Girdwood

According to an ASD press release: Due to hazardous road conditions on the Seward Highway along Turnagain Arm, the following bus routes are canceled today, Nov. 22. Girdwood School routes 622, 623 Goldenview Middle School route 27 South High School route 621 Students who normally ride those bus routes will be excused today if they are unable to find alteranative means to school. Parents should use their best judgment to determine what's safest for their children.

Board members with Girdwood Health Clinic, Inc. are concerned the non-profit may be forced to move out of its building if they can't come to a lease agreement with the building's owners. If that happens it would leave Girdwood without a health clinic. Turnagain Arm Health Clinic owns the building and has rented the facility to Girdwood Clinic since 2005. Girdwood Clinic was sold and became Girdwood Health Clinic Inc., then, in Dec. 2011 it became a non-profit facility.

ASD  Transportation officials reported dangerous driving conditions along Turnagain Arm on Thursday Feb. 2. The following Girdwood routes are canceled for Thursday morning: Route 621 South High School Route 622 Girdwood K-8 School Route 623 Girdwood K-8 School Portions of the following routes are also canceled for Thursday morning: Route 27 Goldenview Middle School (only stops along Turnagain Arm are canceled) Route 610  Ocean View  Elementary School (only stops along Turnagain Arm are canceled)

by Channel 2 News staff Monday, January 25, 2010 ANHCORAGE, Alaska -- Callan Chythlook-Sifsof of Girdwood was named to her first Olympic team Monday. She'll compete in snowboard cross with 2006 silver medalist Lindsey Jacobellis and fellow newcomer Faye Gulini. Chythlook-Sifsof broke the news herself Monday morning on her Facebook page. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association issued a formal press release late Monday afternoon. The Bristol Bay native was considered on the bubble to make the team, but a solid performance in the last race before selection apparently pushed her in the right direction.

by Jill Burke Wednesday, October 1, 2008 WASHINGTON -- As Sen. Ted Stevens' trial reconvened after Wednesday's lunch break, the judge dismissed everybody for the day. Without offering details, Judge Emmet Sullivan said it was to accommodate a juror. Former VECO Corporation CEO Bill Allen spent the morning talking about how he enjoyed helping the senator, and how -- when needed -- he didn't hesitate to seek the kind of help that only the senator could provide. But Stevens asked to be billed for work done to expand his Girdwood home more than once.

A Girdwood man died when his plane hit power lines and crashed near Homer Friday afternoon, according to Alaska State Troopers. AST spokesperson Beth Ipsen said the plane went down in shallow water on the east side of the Wosnesenski River, between China Poot Bay and Neptune Bay. The 7GCBC Bellanca's pilot, 66-year-old George Vonderheide, is believed to be its only occupant. According to Ipsen, Vonderheide had filed a flight plan and was apparently following a river drainage en route to a lake when he crashed.

The Girdwood Health Clinic has spent the fall and winter months working on a lease deal. The Girdwood Health Clinic Incorporated or GHCI has been working with the current landlord of the building. The building is owned by the nonprofit the Turnagain Arm Health Center, Incorporated. GHCI has requested TAHCI to apply for a non-profit property tax exemption in the hopes that the savings can be passed onto GHCI so the rent is lowered. The lease officially ended in August and GHCI has been paying rent on a month to month basis.

The Anchorage School District canceled several bus routes in Girdwood and portions along the Turnagain Arm due to weather conditions on Thursday. ASD said white driving conditions were reported along Turnagain Arm around 5:30 a.m. Thursday. The following Girdwood routes are canceled: Route 621 South High School Route 622 Girdwood K-8 School Route 623 Girdwood K-8 School The following routes along the Turnagain Arm are canceled: Route 27 Goldenview Middle School Route 610 Ocean View Elementary School  To check on bus route closures, visit ASD's website here . The school district said all ASD schools are operating a regular schedule on Thursday.

The Anchorage School District has cancelled some of the school bus routes to Girdwood, due to whiteout driving conditions are reported along Turnagain Arm. ASD Spokewoman Heidi Embley says, the following Girdwood routes are canceled for Thursday morning:    *   Route 621 South High School  *   Route 622 Girdwood K-8 School  *   Route 623 Girdwood K-8 School Portions of the following routes are...