Alaska State Troopers

18-year-old thrown from vehicle

Nathan Erfurth was arrested this weekend, after a former student came forward with accusations of years long sexual abuse that occurred while she was a minor.

According to Alaska State Troopers, Lester Wilde got into a fight with his nephew on a Clam Gulch beach, after which the nephew was treated for a deep cut in his cheek and a missing fingertip. Wilde is charged with 4th degree assault and a DUI.

Homer Electric Association members in the area did lose power for a few hours last night so the utility could deenergize a circuit, since the plane flew into some utility wires when it crashed.

The Alaska Department of Public Safety is currently accepting comments on its body camera policy, and will run a camera pilot program this spring. In Kenai and Soldotna, police have been wearing body cameras for almost a decade.

Seward police arrested 44-year-old Cash Christensen after asking the public for help locating him and his car this weekend.

Three people were killed and three more were injured in two separate highway car accidents in Clam Gulch and Portage Wednesday.

The death was the second collision-related fatality in the area reported by Alaska State Troopers this week.

About 18 inches of snow were piled on the roadway at the time of the fatal crash, troopers say.

The road reopened to traffic in both directions around 4:30 p.m. Friday.