Dillingham

ASAA Volleyball Mixed 6 Division--Semifinal Matches Noatak def. Elim 13-25, 27-25, 25-14, 25-22 Unalakleet def. Glacier View 25-21, 25-15, 25-15 Championship Match:  Unalakleet vs. Noatak, 4:30 Saturday   ASAA 2A Girls Volleyball Division--Semifinal Matches Craig def. Kenny Lake 25-17, 14-25, 25-17, 25-23 Dillingham def. Klawock 25-22, 19-25, 25-20, 19-25, 15-11 Championship Match: Craig vs. Dillingham,  6:30 Saturday...

Dillingham's fire and police departments are responding Friday evening to a tundra fire, according to local authorities. Dispatchers in Dillingham say many members of both departments are at the scene, which Channel 2 viewers describe as near the Kanakanak Hospital. No immediate details were available on the incident, because responders hadn't yet returned from the field. This is a developing story. Please check KTUU.com and the Channel 2 newscasts for updates. Contact Chris Klint

The remains of a 71-year-old Dillingham man whose plane crashed and sank on Tikchik Lake last week were recovered by divers Wednesday, according to an Alaska State Troopers dispatch. Dillingham troopers were told Wednesday night that the body of pilot and sole occupant Albert Newton "Newt" Ball had been retrieved from the 1944 G-44 Grumman Widgeon, which sank in about 40 feet of water after it flipped while landing on the lake Oct. 7. A hunting guide and a hunter saw the crash, with nobody escaping the plane, and reported it to AST. Troopers' arrival at the lake was slowed by poor weather in the area, and search efforts for the Widgeon -- which wasn't located until the evening of Oct. 9 -- were hindered by murky water conditions.

Alaska State Troopers have identified a Dillingham pilot who is presumed dead after witnesses saw his plane crash on Tikchik Lake Sunday afternoon. According to a Tuesday AST dispatch, 71-year-old Albert Newton “Newt” Ball's 1944-model G-44 Grumman Widgeon was found in roughly 40 feet of water at about 6 p.m. Tuesday. He was believed to have been the aircraft's sole occupant. A hunting guide told Dillingham troopers at about 5:15 p.m. Sunday that he and a hunter saw Ball's Widgeon flip while landing and sink in the lake, with nobody escaping from the plane.

Update: 8:00 p.m. From Alaska State Troopers spokesperson Beth Ipsen: "We haven't been able to find the plane so we aren't able to positively identify anyone who died in the crash. There were two skiffs and seven people involved in the search today. We are going back tomorrow with more equipment. " Original story: Alaska State Troopers are responding to Tikchik Lake after a plane reportedly crashed in the lake Sunday night, with no sign that its pilot survived.

One woman was killed in a vehicle accident in Dillingham early Sunday morning, according to Alaska State Troopers. Jillian Burton, 26, was a passenger in a 1998 Ford Expedition. She and driver Chelsea Clark, 21, were ejected from the vehicle after taking a left-turning curve on Aleknagik Lake Road at about 4:30 a.m. Neither of them was wearing a seat belt. Clark was medically transported to Anchorage with serious injuries and Burton was pronounced dead on scene. Two passengers in the back seat of the vehicle were treated for minor injuries at the hospital and then released.

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A female pedestrian was hit and killed by a van when she was walking northbound on ramp to Glenn Hwy Friday morning, according to the Anchorage Police Department. Police investigators were trying to figure out why a 45-year-old woman from Dillingham was in the middle of the Muldoon on-ramp to the highway. She was hit and killed by a van driven by 66-year-old Robert Kremer as he was headed to the Valley at around 5:30 a.m. after picking up friends from the airport. APD said Kremer had not been drinking and most likely won't be charged with anything.

The Coast Guard rescued four people from an 18-foot skiff that drifted across Bristol Bay for three days in the ice. The skiff's crew originally departed from Platinum, AK to make a 23 miles trip to Bird Rock to collect gull eggs for subsistence use. Officials say they had to duck into an ice flow to avoid a storm. They ran out of gas and drifted with the ice and wound up more than 170 miles from their home port. The boaters were reported missing Friday. An Alaska State Trooper plane spotted a skiff with the same number of people in it, and the search was called off....

A deckhand died Thursday morning after collapsing aboard a fish processor near Togiak, according to Alaska State Troopers. Troopers received a report at about 5 a.m. that Stanley E. Allison Jr. of Washington, 43, collapsed while working aboard the F/V Gordon Jensen at about 3:30 a.m. Allison could not be revived at the scene, about 10 miles south of Togiak, and was flown to Kanakanak Hospital in Dillingham. A Dillingham trooper was flown to the Gordon Jensen to investigate Allison's death.