Alaska Dispatch News - Afternoon update for 07/06/2016

[adn.com] [Alaska Dispatch News] [Alaska News] [Politics] [Voices] [Arctic] [Culture] [Sports] [Mulitimedia] Wednesday, July 6, 2016 [GCI to pay $2.4 M in FCC settlement over 911 outages] Five 911 phone-service outages in the state dating back to 2008 prevented “significant numbers” of callers from reaching 911 systems, the FCC said. [Alex DeMarban] [Palmer woman found dead in Anchorage jail cell] Laurel Hunter, 48, was found unresponsive and alone in her cell early Wednesday. [Suzanna Caldwell] [Inquiry slams ex-British PM Blair for catalog of failures over Iraq War] In an emotional response, Blair said he would make the same decisions again. However, he acknowledged mistakes were made. Michael Holden, William James, Reuters [Lawmakers to stay in Anchorage offices at least 3 more months in spite of invalid lease] The Legislature has a "moral obligation" to stick to its contract while it negotiates the purchase of another building, one legislative leader said Tuesday. [Nathaniel Herz] [Brown bear in Kenai National Wildlife Refuge bites lone hiker on leg and runs off] The woman was hiking with her two dogs on the Lower Kenai River Trail at the time of the attack. [Jerzy Shedlock] [After pursuit, Anchorage police arrest suspect in fatal Fourth of July shooting] An Anchorage man accused of murdering another man during a Fourth of July cookout led officers on a chase across South Anchorage in the hours after the shooting, police said Tuesday. [Chris Klint], [Jerzy Shedlock] [Built for industrial purposes, the Dalton Highway rivals Denali Park Road for scenery] Even though it stops a few miles short of the Arctic Ocean, the road to the North Slope is luring more travelers. [Dermot Cole] [Watch cars fly on the Fourth of July at Glacier View] Glacier View, near the toe of Matanuska Glacier, celebrated the Fourth of July with food, a parade and an airplane flyover. They also launched three vehicles off a bluff. [Scott Jensen] [Even without charges, FBI rebuke leaves a political cloud over Clinton] Hillary Clinton may avoid criminal charges, but the searing rebuke of her "extremely careless" email practices Tuesday by FBI Director James B. Comey is likely to reverberate through the election and, if she wins, into her presidency. Philip Rucker, Abigail Phillip and Anne Gearan, The Washington Post ['Nothing was as he expected': Trip to remote Interior Alaska ends in river rescue] A man hoped to build an Alaska cabin and live off land he bought from the state. Within days, he wanted out. [Lisa Demer] Copyright © 2016 Alaska Dispatch Publishing. All Rights Reserved This email was sent to [{EMAIL}] [why did I get this?]    [unsubscribe from this list]    [update subscription preferences] Alaska Dispatch · 300 W. 31st Ave. · Anchorage, AK 99503 · USA