The body of a 72-year-old Homer man and long-time commercial fisherman, Ken Jones, was discovered floating in the waters of Cook Inlet near the Anchor Point Bluffs early Monday morning. Jones had gone out kayaking in Kachemak Bay on Sunday afternoon, as he had done many times before. Jones would often kayak through the Beluga Slough […]
A Syrian man under arrest in Germany for allegedly planning a bomb attack killed himself Wednesday evening in a detention center in Leipzig, officials said. Saxony’s state justice ministry announced the death of Jaber Albakr, 22. One unconfirmed report said Albakr hanged himself; further details were expected Thursday. Authorities said Albakr, who arrived in Germany […]
A 72-year-old Jesuit priest in Chefornak was the likely victim of a morning fire in that village on Wednesday, troopers report. Positive identification has yet to be made by the State Medical Examiner’s office in Anchorage. Witnesses report that a fire broke out in the Church Rectory on Wednesday morning, and despite efforts to reach […]
A Copper Center teen died in a single vehicle crash on Sunday morning while traveling on the Alaska Highway at mile 1295, troopers revealed. According to the trooper dispatch, 19-year-old Carlton Pete was pronounced deceased after Alaska State Troopers and Tok Fire and Medical responded to the accident location. The investigation that was initiated at […]