Samuel Helmuth News Today

The sentence was a result of a plea agreement

A Soldotna man is accused of driving erratically after leaving a bar in the early morning hours on July 17, 2021, driving 78 miles per hour in a 35 mile per hour zone, driving across the oncoming lane of traffic off the roadway, struck trees and rolling the vehicle onto the roof.

Kenai, Alaska (KINY) - On Mar. 29, Superior Court Judge Eric B. Smith sentenced David Charles Casey to a composite sentence of 30 years and 360 days.

Soldotna, Alaska (KINY) - Alaska State Troopers were notified of a vehicle that had rolled over, early Saturday morning in Soldotna. When officers responded to the scene, three passengers were present. The driver had fled prior to the officers arrival. One passenger, 27-year-old Samuel Helmuth of Idaho, was deceased. Next of kin have been notified. The other two passengers sustained minor injuries. Later in the morning, Troopers located the driver at his residence. 50-year-old David...

The numbers don’t lie. More Idahoans and people across the nation decided to take up fishing or return to fishing in huge numbers this past summer. Experts, and at least one study, point to Americans rediscovering the outdoors during the pandemic. In Idaho, fishing license sales generally increase a few thousand each year, but this year more than 41,000 more people bought fishing licenses from January to through October compared with all of 2019 — 2019: 185,812 and 2020: 226,928 (Jan....