Unalaska, AK – Three individuals face criminal charges over the loader incident at Summers Bay Lake last week.

Ben Hladick, age 22, was charged with two class C felonies and three misdemeanors. Thomas Bell, age 23, was charged with two felonies and one misdemeanor. Miguel Wood, age 22, was charged with two misdemeanors.

The police statements present an image of a social gathering gone awry. On Wednesday night, a truck belonging to Cassandra Hawthorne was alleged to have been stolen by Bell while Wood was sitting in the vehicle. The keys were in the vehicle at the time. The truck was then driven off the road and onto the tundra, causing an excess of $500 worth of damage. Wendy Svarny-Hawthorne, president of the Ounalashka Corporation which owns the land, says the ruts caused by the vehicle could leave lasting damage.

Unalaska, AK – A sober boating initiative starts tomorrow and extends through the weekend, ending Monday June 28th. It's called Operation Dry Water, and it's a national enforcement and public education campaign that's meant to increase awareness of the dangers - and legal penalties - that surround boating while under the influence of drugs and alcohol. This is the second year that Operation Dry Water has been in place.

Unalaska, AK – A loader belonging to Northern Mechanical was stolen - and then abandoned in Summer Bay Lake.

A report that there was an overturned loader in the lake was made this morning at around 10:15. Police and rescue responded, finding the loader just off over Overland, on the backside of Summer Bay Lake. No one was found in the loader or in its immediate vicinity.

The loader is still belly up in the lake, and there are rainbow oil sheens around it. Sgt Matt Betzen said some of the oil had spread, and that Coast Guard had been alerted to the water damage.

Unalaska, AK – Yesterday, state troopers recovered the body of a 48-year-old helicopter pilot, who died in a crash on Saturday. Lonnie Kennedy had just dropped off two passengers and was attempting to take off from Chernofski Point when the helicopter skid caught the ground.

Weather had previously prevented state troopers from making it out to the crash site, but a recovery team was able to arrive there at 3pm yesterday.

Unalaska, AK – State troopers are continuing their efforts to recover the body of a 48-year-old helicopter pilot, who died in a crash on Saturday. Lonnie Kennedy had just dropped off two passengers and was attempting to take off from Chernofski Point when the helicopter skid caught the ground.

Trooper Daniel Blizzard is leading the recovery effort.

"My concern as a trooper, and the family's concern obviously is to get the remains back to the family," says Blizzard.

Unalaska, AK – Salmon escapement reports are improving at Reese Bay, also known as Wislow. As of yesterday, 1171 sockeye salmon have passed through the weir located there, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Since June 8, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has enforced restrictions on salmon fishing in the area in an effort to meet the escapement goal. Fishing and setting nets is not allowed within 500 yards of the outlet stream that leads to McLees Lake.

Unalaska, AK – Bidding for the Harbor Crown seafood facility closed yesterday at 5pm. Bidding was supposed to end June 15, but was extended to give potential buyers more time to review sale documents.

The Anchorage-based lending company Alaska Growth Capital foreclosed on the Harbor Crown processing plant in December. Its value is assessed at $4.8 million dollars.

Bidding occurred in a sealed auction, and no information on the result of the foreclosure sale has been released. Chris McGee, who is Alaska Growth Capital's Vice President of Lending, could not be reached, and Bob Martin, a broker handling Harbor Crown's sale, was not able to provide comment.

Unalaska, AK – A helicopter crashed on Unalaska Island on Saturday evening, leaving the pilot dead.

Lonnie Kennedy, 48, had just dropped off two passengers and was attempting to take off from Chernofski Point when the helicopter skid caught the ground, causing the helicopter to roll over.

A call reporting the accident was made at approximately 6pm from the Fort Glenn cattle ranch on Umnak Island - where Kennedy lived and worked. The Coast Guard District 17 Command Center dispatched a response team, which arrived at 8:27pm. Captain Gary Gray, an Unalaska Public Safety EMT, confirmed that Kennedy had already died. The two witnesses had departed the area onboard another ranch helicopter by that point.

Unalaska, AK – A helicopter crashed on Unalaska Island on Saturday evening, leaving the pilot dead. The two passengers aboard the helicopter were uninjured.

The Coast Guard District 17 Command Center received a call at 6pm that a helicopter with four people on board had crashed approximately 30 miles southwest of Dutch Harbor. It was later determined that there had been only three people on board. The emergency call was made from the cattle ranch on Umnak Island.