial titled “Guardians of the First Amendment” includes five pillars to represent the five lives lost in the shooting.
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Morgyn, who just finished eighth grade, was saddened when she was not in the cheerleading team picture the yearbook used.
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Black Americans are rejoicing after President Joe Biden signed legislation establishing Juneteenth as a federal holiday.
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The Anchorage Police Department hosted a community listening session Wednesday to hear input from members of the community on the department’s draft body camera policy.
President Biden signed the measure into law Thursday ahead of Saturday's holiday.
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The U.S. Air Force applied for a 20-year extension of a public land order that has allowed the branch of military exclusive access to land used for tactical training on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
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The report was compiled by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security and released Monday.
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The U.S Department of Agriculture said it will “repeal or replace” the Trump administration’s reversal of the 2001 Roadless Rule for the Tongass National Forest.
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Sven's Basecamp Hostel has treehouses built in and around the trees for guests.
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Researchers are leading the effort to automate vineyards with robots.
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Ahead of a community listening session this month, the Anchorage Police Department has released a draft policy for body-worn cameras.
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A Seward inn that also provides secluded yurts found a bright spot amid the pandemic last year.
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If exploring untouched, pristine Alaska wilderness in an eco-friendly way is on your bucket list, you’ve found your next vacation.
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With atmospheric clouds drifting over the peaks, a soothing pebble beach and wildlife just off the shore, if you’re staying the night on Fox Island, you’re staying at the Kenai Fjords Wilderness Lodge.
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About 12 miles off the coast of Seward, in the heart of Resurrection Bay, adventure awaits on Fox Island.
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Duke Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski will coach his final season with the Blue Devils in 2021-22, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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Mike Marshall, who became the first reliever to win the Cy Young Award when he set a major league record by pitching 106 games in a season for the Los Angeles Dodgers, has died.
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Leona Feigh loves the Lion King and asked for her birthday cake to feature a very specific scene from the movie with her favorite character, Mufasa.
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The revolt is one of Democrats’ biggest protests to date against GOP efforts nationwide to impose stricter election laws, and they used the spotlight to urge President Joe Biden to act on voting rights.
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Authorities say the attacker, 57-year-old Samuel Cassidy, had a longtime grudge against his work at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.
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After more than a year, a crowd gathered at the Soldotna Creek Park Wednesday night for the city’s summer concert series. It was the first such event since the pandemic started.
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In interviews with The Associated Press, current and former enlistees and officers in nearly every branch of the armed services described a deep-rooted culture of racism and discrimination that stubbornly festers, despite repeated efforts to eradicate it.
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John Davis, one of the real voices behind Milli Vanilli’s songs, has died of coronavirus at age 66, his daughter Jasmin Davis announced in a Facebook post.
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Santa Clara County sheriff’s spokesman Deputy Russell Davis said the suspect was an employee of the Valley Transportation Authority, which provides bus, light rail and other transit services throughout Santa Clara County, the largest county in the Bay Area.
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A man says he was punched in the face over the weekend after reminding visitors to wear their masks.
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Desmond David-Pitts pleaded guilty to a federal arson conspiracy charge in January.
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A longtime police detective with the Fairbanks Police Dept. resigned abruptly Monday, citing a toxic work environment, sexual harassment and retaliation.
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The Stone Mountain Memorial Association did not address a Confederate carving, which shows Gen. Robert E. Lee, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson mounted on horseback.
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Police say at least three people were killed and three others were wounded in a shooting Sunday outside a bar in Youngstown, Ohio.
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If convicted with the maximum sentence, all of the accused Juneau residents could face a lifetime in prison, up to a lifetime of supervised release and a fine of up to $10 million.