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Schools in Anchorage, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and on the Kenai Peninsula are open on Friday after freezing rain made a mess of roads in the region on Thursday.

"There's an old saying among fans of cold-weather activity: cotton kills. In heavy snow or heavy activity, cotton will get wet and stay wet, and so will you."

Visiting Churches: Chris Thompson is an amateur Alaskan biblical scholar and student of religion, especially as it relates to popular culture.

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In this file photo, Assemblyman Chris Birch meets supporters at McGinley's Pub in downtown Anchorage on Tuesday, Apr. 5, 2011.

Bob Hallinen/Anchorage Daily NewsShort-Eared Owls stand about 15 inches high and often hunt over open areas during the day.001109 Without its feathers, an owl would look like the ugliest bird in the world, combining the big beak, crooked neck and sloping brow of a naked buzzard with the posture of a dumpy chicken.

In this early 1920's file photo, Gunnar Kaasen poses with his dog Balto, who led the dog team that Kaasen drove through a blinding blizzard to help deliver life-saving serum to Nome, Alaska.

Debbie Hurd and Dan Scott hold a portrait of their late son, Matthew Scott, on Tuesday, November 26, 2013, in Meadow Lakes.

In a release this week, outdoor retailer Cabela's said it expects to "mass-hire" 250 full-time, part-time and seasonal employees before the spring 2014 opening of its South Anchorage location.

Kayla Sue Harris and Thomas Harry Wolfe were married Aug. 31, 2013 in Anchorage, Alaska.

The fall revenue forecast, released Wednesday, shows that the state expects to receive nearly $2.1 billion in unrestricted revenue from the production tax, compared with an estimated $4.1 billion in fiscal year 2013 and $1.7 billion in fiscal year 2015.

An Anchorage assemblywoman is asking for reconsideration of one of the two tennis court spending plans that the Assembly voted down at its meeting Tuesday -- a significant step towards breaking a two-month-old impasse on the issue.

Kastle Sorensen and her assistant Amy Grue decorate custom order cupcakes at Kastle Sorensen's "Kastle's Kreations" cupcake kitchen in Eagle River, AK on Thursday, November 21, 2013.

From left to right, teachers Whitney D'Atri, Andranel Brown, counselor Liz Repetto, and teacher Scott Kluever are some of the founders of the Anchorage STREAM Academy Charter School that will be located in East Anchorage for 6th through 8th grade students.

On Wednesday, The National Weather Service issued a freezing rain advisory for Anchorage and the Mat-Su Valley until 6 p.m. Thursday.

A lawsuit originally filed in state court by the Municipality of Anchorage against participants in the stalled Port of Anchorage expansion project will stay in federal court.

That's the big question as the industry braces for the International Pacific Halibut Commission's interim meeting this week in Seattle.

Anchorage police arrested and charged four men Saturday after back-to-back armed robberies at a hotel and gas station.

Anchorage police are warning Jewel Lake residents that they may hear a blast around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, but only for a few seconds.

The Alaska Aces fortified their depleted blue line today with the signing of defenseman Jason Cohen of Anchorage, on loan from the Louisiana IceGators of the SPHL, where he's been tearing it up as a rookie.