Chris Klint, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage

Chris Klint, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage
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Chris Klint is a web producer and breaking news reporter at Alaska Public Media. Reach him at cklint@alaskapublic.org. Read more about Chris here.
An aerial view of green farmland with a mountainous backdrop.

Federal jury convicts ‘free citizen’ who nearly caused Palmer midair collision

William Marsan, 57, was found guilty Wednesday of operating an aircraft without a license and operating an unregistered aircraft.
Students walking.

Freezing rain closes schools in Anchorage and Mat-Su on Thursday

Troopers call the rain, which may refreeze as temperatures fall overnight, "a major factor" in a fatal Knik-Goose Bay Road crash.
contractors

Anchorage police say suspicious contractors are actually legitimate

Police made contact with the workers, subcontractors for a larger company, in the Independence Park area Tuesday.
a trooper car

2 found dead after Sutton cabin fire

Troopers say "multiple electric heaters" were in the dry cabin, which was found fully engulfed early Saturday morning.
man points to light pole

Anchorage police increase patrols in University Lake area after late-night shooting

Members of the department's SWAT team searched the park and nearby trails overnight Monday, but no arrests have been made.
Afternoon traffic on Tudor road.

Freezing rain slickens Anchorage roads Monday

Falling temperatures froze some of Sunday night's rain on local roads, with cold conditions continuing into Monday evening.
A police car marked as Anchorage Police.

3 Anchorage shootings leave 1 man dead, 2 severely wounded

Police arrested an 18-year-old suspect on murder charges Saturday, as well as a 25-year-old assault suspect Monday.
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Man charged with 3 Anchorage bank robberies served time for 2019 robbery, feds say

Prosecutors say Sean C. Javier, 36, was previously convicted of robbing a credit-union branch he allegedly hit again this fall.
the outside of a multi-story building at night.

Anchorage water utility asks thousands of residents to check pipes for possible lead

About 20,000 customers are being asked to check water intake pipes, in a survey required under federal regulations.

‘Stunning’ 47-foot fin whale washes ashore near Anchorage’s Westchester Lagoon

Biologists say the whale, believed to be a young female, was first reported Saturday lying on mudflats near a popular trail.
A police car marked as Anchorage Police.

Man dies in early-morning Muldoon shooting

Police say the man was found shot in a vehicle early Friday off Muldoon Road. Medics tried to save his life but declared him dead.
vandalism

FBI seeks suspect who painted swastikas on Wasilla pregnancy center

The FBI says the suspect painted nearly a dozen swastikas early Oct. 20 on the HeartReach crisis pregnancy center.
A police car marked as Anchorage Police.

Anchorage police are still searching for the mother of an infant found dead last week

“We're concerned about her well-being at this point in time,” Anchorage Police Department Capt. Amanda Fisher said.
Blue police lights.

2 charged with attempting to murder trooper during high-speed Parks Highway chase

Troopers say two people fired at a pursuing officer Tuesday during a 100-mph chase on the Parks Highway, narrowly missing his head.
the outside of a building

Alaska voters head to the polls with bad weather delaying voting in 2 remote communities

A windstorm kept the polling location in St. George closed until 2 p.m. The polling place in Wales was expected to open at 4 p.m.
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Parks Highway reopens at Houston after troopers detain 2 people in search

Daniel Buckwalter Jr., 24 of Wasilla, and Autumn Duczek, 41 of Houston, were arrested on multiple charges.
Snow hitting halloween ornaments.

Halloween storm turns Anchorage streets into ‘liquid banana peel,’ meteorologist says

A "wintry mix" of snow and rain through Friday morning will produce slick conditions for trick-or-treaters in Alaska's largest city.

2 who set Anchorage’s deadly Royal Suite Lodge fire sentenced to 24 years

Andrew Eknaty, 36, and Carleigh West, 35, were sentenced Monday for starting the 2017 fire that killed three people.
A man snow blowing his driveway.

Southcentral Alaska’s first snowstorm of the season closes schools and tangles traffic

Anchorage and some Matanuska-Susitna Borough schools were closed, after nearly a foot of snowfall since Monday.