Alaska Dispatch News - Afternoon Update for 05/01/2016

[adn.com] [adn arctic facebook] [adn arctic facebook] [Alaska Dispatch News] [News] [Politics] [Voices] [Arctic] [Culture] [Sports] [Mulitimedia] Sunday, May 1, 2016 [Searchers looking for Oregon man missing in Denali National Park] Michael Purdy was planning to take day hikes in the park before starting his second season of work in Healy. His employer reported him missing on Saturday after he failed to show up for his first day of work. Michelle Theriault Boots [Magnitude-4.7 earthquake reported near Iliamna Volcano] The Alaska Earthquake Center reported a magnitude-4.7 earthquake at 12:38 p.m., centered on the southwest side of Cook Inlet near the Iliamna Volcano, about 43 miles west of Ninilchik. Alaska Dispatch News [Why home schooling works in Alaska] More than 11,000 Alaska children, some 9 percent of the school-age population, are signed up with one of the state's 30 official home-school programs. That's a minimum number, not counting the families who home-school independently. Erin McKittrick [Why did the chicken cross the road? It was being dragged by a marten. And it caused a crash.] Troopers say the spectacle of a marten dragging a chicken across the Tongass Highway caused a vehicle collision near Ketchikan Saturday, but no one was seriously hurt. Michelle Theriault Boots [Troopers: Alakanuk man hit brother-in-law with ax after drinking homebrew] The alleged victim said he and his brother-in-law, identified as Simon Kokrine, 25, of Alakanuk, were drinking early Friday morning when an argument turned violent.  Michelle Theriault Boots Additional Headlines: [Despite criticism, 'Alaska Aircrash Investigations' is a must-see for pilots] [Brewing up a plan to share suds, but we'll skip the bowling] [Rule No. 1 of shopping by Super Cub: No impulse buying] [Alaska author shows how to defuse nasty workplace bullies] [Reading the North: My Coyote Nose] 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