The Dunleavy administration is dedicating money to helping Chevak clean up the debris of its old school, which burned down in a fire this spring. According to a state press release, the $2.5 million will be used to remove asbestos and to look for the remains of two men who might have perished in the fire. The two men, James Tikiun, age 22, and Dennis Slats, age 35, have not been seen after they went missing the night the fire occurred. The community had hoped to turn the abandoned school into a community center. The funding to clean up what's left of the school building will come from the spill prevention and response division of the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. The administration plans to take the money out of the state response fund and replace it using federal money from the American Rescue Plan Act.  

VIDEO: A U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter crashed at an airport in Oklahoma City during a training flight Wednesday afternoon. Emergency responders, including the Oklahoma City Fire Department, were called to the 1700 block of North Cimarron Road in the area of the Clarence E. Page Municipal Airport. Two pilots – a teacher and a student – were aboard the helicopter. Customs and Border Protection officials released a statement Wednesday evening about the crash, saying the helicopter ignited in flames after crashing. However, when Battalion Chief Benny Fulkerson spoke with KFOR soon after the crash, he said the pilots told him that the helicopter ignited in flames prior to crashing. "Our understanding is it went to the ground with them still in it, with it still on fire, and they got out on their own," said Battalion Chief Benny Fulkerson of the Fire Department.  

Two Los Angeles County firefighters could be fired and a third suspended after some first responders took and shared graphic photos from the site of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his teenage daughter and seven others, court documents say. The court documents were filed Monday as part of widow Vanessa Bryant's federal lawsuit against Los Angeles County that alleges invasion of privacy. The filings propose that a Nov. 16 trial be postponed five months to April 27, 2022, because of a large amount of material that attorneys need to review. Kobe Bryant and the others were killed Jan. 26, 2020, when the helicopter they were aboard crashed west of Los Angeles. Federal safety officials blamed pilot error for the wreck that killed the Los Angeles Lakers basketball star.  

Cory Roebuck, a volunteer firefighter with the Western Taney County Fire Protection District, is helping the families of first responders killed in the line of duty. A ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday at the Branson Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce launched the Taney County 100 Club. Roebuck said he nearly died eight years ago when he was left hanging from a tree while responding to flash flooding. While waiting to be rescued, he said he started thinking about what would his family do if he didn't make it. "When I was clinging to a tree in the middle of the night all I could think about was my family, who's going to tell my wife, who's going to raise my family?," Cory Roebuck said. He said from that point on it was so important to him that his family have a plan of action if a tragedy ever occurred.  

VIDEO: Firefighters put their lives on the line every day. While we know the tremendous job they do to protect the community, sometimes they go above and beyond to save priceless items that would have been lost. That's what happened Monday in Bangor. "I had the clothes I was wearing, and I had my phone in my pocket," said Jonathan Tenney. A massive fire Monday destroyed two apartment buildings including Jonathan's home of two years. "Lego's apparently are fireproof," said his dad, Jeff Tenney, about Jonathan's Lego collection scattered throughout the ashes in his apartment on Wednesday. "Kind of embarrassing story, but a stuffed rabbit that I've had since three years old, I thought that might have been gone. He's fine," said Jonathan about his childhood stuffed animal, Ben.  

VIDEO: According to Gas Buddy about 7% of gas stations in Alabama are out of fuel. Others are running low - or only have limited options. As more and more gas stations continue to face a gas shortage, first responders are trying to make plans to keep their vehicles fueled. Decatur Fire Chief Tracy Thornton said he's starting to see more gas stations with bags over the pumps to indicate they're running low or completely out of fuel. He said it's prompted him to look at different alternatives of how to keep their trucks filled up in case the shortage gets worse. "Our biggest concern is like anybody, it's running out of fuel," Thornton said. Thornton said he's been keeping a close eye on the Colonial Pipeline shutdown and how it's impacting gas stations in the city all week long. He said plans are already in place to conserve the fuel they have so the trucks stay filled up.