Woman Indicted in Alleged Stabbing Spree
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One dollar SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 2018 newsminer.com T HE VOICE OF INTERIOR ALASKA Inside Today XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.Bethel City Council doesn’t appoint the one woman who applied for seat. »» AXA3 Begich files for governor race By Rod Boyce altered the plans of Gov. Bill The Alaska Democratic Par- [email protected] Walker, who earlier stated that ty, which sued to overturn the he and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott law, changed its rules in 2016 Former Alaska U.S. Sen. would run in the Democrat- to allow unaffiliated candidates Mark Begich is running for ic primary. Walker is a former to run in its primary elections. governor. Republican who ran as an Begich sent a message to sup- The Democrat served one independent in 2014; Mallott porters earlier Friday announc- term in the Senate, from is a Democrat. ing his intention to run for gov- 2008-14. He defeated long- Walker and Mallott will ernor. time Republican Sen. Ted Ste- revert to their initial strategy “When a majority of Alas- vens but was defeated six years of bypassing the August pri- kans believe our state is head- later by Republican candidate mary and going directly to the ed in the wrong direction, it Dan Sullivan. He previously November ballot by gathering is time to put faith and vision served six years as Anchorage enough signatures to qualify as back into our leadership,” reads mayor. unaffiliated candidates. the opening of the two-page Begich, 56, filed his paper- Walker’s decision to run in announcement. work at the Division of Elec- the Aug. 21 primary came after Begich, in a telephone inter- tions office in Anchorage an April ruling by the Alaska view with the Daily News-Min- about 30 minutes before the 5 Supreme Court that overturn er shortly after he filed, said p.m. Friday deadline. He will a state law requiring that can- Fairbanks would benefit from Former Alaska U.S. Sen. Mark Begich answers reporters’ be in Fairbanks today. didates in a primary election him being governor. questions after filing to run for governor in the 2018 Begich’s much-speculat- be registered members of the Democratic primary at the state Division of Elections office ed-upon entry into the race party holding the primary. BEGICH » A3 on Friday in Anchorage. AP PHOTO/DAN JOLING GOOD MORNING CHOKECHERRY Woman indicted in alleged The weather. stabbing The sun will be bright in the sky to make the day warmer. spree High today ..............70 Dorothy Chomicz Low tonight ............47 DCHOMICZ @NEWSMINER.COM Sunrise: 3:29 a.m. Sunset: 12:09 a.m. A 36-year-old Fair- banks woman who WEATHER » A7 reportedly went on a three-day stabbing spree in November has been • • • Chokecherrys blossom Friday afternoon along Second Avenue as a pedestrian passes. ERIC indicted on murder and ENGMAN/NEWS-MINER assault charges. Lindsey Lee Preshaw, 36, is charged with one count of first-degree murder for the Nov. 27 death of 57-year-old Jea- Fair moves smoking areas to the parking lot nette Elaine Miller. Mill- er was found stabbed in a By Amanda Bohman a trend across Alaska hibits use of pipes, smoke,” Matray said. room at the Alaska Motor ABOHMAN and we are following cigarettes, cigars, “We are just asking Inn after Fairbanks police @NEWSMINER.COM suit,” said Blake Matray, e-cigarettes and vapes them not to do it inside responded to a report executive director of inside the fenced area the fenced area.” of two women fighting. Smoking areas at the the Tanana Valley State of the fair, according to The fair previous- Miller was taken to Fair- RUNNING Tanana Valley State Fair. Matray. ly offered designated banks Memorial Hospital Fair are being moved The fair announced It applies to all who smoking areas within and died of her wounds a BASES out to the front park- the change on Friday. enter the fair, including the fairgrounds. short time later. North Pole, Delta ing area in an act being It comes after the Alas- employees, vendors, “Did everybody John Thomas Preshaw Junction advance in applauded by the local ka State Fair in Palm- visitors and other fair- always adhere to that? III, who was Linsdey state softball chapter of the Ameri- er went smoke-free in goers. No,” Matray said. Preshaw’s stepbroth- can Lung Association. 2016, he said. “We are still respect- er, fiance and father of tournament. FAIR » A3 “Going smoke-free is The new policy pro- ing people’s right to her children, was found SPORTS stabbed to death Nov. 28 Page B1 in an apartment above a restaurant located across • • • a parking lot from the Puerto Rico agency sues government to obtain death data Alaska Motel. Lindsey SOURDOUGH JACK: Preshaw was considered By Danica Coto A woman places one of the a primary suspect in his “Changes in the ASSOCIATED PRESS hundreds of shoes in memory death. fair are a breath of those killed by Hurricane On Nov. 29, Preshaw SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — Puer- Maria on Friday in front of allegedly attacked a of fresh air.” 66-year-old Ester wom- to Rico’s Institute of Statistics the Puerto Rico Capitol in announced Friday that it has an outside the wom- San Juan. AP PHOTO/RAMON sued the U.S. territory’s health an’s home. According department and demographic ESPINOSA to charging documents registry to obtain data on the in the case, Preshaw number of deaths following to Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello the island as the families of stabbed the woman in Hurricane Maria as a growing told CNN that there would be victims seek answers. the back, neck and face number of critics accuse the “hell to pay” if officials don’t “We demand that they tell us before demanding mon- government of lacking trans- release mortality data. Many everything,” said Lucy Landro, ey and insisting the parency. believe the official toll of 64 who lives on the island of woman drive her away The lawsuit was filed on deaths is a severe undercount, Thursday, the same day Puer- and anger is building across PUERTO RICO » A3 STAB » A3 INSIDE Classified » B7 | Comics » B6 | Dear Abby » B5 | Markets » A7 | Obituaries » A3 | Opinion » A6 WWW.TRUEDANKALASKA.COM FOLLOW US ON WEEDMAPS INFO@ TRUEDANKALASKA.COM FACEBOOK@TRUEDANKALASKA INSTAGRAM@TRUE_DANK_ALASKA 64530820-6-2-18 1550 S. Cushman St. Marijuana has intoxicating effects and may be habit-forming and additive. 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