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A witness saw smoke coming from one of the engines of an old military plane that crashed last week shortly after taking off on a flight to deliver fuel to a remote Alaska village, according to a preliminary crash report released Thursday. The witness said that shortly after the plane took off from a Fairbanks airport on April 23, he noticed that one of its engines wasn't running and that there was white smoke coming from it, the National Transportation Safety Board report states. When the plane turned south, he saw that the engine was on fire, it says. ....
The Alaska House’s Rules Committee has eliminated, at least temporarily, a plan to raise the state’s age of sexual consent to 18. Members of the House said on Tuesday that they expect to revote on the idea before the legislative session ends. Meeting on Monday, members of the committee voted unanimously to remove the section […] The post Alaska House panel removes proposal to raise the state’s age of sexual consent to 18 appeared first on Alaska Beacon. ....
Tlingit and Haida s 89th Annual Tribal Assembly is happening in Juneau. The Bird Treatment and Learning Center in Anchorage is now caring for an injured bald eagle. And finally, some ....