Alaska News January 12, 2018

By Victoria Taylor: ‘Very shocking,’ members and employees react to Sam’s Club closing announcement
 
 
 
 
By Kyle Hopkins: How this illegal campsite grew, month after month, along one of Anchorage’s busiest streets
 
 
 
 
By Anna Rose MacArthur, KYUK: Bethel rescuer gave his coat to the hypothermic aunt and his boots to the little boy
 
 
 
 
By Lisa Demer: Diesel spill contaminates building pad and wetlands at Bethel vocational school
“It was human error,” said Tiffany Tony, Yuut’s director of operations.
 
 
 
 
By Rebecca Palsha: Shot fired inside an Anchorage Fred Meyer store
 
 
 
 
By Patrick Enslow: 80-year-old Alaskan scores in game-winning shootout for Team USA hockey
Frank Nosek and Jimmy Reese were selected to play for the over 80-year-old USA hockey team.
 
 
 
 
By Samantha Angaiak: The Dome reinflates with new improvements
Jonathan Rubini, a philanthropist involved in the reconstruction of The Dome, said plans are in the works to start a community health initiative, which could mean community members may have access to the space for free during some hours.

 
 
 
 
By KTVA Web Staff: APD: Machete-wielding man arrested at Midtown Walmart
 
 
 
 
By KTVA Web Staff: Local actor sentenced for soliciting minor sex online
Martin Baumann, 57, was sentenced Thursday to six years with four suspended and five years of supervised felony probation. He was also ordered to register as a sex offender for 15 years. The sentence stems from a conviction on a single count of felony online enticement of a minor.
 
 
 
 
By KTVA Webstaff: ‘Repeat offender’ booked again in vehicle theft
 
 
 
 
Southcentral Foundation Receives Presidential Honor