Nolin Ainsworth
Digital Reporter/Producer
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Nolin is a digital reporter/producer for Alaska's News Source.
Nolin served as a sports reporter in Juneau for three years.
Nolin wrote many memorable stories for the Juneau Empire, including the tale of Juneau's four-time Guinness World Record holder and his record-setting tongue.
He has a keen interest in Southeast Alaska sports, looking forward every winter to covering basketball season and the long-running Lions Club Gold Medal Tournament.
He hopes to one day pen a book on the times and travels of Dr. Walter Soboleff, or at least remember to write postcards every November in honor of him.
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Anchorage police have charged a 32-year-old woman with several counts of assault stemming from a shooting last week in the Mountain View neighborhood.
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An Arkansas man who previously served as the St. Paul Chief of Police was convicted Tuesday of sexual abuse of a minor.
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An Anchorage man is in custody after back-to-back bank and credit union robberies in Anchorage last week led to a brief search.
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A plume of dark smoke rising from a wooded area in the Chester Creek greenbelt stood in stark contrast to the mostly clear skies over Anchorage on Sunday afternoon.
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A civilian aircraft violated a temporary flight restriction area over Anchorage on Monday during President Joe Biden’s visit to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, according to military officials.
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An Iliamna man died on Friday afternoon after his boat capsized while traversing the Newhalen River.
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Ketchikan police charged a 28-year-old man with first-degree arson on Sunday following an overnight blaze in the Southeast community that left its American Legion building heavily damaged.
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Dimond Boulevard in Anchorage remains closed between C Street and King Street as emergency crews manage a “minor” gasoline spill after a collision involving a fuel truck on Sunday morning.
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Multiple life-saving measures were unsuccessful on a Wasilla woman after her boat capsized on the Talkeetna River on Tuesday, according to Alaska State Troopers.
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A helicopter pilot flying in Southwest Alaska received medical transport to Anchorage on Labor Day after undergoing a mid-air collision with a small plane.
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A Fairbanks man faces decades behind bars after committing first-degree murder in 2019, according to the Department of Law.
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A businessman who sold counterfeit Alaska Native products was given the longest sentence ever handed down to someone violating the Indian Arts and Crafts Act.
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An Anchorage bank was robbed for the second time in as many months on Monday afternoon in the Russian Jack Park neighborhood.
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The discovery of a dead humpback whale calf known as “Tango” near Juneau is under investigation by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s Office of Law Enforcement.
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Over 100 runners took part in the Race the Planes 5-kilometer race along Point Woronzof Road adjacent to the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on Sunday morning.
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There have been no reported injuries in a structure fire that sent smoke billowing above Downtown Anchorage on Sunday afternoon.
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An Anchorage Superior Court judge on Monday handed down sentences for two men convicted of second-degree murder in the 2017 death of an East Anchorage High School student, Leroy Lawrence.
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The United Way of Southeast Alaska is helping those displaced by flooding in Juneau earlier this month after a glacial dam outburst condemned multiple homes and pulled several houses into the Mendenhall River.
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The National Park Service announced on Monday it was suspending recovery efforts for two men who died earlier this month in a plane crash in Denali National Park & Preserve.
A Wisconsin man is dead after falling overboard from a sport fishing charter boat near Juneau, according to an Alaska State Troopers dispatch.
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Authorities are investigating the deaths of two people in Dillingham reported to law enforcement Saturday as a double homicide.
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Two Tennessee residents visiting Fairbanks were reported missing last week after not checking out of their vacation rental or making their return flight home.
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Two people, including a small child, were injured in a shooting in the Mountain View neighborhood on Monday afternoon.
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The Juneau landfill will be accepting self-haul waste from residents in the Mendenhall Valley impacted by a devastating glacial outburst flooding event that destroyed two buildings and condemned six others.
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Alaska national parks’ resiliency in the face of climate change is the goal of new investments that will be shared with the National Park Service as part of President Joe Biden’s Investing in America agenda.
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The Juneau emergency operations center has recommended some residents evacuate over the flooding of Mendenhall River.
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A man made a threat involving a firearm Friday at the Tanana Valley State Fair, according to the Alaska State Troopers.
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A child died after being shot by another child at a home in Mountain Village early Sunday morning.
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Alaska Solid Waste Services is welcoming people to the Central Transfer Station near Midtown to witness a possible future solution to keeping plastics out of the Anchorage Landfill.
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The White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad and the union representing railroad employees have reached a tentative agreement.
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The State of Alaska is intervening in the possibly fraudulent business operations of one gift shop located outside of Denali Park & Preserve.
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The occupants of a helicopter that crashed Thursday on the North Slope are presumed to be deceased, officials say.
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Recovery efforts are underway for the body of a Juneau kayaker who drowned in Mendenhall Lake earlier this month.
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The Kodiak Police Department has identified a suspect in their investigation of a deadly hit-and-run.
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The FBI Field Office in Anchorage is searching for information related to a bank robbery that took place Monday afternoon in the Russian Jack Park neighborhood.
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A man died on Monday afternoon when two motorhomes collided on the Seward Highway at Mile 103 between Anchorage and Girdwood.
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A union representing the operators, engineers and brakemen of an Alaskan railroad that serves over 500,000 passengers annually voted to authorize a strike.
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A 31-year-old woman was sentenced on Thursday for two counts of criminally negligent homicide following the deaths of two pedestrians.
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Smoke poured down a street in Petersburg as St. Catherine of Siena Parish caught fire on Thursday afternoon.
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A Wasilla skateboarder is making his way through a competition with a chance to win $10,000 and skate with skateboarding legend Tony Hawk.
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A motorist whose impaired driving led to the deaths of two people was sentenced on Monday by Anchorage Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson.
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Ten people aboard a charter flight are safe after a scary landing while arriving at a city in the Northwest Arctic Borough on Monday.
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One person is dead after a three-vehicle collision in Tok on Thursday.
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A high-ranking official with the Alaska National Guard has been placed on administrative status after being charged with two misdemeanors last year.
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A Girdwood man died Monday morning after crashing his motorcycle on the Kenai Peninsula.
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The Anchorage Chamber of Commerce’s Make It Monday forum held its first celebration of Juneteenth Monday in Downtown Anchorage.
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One person has been arrested at an Abbott Loop residence after the Anchorage Police Department responded to East 65th Avenue on Monday afternoon.
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A business owner came away with the top prize in the Slam’n Salm’n Derby on Sunday.
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Former U.S. Army Spc. Bryan Cyr was awarded the Silver Star on Monday at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson.
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The body of a Sitka-based charter fishing boat captain missing since May 28 has been recovered.
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