AK News Digest: 08-03-09
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| 08/03/09 The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a fisherman who reportedly fell overboard near Anchor Point in Togiak Bay. 08/03/09 Self-guided fishing in Alaska cuts the cost and ups the reward, says Craig Buddo , as he dodges the grizzlies. 08/03/09 The identities of the three young Americans arrested by Iran last week while hiking near the Iraqi-Iranian border were confirmed on Monday by Kurdish officials, who said they were planning to meet for a second time with their Iranian counterparts to discuss the case. 08/03/09 The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly has one remaining meeting to decide whether or not its constituents will have a chance to vote on a possible change on who runs the administration and/or whether or not the community should build a sports dome. 08/03/09 The identities of the three young Americans arrested by Iran last week while hiking near the Iraqi-Iranian border were confirmed on Monday by Kurdish officials, who said they were planning to meet for a second time with their Iranian counterparts to discuss the case. 08/03/09 TAC CUP: Eastern Ranges 5.4 11.7 17.7 20.12 (132) d Calder Cannons 0.5 3.6 5.14 5.14 (44) Goals: Eastern: Griffiths 6, McDonald 4, Fent, Dyson, Cass, Johns 2, Minahan, Toce. Calder: Fewster 2, Schroder, Kefford, Hine. Best: Eastern: Dyson, Fent, McDonald, Kennedy, Mirra, Griffiths. 08/03/09 Police say two men were shot and killed on Pine Street in Rumford. 08/03/09 TAC CUP: Eastern Ranges 5.4 11.7 17.7 20.12 (132) d Calder Cannons 0.5 3.6 5.14 5.14 (44) Goals: Eastern: Griffiths 6, McDonald 4, Fent, Dyson, Cass, Johns 2, Minahan, Toce. Calder: Fewster 2, Schroder, Kefford, Hine. Best: Eastern: Dyson, Fent, McDonald, Kennedy, Mirra, Griffiths. 08/03/09 To most, the words "international competition" mean just that, a head-to-head battle for intercontinental supremacy. But to the Alaska State Troopers and Royal Canadian Mounted Police, their annual International Police Pistol Competition is anything but fierce. 08/03/09 Musikfest presses on, but Das Awkscht Fescht closes early and NASCAR race is postponed The rain fell so hard Sunday morning, Bonnie Fritz said, that her pastor joked he saw the animals pairing off as he arrived for the open-air service at Musikfest in Bethlehem. 08/03/09 A "beautiful" 5-year-old Queens boy died Sunday from injuries suffered in a Jet Ski accident that also killed his father a day earlier. 08/03/09 The 5-year-old son of a Queens man killed in a horrific jet-ski crash Saturday has also died of his injuries. Roopnarine "Sully" Gopaul, 42, of South Jamaica, and his son, Christopher, were riding together on a 1998 Yamaha WaveRunner at 5:15 p.m... |
