A $5 million proposal that includes plans to create a “no-sell list” of people banned from buying alcohol in Anchorage has cleared a key hurdle, winning support from the Senate Finance Committee. The committee included the project, which also calls for comprehensive treatment and case management for the city’s costliest problem drinkers, in the $1.9 […]
‘Nothing’s ever going to be the same’
Until a friend found his body last month outside a Fairview warehouse, Gregory Jack spent decades volunteering and dining just a few blocks away at the Bean’s Cafe. Friends and family gathered Wednesday to mourn the 59-year-old at the soup kitchen. One of those attending, Art Ivanoff, says he lost his closest friend. The […]