Loren Holmes
Alaska Dispatch News
Anchorage, AK, United States
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Photos: 2020 Fur Rendezvous outhouse races
The event benefited the UAA engineering club. → Read More
Alaska National Guardsmen return home after 4 months in Iraq
The airbase where the Alaskans were stationed was attacked Jan. 7 by Iranian rockets. → Read More
Anchorage’s Campbell Lake, long closed to the public, begins to open up
A loosely organized event Saturday brought over 100 people to the frozen lake → Read More
MS Queen Elizabeth makes her maiden visit to Anchorage and marks the start of cruise season
The cruise ship is the first of ten scheduled to visit Anchorage this season → Read More
In Anchorage, spreading a positive message at schools before classes kick off
Kind words written near the entryways of a dozen Anchorage schools will greet students when classes begin Monday. → Read More
Watch: Fourth of July fireworks burst over Seward beneath glowing pink skies
Float above the waters of Resurrection Bay as Independence Day fireworks light up over Seward. → Read More
Catholics celebrate Good Friday in Anchorage
Parishioners walked to Town Square for the Holy Week event. → Read More
Watch: With a bite, the Alaska Zoo’s wolf Denali picks the winner of Super Bowl LII
Denali, one of the Alaska Zoo's gray wolves, predicted the winner of Super Bowl LII with a bite into a paper mache football filled with a meat treat. → Read More
Photos: 2018 Frosty Bottom bike race
Fat-tire cyclists took to Anchorage trails Saturday for 50- and 25-mile races. → Read More
Firefighters take pre-emptive measures to protect Eagle River neighborhood
Firefighters from the Pioneer Peak hotshot crew thin the forest around an Eagle River subdivision, felling beetle-killed spruce and making the area more defensible against a wildland fire. → Read More
700 Santas ski for free at Alyeska Resort
For decades, Alyeska Resort in Girdwood has offered a day of free skiing to anyone wearing a full Santa outfit. This year, over 700 Santas showed up. → Read More
'This place can be full of hope': Hear the voices of Christmas in an Alaska prison
The Goose Creek Singers, an inmate-led choir at Goose Creek Correctional Center, perform Christmas carols for fellow prisoners. → Read More
Watch: Quyana night highlights
Every year at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention, dancers and drummers from across Alaska gather for two nights of song and dance, blending traditional songs with modern touches. Here are some highlights from the first night, held at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks on Oct. 20, 2016. → Read More
The man who collects sounds
Are wild sounds endangered as aircraft, cars, buses and an array of devices spew noise into remote natural settings? → Read More
For some Army National Guard members, their first jump is also their last
For some Army National Guard members, their first jump is also their last → Read More
Topping out the Anchorage Museum's new expansion
The Anchorage Museum celebrated a milestone on as ironworkers secured the final structural steel beam, officially topping out the new &u0024;24 million expansion. → Read More
3,022 feet of agony and joy
Mount Marathon racers tackle Seward's mountain with grit. → Read More
The faces of Anchorage's Color Run
Participants run through the orange station during the Color Run Tropicolor World Tour in Anchorage on Saturday, June 25, 2016. The Color Run started at Sullivan Arena and ran through Anchorage. (Sarah Bell / Alaska Dispatch News) The Color Run Tropicolor World Tour started at Sullivan Arena and ran through Anchorage on Saturday, June 25, 2016. (Alaska Aerial Media) Participants run and walk A… → Read More
Alaska PrideFest 2016 counts nearly 10,000 participants and visitors
Cormac Gillis takes a selfie with Julian Anderson, wearing a unicorn mask, before the start of the Alaska Pride parade in downtown Anchorage on Saturday, Jun. 25, 2016. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News) Chris Blankenship, left, is surrounded by her family during the Alaska Pride parade in downtown Anchorage on Saturday, Jun. 25, 2016. “A bunch of our family members are lesbians and we are… → Read More
Boxing great Muhammad Ali near death in Arizona hospital: source
Former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali was close to death in a Phoenix-area hospital on Friday, a source close to the family said, as speculation swirled about his health. Ali, one of the best-known figures of the 20th century, was hospitalized this week for a respiratory ailment. Family spokesman Bob Gunnell has said that Ali, 74, was in fair condition, but media reports have said he… → Read More