A newborn boy was found in a utility room of an Anchorage home Friday morning and a teenage girl living at the home eventually acknowledged being the mother, police said.

The infant, who still had his umbilical cord attached, was doing well at Providence Alaska Medical Center, according to police. The 17-year-old mother also was doing well at the hospital, detective Cynthia Bradley said.

The girl, whose name was not released, at first repeatedly denied she had just given birth, but she finally admitted it after speaking with her mother and grandmother, according to Bradley.

"I told her, if you did have a baby, you really need to go to the hospital," she said.

By wearing baggy clothes, the teenager managed to hide her pregnancy from the many members of her family.

She also managed to give birth without anyone's knowledge Friday morning in the home she shares with her parents, grandparents and siblings, Bradley said. No one saw her as she wrapped the infant in a blanket and took him to the utility room at the back of the house.

Soon after, the girl sent her 15-year-old sister to the utility room, asking her to sort through clothes the family planned to donate to charity. The younger sister found the baby lying on top of bags of clothing, Bradley said.

The mother of the teenagers called police shortly after 8 a.m. to report the discovery.

Police have notified the district attorney's office and will explore charges that could be filed.

-- The Associated Press

ANCHORAGE

Public memorial for Jay Hammond to be held Aug. 20 at arts center

A public memorial service for Gov. Jay Hammond will be held Aug. 20 in Anchorage, according to family friend Pete Spivey.

Hammond, a bush pilot and hunting guide who served two terms as Alaska's governor and helped create the Alaska Permanent Fund, died Monday night in his sleep at his Lake Clark home. He was 83.

The service will be at 2 p.m. in the Atwood Concert Hall of the performing arts center.

In the meantime, condolences to the family can be sent to the Jay Hammond Family, 2907 Iris Drive, Anchorage 99517.

-- Anchorage Daily News

CANTWELL

Californians in three-plane group crash inside Denali Park and die

Two people from California were killed Friday when their small plane crashed in a mountainous area inside Denali National Park.

The crash occurred shortly after 1 p.m. about six miles northwest of McKinley Airport near Cantwell, said Maj. Mike Haller, a spokesman with the Rescue Coordination Center in Anchorage.

The victims were Claire Abel, 64, and her ex-husband Roy Abel, 65, Alaska State Troopers spokesman Greg Wilkinson said. The couple, from Gardena, Calif., were the only ones flying in the four-seater Beech Bonanza 35, Haller said.

The plane, which belonged to the couple, crashed at about 5,300 feet in a saddle area between mountains near Windy Pass.

An Alaska Air National Guard rescue helicopter was sent to the crash site to check for survivors. The helicopter arrived at the scene about 3:30 p.m.

"This was not an easy site to get into, where the crash occurred," Haller said.

The helicopter landed about 1,000 feet below the crash site, and two pararescuemen hiked up to the plane. When it was determined that the two people on the plane were dead, the pararescuemen helped remove the bodies.

The bodies then were flown to Kulis Air National Guard Base in Anchorage, where the Palmer coroner picked them up, Haller said.

There had been three planes traveling together when the crash occurred, Haller said. The reason for the crash was not readily apparent, he said.

"There wasn't any particular storm or heavy winds or any other things that can happen. The weather appeared to be good with scattered clouds," he said.

-- The Associated Press

ANCHORAGE

Community memorial for Scouts to be held at Sullivan on Wednesday

The Boy Scouts' Western Alaska Council is hosting a community memorial service on Wednesday for the three Alaskans and one former Alaskan killed July 25 in an electrical accident at the National Scout Jamboree.

The service will be held at Sullivan Arena on Gambell Street and is scheduled to start at 7 p.m.

Family representatives for each of the men are scheduled to speak, as are political leaders.

The men who died are Ron Bitzer, 58, Mike Shibe, 49, Michael LaCroix, 42, who all were living in Anchorage, and Scott Powell, 57, who had moved last year from Alaska to Perrysville, Ohio.

They were trying to erect a large tent at the Jamboree on Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia. The tall center pole struck a power line, and they were electrocuted. A fifth man, Anchorage dentist Jay "Larry" Call, was injured but returned to the Jamboree. Two workers from the company hired to provide and erect the tent also were hurt.

-- Anchorage Daily News

SINTON, TEXAS

FAA plans review of plane crash that burned limbs of Alaska man

A pilot from Alaska suffered burns to his arms and legs Thursday when his twin-engine plane crashed shortly after takeoff.

James Kinkaid, 41, had just taken the plane out for a test flight after some repairs when it lost altitude and crashed in a wooded area near the San Patricio County Airport in Sinton, Texas, authorities said.

Kinkaid was in stable condition at a Corpus Christi hospital, according to KRIS-TV. His hometown in Alaska wasn't released.

The Federal Aviation Administration planned to review the crash.

-- The Associated Press