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Flight instructor dies in biplane crash at Oregon air show

A longtime pilot and flight instructor from Alaska has died after his biplane crashed during an air show in central Oregon. Sixty-one-year-old Marcus Bruce Paine appeared to be attempting a very low-altitude loop when his Boeing Stearman plane went down at about 3 p.m. Saturday. Jefferson County Sheriff Jim Adkins says officials with the Federal…

Recent oil refinery owners share contamination cleanup costs

Alaska’s Supreme Court says recent owners of a North Pole oil refinery share costs of cleaning up a contamination that has reached about 7 square miles of groundwater. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the Friday ruling keeps onsite cleanup costs attached to Flint Hills while former refinery owner Williams Alaska Petroleum is responsible for the…

Canadian rescued near ‘Into the Wild’ bus

Authorities in Alaska say a Canadian man is the latest person to be rescued near an abandoned bus made famous by the book and film “Into the Wild. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports 22-year-old Matthew Sharp of Manitoba was rescued after he was unable to hike back because of minor injuries and high river levels.…

Hep C cases are most severe in Southeast

A statewide uptick in Hepatitis C cases is most severe in Southeast Alaska, where heroin use has been on the rise. The Juneau Empire reports that Alaska epidemiology experts found the rate of infection among those between the ages of 18 and 29 rose 490 percent in Southeast Alaska in a five-year period through 2015.…

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