Associated Press

The losing incumbent in a northern Alaska state legislative race has filed two lawsuits against state elections officials, alleging illegal procedures were followed.

KTVA-TV reports Democrat Benjamin Nageak filed the lawsuits Friday against Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott and Division of Elections Director Josie Bahnke over the House District 40 race.

A recount confirmed challenger Dean Westlake won the race by eight votes, after initial certified results showed Westlake leading by four votes.

Attorneys for Nageak allege voters in more than one precinct were illegally given both a Republican ballot and a Democrat ballot.

ANCHORAGE — A man returning to his southeast Anchorage apartment early Sunday afternoon walked in on an apparent burglary and was shot.

Anchorage police say the man was hit twice in the torso and is in serious condition.

The man and a friend approached the front door and noticed it had been forced open.

They walked inside and saw a man, who fired a handgun twice.

The apartment resident and his friend fled. Police found him at the bottom of the apartment complex’s stairwell.

Witnesses describe the shooter as a white man in his 20s, 5-foot-7 and thin. He wore a black baseball cap, gray hooded sweat shirt and blue jeans.

He got into the passenger side of a red sedan. Witnesses had no description of the driver.

The apartment was ransacked.

A Juneau health center that serves the city’s homeless residents could get taken over by the nonprofit organization that has been managing the facility for the past year.

The Juneau Empire reports Wrangell-based Alaska Island Community Services began managing Front Street Community Health Center in May 2015 at the request of the center’s board.

Board member Mariya Lovishchuk says a final vote on the transfer will take place this week.

Front Street has gone through several leadership changes in the past few years and faced closure in 2013 due to financial troubles.

Since managing the center, AICS Executive Director Mark Walker says the organization has “brought both financial and programmatic stability.”

He says there are plans to expand the center’s services, including adding a counseling program for people with drug and alcohol addictions.

Alaska imports 96 percent of its food, and the governor says that should change.

The Juneau Empire reports Gov. Bill Walker spoke during a conference for the National Association of Farmer’s Market Nutrition Programs.

He said population growth since statehood helped reduce the percentage of locally-grown food that residents consumed from half to 4 percent.

He said he would like to see significant growth in the percentage of Alaska-grown food.

Walker noted there are now 42 farmers markets statewide compared to 11 in 2004.

Farmers face challenges like permafrost and a short growing season.

Growing methods using hydroponics, shipping containers and other innovative techniques are being used.

Walker said the state spends $2 billion annually on food.

Authorities have identified the pilot of a float plane who died after a fiery crash in an Anchorage neighborhood.

The Anchorage Police Department says Sunday that 75-year-old James Hefty was aboard the plane when it crashed late Saturday afternoon. Dispatchers began receiving calls at 4:30 p.m. that the plane had crashed in flames.

The police say in a statement that the crash is being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board. Investigators from the NTSB spoke with several people who were in the area when the plane crashed.

The NTSB asks that anyone either witnessed the crash or saw the plane flying in the area just before the crash call the agency at 907-782-4849.

A school is facing a fine after its football team forfeited a game that left two players injured.

The Ketchikan Daily News reports the Alaska School Activities Association has put Ketchikan High School on probation and issued a $500 fine.

Two players went to the hospital with injuries sustained in a game against Juneau’s Thunder Mountain High School.

They were later released.

Association Executive Director Billy Strickland said the fine and probation were based on bylaws, and that he has not talked to school officials or seen game film.

Strickland said Ketchikan may want to appeal the decision if there were justifiable reasons for ending the game.

Principal Bob Marshall said the school and Strickland have been trying to get in touch to discuss where to go from here.