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Former Iditarod champion Brent Sass has been disqualified from this year's race due to allegations of sexual assault made by multiple women. The decision was made in accordance with the race's personal conduct policy, which aims to prevent behavior that harms the race or its participants. Sass maintains his innocence and believes the accusations are an effort to damage his career. Additionally, the Iditarod board has reversed its decision to disqualify musher Eddie Burke Jr., as the domestic violence charge against him was dropped by the state Department of Law. [Extracted from the article]

"I have my rough edges, there's no doubt about that", Keppel said when asked about his own court records and the conviction of Fansler and the felony sexual abuse charges against Anderson-Agimuk. After an hour at the bar, Fansler and the woman parted ways, but they met up later that night at the hotel where Fansler was living while in Juneau for the legislative session. "The Colonized World Teaches Us to Become Aggressive" Upon Fansler's resignation in early 2018, Alaska Democrats in the Bethel region selected Anderson-Agimuk to become the district party chairman and to begin looking over applications for a replacement. PHOTO (COLOR): From left to right: Former Alaska state Rep. Zach Fansler, his aide Benjamin AndersonAgimuk and Willy Keppel, who is running for Fansler's former seat. [Extracted from the article]

Then, an FBI Agent Pretended to Be a 13-Year-Old Girl.: The principal for one of Alaska's largest rural elementary schools, in a region with some of the highest sex crime rates in the country and a state with a history of failing to protect students, was allowed to remain on the job until the FBI got involved "Please be aware that Carmichael had been an incredibly popular principal with students, staff and parents and had a solid reputation as a principal", Walker wrote in a statement for this story. In order to determine if Carmichael paid for gifts using his school district credit card, or if he ever traveled on school-paid trips out of town with students, the Daily News and KYUK have requested Carmichael's spending records beginning Jan. 1, 2014. The same day the newsrooms made that request to the district, current Gladys Jung Elementary Principal Joshua Gill, who was the director of personnel when Carmichael was still principal, sent an email to advisory school board members telling them to keep quiet. [Extracted from the article]

Most small Alaska villages can be reached only by plane or snowmobile. The travel and visitor bans go beyond travel restrictions imposed by the state of Alaska to further protect villages that are too small to have emergency rooms. [Extracted from the article]