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Labor Ordinance Had Strong Influence in Some Assembly Races
Channel 2 NewsThe candidates in the two West Anchorage Assembly races and the Midtown Anchorage Assembly race say Ordinance 37, Mayor Dan Sullivan's rewrite of the city’s labor laws, had a major influence on the election outcome. City labor unions poured money...Tags: Labor Legislation, Local Elections, Elections, Unions, Career and Workplace
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Fire Department says Response Times will Increase with Cuts
With an anticipated $30 million deficit looming, the Anchorage Fire Department could see Station 15 shut down and lose a full service truck in Eagle River. Critics say that’s a reduction not seen since the 1980’s. "We will be seeing historic...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing
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Anchorage Fire Department Experiencing Problems with Breathing Gear
Channel 2 NewsThe Anchorage Fire Department responded, Tuesday, to an investigative report which questioned the reliability of breathing packs used by AFD first responders. “The Anchorage Fire Department has experienced difficulties with the Draeger Self-...Tags: Health, Health and Safety at Work, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Winner of Bonanza Extravaganza grand prize wants to remain unnamed
The winner of the $100,000 grand prize at Saturday’s Bonanza Extravaganza at Hagerstown Speedway has asked that his name not be released, according to John Murray, president of the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1605. Murray...
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Local charities are the real winners of the Bonanza Extravaganza
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comDard Stephens was in disbelief when he won a $10,000 raffle Saturday afternoon during the Bonanza Extravaganza at Hagerstown Speedway. The Halfway resident said he has attended the event for the past eight years, but never won anything until this...Tags: Services and Shopping, Harley-Davidson Inc.
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Bonanza Extravaganza offers 'chance to get away'
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comJoe and Sondra Rohm said they didn’t mind waiting in traffic to sleep in a “swamp” during this year’s Bonanza Extravaganza at Hagerstown Speedway off U.S. 40. The siblings said they arrived at the track at around 2 p.m., set up...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Entertainment, Gaming, Harley-Davidson Inc.
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Women get 2nd chance at being firefighters
RaShaunda Dooley has heard plenty of people tell her she can't be a firefighter. "There are always naysayers," she said Monday outside the Chicago Fire Department Academy South. "There are still naysayers now. But I know I can do the job." Dooley, 29,...
Tags: Roosevelt University, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Trials, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Women who failed Chicago firefighting test can reapply
About 138 women denied jobs with the Chicago Fire Department will have a chance to reapply to be firefighters Monday after reaching an agreement with the city in a federal class-action lawsuit. The women passed the written test in 2006 but were denied...Tags: Trials, Chicago Fire Department
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Five for your planner: Sunday, May 5
1. Food, music and prizes Bonanza Extravaganza will be Friday, May 10, and Saturday, May 11, at Hagerstown Speedway, 15112 National Pike, west of Hagerstown. Food, prizes and entertainment. 2 p.m. Friday, parking gates open, event opens at 5 p.m.; 8 a....
Tags: World Wildlife Fund, Entertainment, Little League Baseball, Movies
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Firefighters fill the boot for muscular dystrophy cure
Firefighters and other emergency responders from Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue on Monday launched their annual "Fill the Boot" campaign for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Broward Sheriff Scott Israel and Fire Rescue Chief Tony Stravino kicked off the...
Tags: Lauderdale Lakes, Dania Beach, Muscular Dystrophy, Sunrise (Broward, Florida), Fort Lauderdale
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Major corporations backed inaugural festivities
WASHINGTON — President Obama's second inaugural committee raised a little more than $43 million to put on the official festivities surrounding his January swearing-in, backed by major donations from some of the country's biggest corporations,...Tags: Labor Legislation, Oakland (Chicago, Illinois), Political Fundraising, Federal Election Commission, Washington, DC
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Federal firefighters push for shift-swap flexibility
When city or county firefighters have a family event or unexpected obligation pop up on a workday, their solution is familiar to most shift workers: They find a colleague willing to trade hours. But for the roughly 10,000 firefighters employed by the...Tags: Darrell E Issa, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Fires
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