Associated Press

KETCHIKAN — A report by the U.S. Coast Guard shows that fatal recreational-boating accidents in Alaska have doubled over the last year.

In 2016, there were 14 fatal boating wrecks that killed 19 people, Ketchikan Daily News reports. That’s seven more boating accidents and 12 more fatalities than in 2015.

Four of the fatal 2016 accidents took place in southeast Alaska, the Alaska Public Information Office said.

According to the Coast Guard, the number of recreational-boating accidents has increased nationwide over the past year. Other states with a high number of boating-related fatalities include Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Massachusetts and Hawaii.

The report says that alcohol was the leading known contributing factor of the wrecks across the United States.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Alaska officials say a woman who was accused of letting her injured and pregnant dog suffer was sentenced Thursday to one year of probation and one year of suspended time.

April Gutierrez, 49, will not be allowed to any animals or be around them without supervision following the incident two years ago, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported.

Charging documents say Gutierrez did not seek help for her dog after it was hit by a car until the animal began to chew off its left hind foot.

The veterinary staff that treated the dog said there were maggots on the injured leg and bones and tendons were exposed. The dog lost her puppies and leg.

According to report, the dog was adopted by a new family and is doing better.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Alaska officials say a woman who was accused of letting her injured and pregnant dog suffer was sentenced Thursday to one year of probation and one year of suspended time.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports 49-year-old April Gutierrez will not be allowed to any animals or be around them without supervision following the incident two years ago.

Charging documents say Gutierrez did not seek help for her dog after it was hit by a car until the animal began to chew off its left hind foot.

The veterinary staff that treated the dog say there were maggots on the injured leg and bones and tendons were exposed. The dog lost her puppies and leg.

According to report, the dog was adopted by a new family and is doing better.

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — A report by the U.S. Coast Guard shows that fatal recreational-boating accidents in Alaska have doubled over the last year.

The Ketchikan Daily News reports there were 14 fatal boating wrecks that killed 19 people in 2016. That’s seven more boating accidents and 12 more fatalities than in 2015.

The Alaska Public Information Office says four of the fatal 2016 accidents took place in southeast Alaska.

According to the Coast Guard, the number of recreational-boating accidents has increased nationwide over the past year. Other states with a high number of boating-related fatalities include Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Massachusetts and Hawaii.

The report says that alcohol was the leading known contributing factor of the wrecks across the United States.

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — Officials from the spaceport on Kodiak Island are hosting a town hall meeting to answer questions about the Missile Defense Agency’s plans to test a U.S.-Israeli anti-ballistic missile system in Alaska.

The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports testing of the Arrow-3 missile system will begin in 2018. The system was developed by Israel Aerospace Industries and Boeing, and is co-managed by the Missile Defense Agency and the Israel Missile Defense Organization.

The system is being developed to support Israel’s ballistic missile defense system. There are no plans to integrate the missiles into the U.S. ballistic missile defense system.

Navy Vice Adm. James Syring says Arrow-3 is “designed to defeat exospheric ballistic missile threat from Iran.”

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Coast Guard Cutter Bailey Barco is being commissioned in Alaska on June 14.

The Juneau Empire reports the 154-foot (47-meter) Fast Response Cutter will be the second of its kind to be commissioned in Alaska.

The ceremony is taking place in Juneau. The ship recently arrived in Ketchikan, its homeport, after sailing up from Key West, Florida. It will share the port with Alaska’s other Fast Response Cutter, the CGC John McCormick, also homeported in Ketchikan.

Vice Adm. Fred M. Midgette, the Coast Guard’s Pacific Area commander, will preside over the ceremony. Multiple other officers, including 17th District Commander, Rear Adm. Michael McAllister, will be there as well.