The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly has voted to override Mayor Mike Navarre’s veto of the Assembly’s new invocation policy resolution. Alaska’s ACLU executive director Joshua Decker said he is disappointed in the Assembly’s action.
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Bear mauls man walking dogs near Seward airport
A man walking dogs Thursday morning near the Seward airport was mauled by a bear. Anchorage television station KTUU reports the 46-year-old man was able to call for help on his cellphone at around 6:45 a.m.
A week after return to duty, Fairbanks police chief back on leave
Fairbanks city police Chief Randall Aragon is on administrative leave again. A week after outgoing Mayor John Eberhart returned Aragon to duty, newly sworn in Mayor Jim Matherly reversed the order Tuesday and put the chief back on paid leave. Matherly said the decision is because an independent investigation into whether or not a private security business operated by the chief constitutes a conflict of interest, is still pending.
Late night fire guts Petersburg mobile home
Fire destroyed a mobile home on south Fifth Street in Petersburg Saturday night but no one was injured in the blaze.
Palmer man sentenced to two years in King Salmon heroin case
Jorden Bishop of Palmer was sentenced Wednesday to a flat two year sentence in a case involving a large amount of heroin he was caught with at the King Salmon Airport in 2015.
Homer council debates centralized 911 dispatch service
Homer City Council debated the pros and cons of a centralized emergency dispatch service at their Oct. 24 meeting.