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A remote Alaska volcano continues to erupt steam, lava, and ash. Officials at the Alaska Volcano Observatory say Pavlof came back to life on May 13 and it continues to spew lava and send massive ash plumes more than 20-thousand feet into the sky. Mount Pavlof in the Aleutian Islands is located roughly 625 miles southwest of Anchorage. AVO officials say a plume of steam, ash, and gas, occasionally reaching up to 22,000 ft. above sea level was visible in satellite images. “Volcanoes are very unpredictable and there is always that possibility -- even though it's a small chance -- of something we haven't ever seen before,” Chris Waythomas, Geologist with Alaska Volcano Observatory, said.

Alaska State Troopers responded to a Friday night crash that seriously injured a Palmer couple and teenager and a five-year-old boy near Wasilla. The crash happened around 11:03 p.m. Friday on Bogard Road near N. Merciful Circle. Beth Ipsen, AST spokesperson, said a Ford Taurus heading west bound on Bogard Rd lost control and crashed into a Toyota Prius traveling east bound on the same road. Dewayne Joehnk, 56, and Beatrice Joehnk, 53, and daughter Jorga Joehnk, 13, were inside the Prius and suffered serious injuries - all three were from Palmer.

Alaska State Troopers assisted Utah police in the Wednesday arrest of a Haines man suspected of sexually assaulting and killing a 92-year-old woman 20 years ago. A Wednesday AST dispatch says Stephen Ellenwood, 40, was taken into custody by Ogden, Utah police -- assisted by Alaska State Troopers, Alaska Wildlife Troopers and the Haines Police Department -- on an outstanding criminal-homicide warrant for aggravated murder. “Ellenwood was taken into custody shortly after he fled from Troopers and tried to hide in the woods near his residence on Allen Road in Haines,” troopers wrote.

Serial rapist Richard Dorsey was sentenced Friday afternoon to 79 years in prison for a series of rapes from 2001 through 2004. Judge Michael Spann called Dorsey a 'serial rapist,' before handing down the sentence. "I don't think your rehabilitation is likely at all," Spaan said. He is already in prison serving a 2010 sentence for groping a woman in a grocery store in 2006. In 2009, an Anchorage police detective retrieved a discarded Styrofoam cup Dorsey had drank from in court during his first sexual assault case that had DNA on it that linked him to the cold cases.

Editor's note: This story contains graphic details of a sexual assault and murder; reader discretion is advised. Federal authorities released a series of grim details Tuesday on the kidnapping and killing of Samantha Koenig, the latest revelations in a flood of information released following Israel Keyes' apparent suicide Sunday in his Anchorage Jail cell. FBI Special Agent Jolene Godden and Anchorage Police Department Ofc. Jeff Bell tell Channel 2 Tuesday night that Keyes is believed to have committed a ninth murder in addition to the eight he already mentioned to authorities -- those of Koenig, Bill and Lorraine Currier of Essex, Vt., four victims in Washington state and one on the East Coast.

The price of gold has been dropping for six days as of Friday and local miners say the declines haven't dampened their optimism. The Alaska chapter of the Gold Prospectors Association of America spent part of Friday teaching Anchorage area sixth graders about panning. Bill Dunlevy GPAA President says it's the association's sixth year participating in the Bureau of Land Managment's "Outdoor Week" event. "The best way to keep mining alive is to start with the young and hopefully it keeps going," Dunlevy said.

A late-to-arrive spring has caused delays for local farmers who are waiting on a weather warm-up in order to begin transplanting starters into the ground. Another dose of wintry weather on Friday through Saturday has also made conditions not too promising either. River Bean, owner of Arctic Organics in Palmer, has packed greenhouses full of starter produce plants that he has yet to move outside. He has moved some of the overflow greenery into one of his cold frames to make extra room.

A Kenai woman has won the Nenana Ice Classic for a second time. On Monday, Yvonne Snow along with her husband Warren won this year's jackpot which totaled $318,000. No one predicted the exact minute the tripod would fall, which happened at 2:41 p.m. Monday when the ice on the Tanana River went out. The Kenai couple's guess of 2:40 p.m. was the closest without going over. In 2005, Yvonne won "Alaska's favorite guessing game," however had to split the pot with several other winners, her take was $7000.

We all enjoy dinner out from time to time, but just how safe are the kitchens where you eat? Each month, Anchorage's Department of Health and Human Services slaps restaurants with critical violations -- things that could lead to you getting sick. There are 22 restaurants in Anchorage with six or more critical violations. In a list of those restaurants which DHHS gave to Channel 2, three were tied for first place with nine violations each. One of them was Indian eatery Bombay Deluxe, at 555 W Northern Lights Blvd.

Wasilla police responded Monday afternoon to a two-vehicle collision on the Parks Highway that left five people injured, one of whom was flown to Anchorage, and temporarily closed the highway's eastbound lanes. According to a statement from WPD spokesperson Kathy Johnson, police were called at about 12:50 p.m. to the intersection of the Parks and Knik-Goose Bay Road, which becomes Main Street north of the intersection. “A vehicle driven by Paul Owens Jr., age 33 failed to yield to a vehicle driven by Cassidy Moffet, age 18,” Johnson wrote.

Alaska salmon are relatively safe from a highly contagious marine influenza virus according to state officials, who say there's “no reason to panic” about a recent announcement that it could be affecting Pacific salmon. “I would say the risk right now for Alaska salmon is low,” said Dr. Ted Meyers, a state fish pathologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Canadian researchers in British Columbia announced Monday they had found the influenza virus infectious salmon anemia, or ISA, in two juvenile sockeye salmon on the province's central coast, the first time in the Pacific Northwest.

Amber Stull repeated as the Gold Nugget Triathlon champion on a chilly Sunday morning in Anchorage.  Stull prevailed in a field of over 1,500 competitors, clocking a time of 1 hour, 12 minutes, 16 seconds.  The race begins with a 500 yard swim at the Bartlett High School pool, followed by a frigid 12 mile bike ride, and capped off with a 4 point 1 mile run.  Perennial favorite and multiple champion Shannon Donley, who finished only...