In Monday’s news:
- Two Alaska State Troopers shot during prolonged standoff in Kotzebue that ended with suspect taking his own life;
- Association of Village Council Presidents Myron Naneng asks Gov. Parnell to declare disaster over king salmon runs on the Kuskokwim and Yukon;
- Dave Benton, former Fish and Game deputy commissioner, appointed to Arctic Research Commission;
- James Devinn Thomas charged with murder in the death of fellow Air Force airmen Clinton Reeves;
- Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice Walter Carpeneti announces retirement;
- US Army Reserve vessel that spilled thousands of gallons of diesel in waters off Kodiak re-floated;
- Four Japanese climbers die, one survives in avalanche on Mount McKinley;
- US Coast Guard postpones scrapping icebreaker Polar Sea after visits from Senators Begich and Murkowski.
