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The Latest: Police release name of man who died in crash

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In this Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, photo, store owner Caleb Saunders answers questions in front of his shop, Green Jar in Wasilla, Alaska. Saunders hopes to sell marijuana from the shop and opposes a ballot measure that would ban sales, cultivation, testing of marijuana in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Alaska's fastest-growing municipality will decide Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, whether to ban commercial marijuana enterprises. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)

Alaska marijuana sales close, pending opening of test labs

By MARK THIESSEN - Associated Press

This Feb. 18, 1962 photo shows author, filmmaker and adventurer Lowell Thomas Jr. speaking at the Republican's Lincoln Day dinner in Fairbanks, Alaska. Thomas Jr., a former Alaska lieutenant governor who served from 1974 to 1978, and son of the legendary broadcaster, has died. His daughter, Anne Donaghy, says Thomas Jr. died Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, at his home in Anchorage, Alaska. (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner via AP)

Ex-Alaska official, son of legendary broadcaster, dies at 92

By BECKY BOHRER and MARK THIESSEN - Associated Press

Lawmakers near deadline to move out of office space

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The Latest: Autopsy set for man in 42-hour standoff

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A police officer ties police tape to a handrail. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Coast Guard: 46 people rescued from sinking boat off Alaska

By Rachel D'Oro and Bob Seavey - Associated Press

Dave Delcourt, a handler on musher Ray Redington Jr.'s sled dog team, holds Dozer for a pre-race blood screening and heart check at Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race headquarters in Wasilla, Alaska, on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. Low snow in the Anchorage area may cause havoc for the race's ceremonial start on March 5, 2016, and the race's board of directors will decide Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, whether the race will have to move its official start scheduled the next day in Willow, Alaska, further north to Fairbanks. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Low snow causes havoc again with Iditarod

By MARK THIESSEN - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Vincent Nusunginya, items fallen from the shelves litter the aisles inside a Safeway grocery store following a magnitude 6.8 earthquake on the Kenai Peninsula on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, in south-central Alaska. (Vincent Nusunginya via the AP)

Alaska hit by quake, magnitude 7.1; 4 homes lost

By Mark Thiessen - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Vincent Nusunginya, items fallen from the shelves litter the aisles inside a Safeway grocery store following a magnitude 6.8 earthquake on the Kenai Peninsula on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, in south-central Alaska. (Vincent Nusunginya via the AP)

Magnitude-7.1 quake jolts Alaska; 4 homes lost

By MARK THIESSEN - Associated Press

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker holds a news conference in Anchorage concerning his action on the budget on May 18, 2015. (Bill Roth/Alaska Dispatch News via Associated Press) **FILE**

Alaska judge refuses to halt Gov. Bill Walker’s unilateral Medicaid expansion plans

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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Alaska military base to honor gay pride with drag show

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Kenai Police Sgts. Scott McBride, left, and Jay Sjogren review a map with Lisa Jaegar from the Mat-Su Search and Rescue Dogs on June 9 in Kenai, Alaska. Two rescue dog teams along with agents with the FBI searched the wooded area north of Wildwood Correctional Facility for a Kenai family of four, missing since May 27. (Associated Press)

Human remains found in Alaska, may be tied to missing family

By Dan Joling - Associated Press

In a Saturday, March 1, 2014, photo, Scott Janssen keeps control of his sled rounding the corner near Goose Lake during the ceremonial start for Iditarod 42 in Anchorage, Alaska. A weather pattern that has buried the eastern U.S. in snow has left Alaska fairly warm and relatively snow-free this winter, forcing the world's most famous sled dog race farther north. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News,Anne Raup)

Warm weather forced Iditarod farther north

By Mark Thiessen - Associated Press

Bill Parker, who has advocated for the legalization of marijuana for more than 43 years, is shown at his home in Anchorage Alaska, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, the same day pot became legal in the state. He said he planned to attend parties with supporters of the voter initiative, where he said party-goers could enjoy marijuana for the first time ever without feeling like they were a criminal. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Alaska quietly becomes 3rd state to legalize marijuana

By MOLLY DISCHNER - Associated Press

Alaska Cannabis Club CEO Charlo Greene smokes a joint at the medical marijuana dispensary in Anchorage, Alaska, in this Feb. 20, 2015 photo. On Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, Alaska will become the third state in the nation to legalize marijuana. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Alaska becomes third state with legal marijuana

By Molly Dischner - Associated Press

Alfreda Camcaho tries to rearrange her luggage to make room for Christmas presents she's brining back home to Saipan at Honolulu International Airport on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)

Holiday travel tales at Alaska, Hawaii airports

By RACHEL D'ORO and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press

The Meade glacier fills a valley outside Skagway Alaska. At its lower elevations, it looks like a broad freeway, or river of ice. Photo by Curtis Ellis

FBI: Alaska leads nation in rapes per capita

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Dallas Washington, 7, from Washington, D.C., points at a Lego display during the Brickfair Lego Convention. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)

Exhibit explores infinite possibilities of Legos

By MIKE DUNHAM - Associated Press

Independent gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker speaks during a debate with Republican Gov. Sean Parnell, seated at left, on Monday, Sept. 29, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. Walker and Parnell clashed on state spending and a gas line project. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Parnell, Walker clash on spending, gas line

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press

From left, U.S. Senate Republican candidates Joe Miller, Dan Sullivan and Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell take part in a debate in Eagle River, Alaska, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Republican Sullivan overtakes Sen. Begich in four latest Alaska Senate polls

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times