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Southeast

Coast Guard finds missing Haines man, sailboat waiting out bad weather

Coast Guard searchers are looking for a 57-year-old man and his sailboat in Southeast Alaska after he left his hometown of Haines headed south toward Juneau on Sunday.

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CRIME

Boy, 14, held in death of 13-year-old Kake girl

A 14-year-old boy from Kake has been charged in connection with the slaying of 13-year-old Mackenzie Howard in the Southeast Alaska village Feb. 5, Alaska State Troopers said Saturday.
SOUTHEAST

Meth suspected in death near Klawock

A 51-year-old man from a small Prince of Wales Island community was found dead Saturday, and may have overdosed on methamphetamine, Alaska State Troopers said Sunday.
SOUTHEAST

Alaskan Brewing's grain-burning furnace is the first in the world

Alaskan Brewing Company in Juneau has become the first business in the world to brew its beer by burning the spent grain from previous batches.
SOUTHEAST

Missing octogenarian hunter found safe and sound

An 80-year-old deer hunter missing since Friday was found Sunday afternoon in good condition, telling Alaska State Troopers that he survived by not sitting still.
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.
CRIME

Douglas bar owner accused of not paying sales tax

Patrick M. Peterson, who owns PP's Douglas Inn, is charged with 16 state misdemeanor counts of violating Juneau's uniform sales tax code. According to charging documents, Peterson failed to file sales tax returns for periods in 2009 through 2011.
SOUTHEAST

Juneau to pick new mayor in municipal election

Former Deputy Mayor Merrill Sanford will face Cheryl Jebe in Juneau's vote for mayor Tuesday. Two assembly seats, three school board seats and two propositions for capital projects are also on the ballot.
AVIATION NEWS

Repairs delay plane hit by bird

An Alaska Airlines flight from Juneau to Anchorage was delayed by about four hours on Saturday morning because a bird hit the Boeing 737 as it was landing in Juneau on Friday night.
CRIME

Probation revoked for driver in fatal Juneau DUI

A Juneau man convicted of negligent homicide after a fatal crash in 2009 and released on probation has been ordered back to jail after another drinking-and-driving incident.
CRIME

Juneau man charged with stealing from teenager

JUNEAU -- A 55-year-old Juneau man suspected of stealing a teenager's backpack has been arrested on charges of theft, robbery and impersonating a police officer.