P.M. Update - Alaska

Historic Alaska $5 bill to be auctioned in Texas

This photo provided by Heritage Auctions shows the back of a 1905 $5 bill. A Dallas auctioneer is about to offer a $5 bill presented in 1905 to Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks - Theodore Roosevelt's No. 2 - from the First National Bank of Fairbanks, Alaska.

The $5 bill displayed for decades on Charles Fairbanks IV's wall was long a treasured family heirloom from Alaska. Now, to the surprise of the grandson of a vice president, it has also become a likely treasure trove.

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CRIME

Police arrest parents of newborn taken from hospital

Anchorage police have arrested two parents accused of fleeing a hospital Tuesday with their 3-day-old boy when social workers attempted to check on the baby. State social workers now have the child.
BUSINESS

Wednesday's oil, gas, gold and zinc prices

North Slope oil as of 10/02/11: $109.89 per barrel, up down $0.59 (Today's update unavailable)
MOUNT MARATHON RACE

Seward firefighter honored for race rescue

A Seward-area volunteer firefighter has been named Alaska 2012 Firefighter of the Year by the Alaska Division of Fire and Life Safety.
ELECTION

Sanford elected mayor in Juneau; Hopkins re-elected in Fairbanks borough

Juneau voters picked former Assemblyman Merrill Sanford to replace Bruce Botelho, who was prohibited by term limits from running again. In the Fairbanks North Star Borough, incumbent Mayor Luke Hopkins won a second three-year term with more than 51 percent of the vote.
SEN. LISA MURKOWSKI

Sen. Murkowski announces staff changes in Alaska office

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, says Miles Baker will be her new state director, running day-to-day operations in Alaska, while Bob Walsh will serve as deputy state director.
FAIRBANKS

Fairbanks rejects borough oversight of wood-burning emissions

Voters in the Fairbanks North Star Borough have approved an initiative that bans borough officials from regulating air pollution from home heating devices, including hydronic heaters that burn wood.
CRIME

Woman's body discovered in Anchorage church parking lot

A death investigation is under way after passers-by discovered the body of a woman lying in the parking lot of a Turnagain Street church Tuesday morning. Police initially described the case as a homicide investigation.
MAT-SU

Court temporarily halts Mat-Su rail extension

A federal appeals court has halted work on the Port MacKenzie railroad extension in Mat-Su pending a full hearing on the case. The decision is a win for conservationists, who argued that they -- and the environment -- would suffer irreparable harm from the extension.
CRIME

Las Vegas man pleads guilty to Alaska drug conspiracy

A Las Vegas man accused of illegally transporting prescription painkillers to Alaska faces 15 years in prison in a plea deal. Nicholas Ghafouria is also being ordered to turn over about $1.2 million in cash and property he gained in the operation.
STATE NEWS

Alaska voter registration deadline is Sunday

The deadline to register to vote for next month's general election is Sunday. Registration forms can be downloaded at www.elections.alaska.gov and submitted by email, fax or mail. Five regional offices will be open for in-person registration.