Associated Press

Alaska State Troopers are investigating the death of a woman at a home in Willow. Troopers say 41-year-old Elizabeth Foster was found dead Sunday morning.
The death is being investigated as a homicide. A 14-year-old boy was taken into custody. He’s been referred to juvenile authorities.

Authorities are looking for a halfway house resident who escaped from a van that was transporting him back to the Fairbanks Correctional Center.

Residents are being advised that Kenai River water levels are rising into next week. The Peninsula Clarion reports that a release last week from the Skilak Glacier Dammed Lake is pushing the water level higher. National Weather Service Anchorage hydrologist Crane Johnson said an alert was issued to inform people in the area. The alert…

High-speed internet is coming to seven Alaska villages next year. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports phone, wireless and cable provider CGI announced new towers are close to being finished as part of a project that currently serves 40,000 residents. The company expects to offer high-speed internet in the Buckland, Selawik, Noorvik, St. Michael, Golovin, Elim…

Both of Alaska’s U.S. senators are joining the ranks of Republican leaders who say they are dumping Donald Trump as the presidential nominee. The pushback follows the release of a recording of Trump making lewd comments about women. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan said in a statement Saturday that he supports…

Two Native American tribes in Nevada have won an emergency court order in a federal lawsuit accusing the Republican secretary of state and two counties of discriminating against them under the Voting Rights Act. U.S. District Judge Miranda Du issued a temporary injunction in Reno late Friday requiring the establishment of satellite polling places on…