Roughly 5,800 ballots remain to be counted, largely from Anchorage and rural Alaska.

Freshman phenom Claire Dyment came away with a coveted Lancer Smith jacket for her first place finish in the girls 100-pound weight class.

Twenty-seven-year-old WG Anaruk, who was recently elected to the Bethel City Council, allegedly spit in the face of a police officer after being arrested following reports of a disturbance at a Bethel home.

The missing man, who has not been named publicly, reportedly drove a four-wheeler into an open hole on the river while traveling between Bethel and Napaskiak on Nov. 15.

Capt. Andrew Merrill, commander for the Alaska State Troopers massive C Detachment, said that he is happy to be back in Bethel as part of a push by the agency to make rural Alaska a priority.

In Bethel Superior Court on Nov. 14, Arthur Heckman Sr. admitted to concealing municipal ballots and directing officials to not hold an election. He faces five years of probation.

For decades, King Cove’s roughly 800 residents have called for a road they say could save lives in emergencies. Neither city has a hospital, so residents rely on medical evacuations to reach Anchorage for urgent medical care. The Biden administration last week endorsed the proposal, recommending a land exchange with King Cove’s Native corporation so the road can be built. But that road would go through a federally protected wilderness area. While residents argue it’s a matter of life and death, environmental advocates say the road could threaten vital wildlife habitat — and set a dangerous precedent.

The Associated Press announced Wednesday that Trump, a Republican, has taken Alaska and its three electoral votes. The majority of Unalaskans voted in his favor. He received about 55% of the vote Tuesday. Some questioned ballots still need to be accounted for, but not enough to turn the island’s presidential choice blue.

The Bering Sea’s biggest and most lucrative crab fisheries opened last week, and so far, fishing is looking good.“Fishing has been very good for the [Bristol Bay red king crab] fleet this season and the crab delivered so far has been of high quality — new shell, large size, good meat-fill,” said Alaska Department of Fish and Game Area Management Biologist Ethan Nichols.

Charges against the young man involved in a fatal 2019 Unalaska car crash have been reduced, more than four years after he was originally indicted.Dustin Ruckman, who is now 23 years old, was originally charged in 2020 with two counts of manslaughter, two counts of criminally negligent homicide and one count of reckless driving. He now faces just two counts of criminally negligent homicide.