Alaska News October 31, 2017

By Leroy Polk: Roads closed in Eagle River as home burns, 2 injuries reported
 
 
 
 
By Leroy Polk: VIDEO: Popular Nome hotel and bar goes up in flames
 
 
 
 
By Dan Carpenter: Alaskans provide input on partial rollback of crime reform
The last piece of SB 91 is set to go into effect in January, moving away from a cash bail system to one based on the likelihood someone will commit a new offense.

The House Finance Committee planned to reconvene Tuesday at 1 p.m. with a presentation from Attorney General Jahna Lindemuth on the agenda.
 
 
 
 

By Kortnie Horazdovsky: Man sentenced for beating mother’s boyfriend to death
Elliot Myas, 23, was sentenced to nine years with four suspended after pleading guilty earlier this year to Manslaughter in the beating death of 50-year-old Luke Flanagan at the Econo Inn in January. It was Anchorage’s first homicide of 2017.
 
 
 
 
By Cameron Mackintosh: Suspect in Spenard triple homicide appears in court for bail hearing
Ultimately, Superior Court Judge Jack Smith decided to postpone his decision, and scheduled another bail hearing for Nov. 16. Pisano’s trial is currently scheduled to start on Dec. 4, according to online court records.
 
 
 
 
By Carlson Hatch: A look inside Ted Stevens International Airport’s lost and found
 
 
 
 
By KTVA Web Staff: Teacher of the Week Allison Stengel