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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.

The Coast Guard rescued three people after their plane crashed near Kodiak on Friday afternoon.

A Coast Guard spokesman said in a statement that the rescue team took a female plane occupant who suffered injuries in her leg and back to emergency medical personnel. The plane’s two other occupants suffered a possible broken hip and head trauma.

The De Havilland DHC-2 float plane crashed in winds gusting around 20 mph.

The largest cruise ship to ever sail the Northwest Passage is en route to New York City from Alaska.

The Crystal Serenity left Seward, Alaska, in mid-August and plans to dock in New York on Sept. 16.

The ship sailed up the Bering Strait, and made a port call in Nome where guests got a chance to see a herd of wild musk oxen that had taken up residence just outside town. The ship then continued north until reaching the Arctic Ocean, and then east toward Greenland.

The melting Arctic is making this type of trip possible. The irony isn’t lost on Michael Byers, a professor in the political science department at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He calls it “extinction tourism.”

The 900 or so passengers on the luxury liner are going through the Arctic to seen an ecosystem before it disappears. But Byers says they are actually adding to the problem because of the ship’s large carbon footprint.

Around 100 people at #Juneau rally for #StandingRock pic.twitter.com/YJZurFxK8R

— Lisa Phu (@LisaPhuAK) September 8, 2016

Authorities in North Dakota are sending officers from across the state to the site of a protest about an oil pipeline in anticipation of a court ruling on the issue.

Violence broke out at the protest site on Saturday.

Democracy Now reports protesters were attacked by private security forces with dogs and pepper spray.

The Standing Rock Sioux asked a U.S. District Court to temporarily stop construction on the Dakota Access pipeline. A ruling is expected Friday.

The Morton County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday in a statement that it’s “preparing and planning for all scenarios that may occur in response to the federal court ruling.”

The statement didn’t say how many officers were being added.

#Juneau residents are gathering at Twin Lakes to rally in support of #StandingRock. Not too late to join pic.twitter.com/fWbZnTTMMv

— Lisa Phu (@LisaPhuAK) September 8, 2016

No law enforcement personnel were present Saturday when the violence started.

The crowd dispersed when officers arrived and no one was arrested, authorities said.

A handful of Alaska tribal members are in North Dakota as part of the protest efforts.

In a video posted to Facebook Tuesday, a pickup with “907” written on its window towed a canoe on a trailer flying a Tlingit and Haida tribal flag.

Alaskans opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline are gathering in downtown Anchorage on Saturday.

An event invitation sent out over Facebook is asking participants to bring signs, dances, and songs in support of water rights.

According to one post, organizers are also collecting outdoor supplies and subsistence foods like “salmon, caribou, (and) moose meat” to bring to people camped at the Sacred Stone site.

KENAI — The U.S. Forest Service is moving forward with plans to update its management plan for the Chugach National Forest on the eastern part of the Kenai Peninsula.

The Peninsula Clarion reports the federal agency began a revision process for the forest in 2012 by gathering input from the public and researching current use and environmental conditions.

A report released last week says the Forest Service is revising the forest plan because of a changing environment and public concern.

More than 1,400 responses were submitted during the public comment period. The comments included those from Alaska Native corporations that voiced concerns about access to the land for activities such as mining and logging and land ownership.

The Forest Service expects a draft environmental assessment to be finished in 2017.

ANCHORAGE — A 20-year-old Anchorage man faces manslaughter and other charges in a fatal hit-and-run accident over the holiday weekend.

Quinton Molinar was being held Tuesday at the Anchorage jail without bail, according to a news release from anchorage police. He’s also facing failure to render aid and tampering with evidence charges.

An online court database doesn’t list an attorney for Molinar.

Molinar called them late Monday night to report he was the driver involved in the fatal collision at the intersection of Northern Lights Boulevard and the New Seward Highway earlier in the day, police said.

The victim’s name has not been released pending notification of relatives.