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The first of two public meetings is Wednesday night at 6 p.m., at the Assembly Chambers.

The incumbent senator chairs a subcommittee that funds the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service and serves on the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.

The incinerator at the Dillingham landfill has been clean-burning trash for a little over a year now. While it’s doing a good job of cutting down the volume of material that gets buried in limited cell space, it’s not proving as cost efficient to operate as hoped.

Homer Police arrested Lee John Henry, 55, on Oct. 16 for the 2013 murder of Mark Matthews. He was reportedly taken into custody at an address on Pioneer Avenue, near the Grog Shop.

Michael Kohler, 28, is wanted on several warrants. Last seen walking away from Jake’s Place, after allegedly stealing keys, ATM cards, and a cell phone.

No one was injured during an incident in which someone fired several shotgun rounds into a residence in the Auke Bay area of Juneau.

Fairbanks police took Anthony George Jenkins-Alexie, 29, into custody Tuesday morning. Fairbanks acting police chief Brad Johnson said the suspect has a “lengthy criminal history” and poses “a serious threat to everyone.”

A court case that pits farmers’ rights against neighbors’ rights has wafted its way up to the Alaska Supreme Court.

A fifth grader at Harborview Elementary School has been playing weekly mini concerts for her class.

“Dog poop on trails, it’s such a contentious subject,” Bob Deering said.

At its Monday meeting the Juneau Assembly swore in its recently elected members and appointed a new deputy mayor.

The owner of a 1998 Honda Accord was attempting to drain the gas out when the gas ignited and burned up the rear of the vehicle, according to Assistant Chief Tod Chambers.

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker visited Haines and Skagway Friday in what he says was a crucial step toward making a decision on the controversial Juneau Access Road.

Jim Musselman is an elephant hunter. Elephant fields, that is.

Prompting a feeling of deja vu, Joe Miller is running for U.S. Senate against incumbent Lisa Murkowski. This time, though, Murkowski won her primary and has the Republican Party backing, and Miller is running as the Libertarian Party candidate.

Homer Police arrested a man in connection with a three-year-old murder case Oct. 16. Lee John Henry, 55, has been charged with murdering Mark Matthews on July 28, 2013 near the Poopdeck Trail.

Alice Moxie, 26, and Dick Itulmulria, 50, both flown to Dillingham for medical care after accidents caused by drinking and driving, troopers say.

Jim Bob Folsom, 30, caught with drugs, guns, and money after probation officer found him using fake penis for scheduled urinalysis.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly passed a resolution on Oct. 11, revising its policy on the invocation that begins each meeting. The new policy places restrictions on who is allowed to give the invocation.

Strong overnight winds hampered firefighters containing a wildfire north of Palmer.