ANCHORAGE — A southwest Alaska woman faces a manslaughter charge after a fatal all-terrain vehicle crash last week. Katherine Noatak, 25, of Akiachak also is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, Alaska State Troopers said. She’s being held without bail at the Bethel jail. Online court documents do not list an attorney for…
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Employee who posted Trump-related tweets on agency feed gone
An Alaska health department employee who posted political comments aimed at Donald Trump on the agency’s Twitter feed last week is no longer with the department.
Hotel near Denali Park entrance to add 64 rooms for 2017
A hotel outside the entrance to Denali National Park is expanding with an adjacent facility. Denali Hotel Properties says it has broken ground on a 64-room addition to Denali Bluffs Hotel to be called RiverView at the Bluffs.
NTSB: Small plane crashes in Alaska; no word on the 3 aboard
A federal agency says a small plane carrying three people has crashed in a remote area of western Alaska. National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Clint Johnson says there is still no word on the conditions of the two pilots and one passenger, but rescuers were headed to the site. The NTSB tells KTVA that Alaska…
Alaska OKs marijuana, but some communities ban pot commerce
Alaska’s fastest-growing municipality will decide Tuesday whether to ban commercial marijuana enterprises. Matanuska-Susitna Borough residents will consider a ballot proposition to prohibit cannabis sales, cultivation and testing. Former Mayor Larry DeVilbiss says borough voters opposed the 2014 state ballot measure that legalized recreational marijuana. He says it’s arrogant to assume that commercial marijuana should come…
National courts center certifies first Yupik interpreter
A court interpreter in Alaska is the first certified in Yupik by the National Center for State Courts. KYUK-AM reports Crystal Garrison has spent the last 15 years working the Alaska Court System in Bethel and scored a 93 on the court interpreter written exam. Yupik is the primary language in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta.…
Lawmakers near deadline to move out of office space
Lawmakers are nearing a deadline to vacate downtown Anchorage office space after a judge invalidated the lease and the building owner filed a $37 million claim against the Legislature. KTUU-TV reports vans recently moved boxes out of the renovated Anchorage building before the Oct. 16 move-out deadline. The Alaska Journal of Commerce reported the building…
Alaska not changing voter registration deadline amid concern
A state election official says Alaska will not change its voter registration deadline amid concerns raised by two U.S. senators about Alaska’s deadline and that of several other states falling on a holiday weekend. Carol Thompson, with Alaska’s Division of Elections, said by email that division offices will be open the weekend of Oct. 8…
Slain officer’s widow to inspect vest at center of lawsuit
The widow of a slain Georgia police officer hopes to learn more about why his body armor didn’t save him. Tammy Jordan says in an ongoing federal lawsuit that a vest from Michigan-based Armor Express failed to stop gunfire that killed Griffin Police Officer Kevin Jordan. He was shot five times while intervening in a…
Nageak says he’s not leaving suit over lost primary race
A northern Alaska lawmaker says he’s not giving up his fight against the state over his loss in the August primary election. The Juneau Empire reports Democratic Rep. Benjamin Nageak of Barrow had indicated in testimony Wednesday that he would be pulling out of his lawsuit. But during testimony Thursday he said he was unable…