This Day in Alaskan History-August 16th, 1920
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Alaska Army National Guard aviators accomplish two rescue missions at the start of Alaska sheep hunting season
[content id=”79272″] JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Army National Guards Soldiers assigned to G Co. 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion conducted two separate rescues of hunters with leg injuries on Aug. 10, at the start of the Alaska sheep hunting season. Both rescues launched from JBER using an HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter with external fuel tanks […]
Jury Finds Former Soldotna High Teacher Guilty of Sexual Abuse of a Minor
[content id=”79272″] (Kenai, AK) – Tuesday, a Kenai jury found 37-year-old Nathaniel E. Erfurth guilty of 24 counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree and four counts of Unlawful Exploitation of a Minor in the First Degree. Erfurth faces a presumptive sentencing range of 5 to 15 years for each conviction. The […]
Sitka Superior Court Judge Sentences Beth Lang to Seven Years for Driving Assault on Pedestrian
(Sitka, AK) – Tuesday, Sitka Superior Court Judge Amanda Browning sentenced 47-year-old Beth Lang to seven years and six months of incarceration for severely injuring a pedestrian with her vehicle. On Aug. 20, 2024, a Sitka jury found Lang guilty of Assault in the First Degree, Assault in the Second Degree, Assault in the Third […]