Paul Choate
Digital Content Manager
Anchorage, AK

Paul Choate joined Alaska's News Source as the digital content manager in January 2022.
Prior to making the move to the 49th State, Paul worked as a digital content producer at WGHP in High Point, North Carolina, for more than eight years.
Originally from the small mountain town of Sparta, North Carolina, Paul is extremely excited to now call Anchorage home.
Paul is a graduate of Appalachian State University with a bachelor's degree in journalism. Go, Mountaineers!
In his spare time, you can find Paul either exploring the outdoors or cheering on the Los Angeles Lakers, Atlanta Braves and Carolina Panthers.
Awards
Updated: Nov. 22, 2023 at 8:49 PM AKST
|By Paul Choate
A man was taken into custody on Wednesday afternoon after an altercation with an Anchorage officer that resulted in the officer firing a shot.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2023 at 7:59 PM AKST
|By Paul Choate
A 72-year-old man was attacked by a bear along a trail on the Kenai Peninsula on Thursday morning.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2023 at 9:33 AM AKST
|By Paul Choate
Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom on Tuesday announced she will run for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat in 2024.
Updated: Nov. 13, 2023 at 2:16 PM AKST
|By Paul Choate and David Bernknopf
The Anchorage man accused of defrauding people out of millions in a Ponzi-like scheme was in court Monday for the second day of his sentencing hearing.
Updated: Nov. 13, 2023 at 11:50 AM AKST
|By Paul Choate
A missing snowmachiner was found dead on a trail outside Selawik on Sunday evening.
Updated: Nov. 13, 2023 at 8:25 AM AKST
|By Paul Choate
A man was found dead after a house fire in Grayling on Friday morning.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2023 at 12:43 PM AKST
|By Paul Choate, Lauren Maxwell and Joe Cadotte
An Anchorage jury on Monday reached a verdict in the trial of Anthony Pisano.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2023 at 8:00 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
Two people are dead and five others were taken to the hospital after a fire at a four-plex in Northeast Anchorage on Saturday morning.
Updated: Oct. 31, 2023 at 11:38 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate and Lex Yelverton
A Homer family and community is in mourning after a deadly shooting that took the life of a well-known young woman.
Updated: Oct. 30, 2023 at 12:28 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
A man was shot and killed by an Alaska State Trooper outside a Tok motel early Monday morning.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2023 at 5:39 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
The woman indicted after a viral video showed a boat circling dangerously close to a floatplane in Halibut Cove has entered a plea agreement, according to court documents.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2023 at 4:39 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
One person is dead and a search is ongoing for a second after a boat capsized in the Kuskokwim River on Tuesday morning.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2023 at 3:36 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
An Anchorage man was arrested after attempting to rob a bank on Monday morning, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2023 at 12:36 PM AKDT
|By Joe Cadotte and Paul Choate
A suspect and an officer were shot during a police response to a domestic disturbance on Sunday evening, according to a news release from Anchorage police.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2023 at 9:02 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
Two people are dead after an apparent boating accident in the Yukon River, according to an Alaska State Troopers dispatch.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2023 at 6:56 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
A fuel tanker rollover closed the Glenn Highway in both directions for hours Thursday near Kings River, according to Alaska State Troopers.
Peruvian national accused of targeting Alaska, other states with more than 150 bomb threats arrested
Updated: Sep. 28, 2023 at 6:18 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
A Peruvian national has been arrested and faces numerous charges related to bomb threats in multiple states, including Alaska, as well as for soliciting child pornography, according to authorities.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 12:29 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
An Anchorage police officer was injured during a traffic stop on Wednesday and the suspect was later taken into custody, according to an Anchorage Police Department news release.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 11:39 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
A Bartlett High School student has been charged after Anchorage police say he brought an airsoft gun and a knife to school Monday morning, according to a news release.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 10:57 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
A teen was killed in an apparent hunting accident near Kaltag over the weekend, according to an Alaska State Troopers dispatch.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 9:02 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
An Anchorage man has been indicted in connection with an October 2022 apartment fire that spread to multiple units, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2023 at 5:28 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate and Georgina Fernandez
One person is dead after a fire at a Midtown four-plex on Wednesday morning.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2023 at 5:21 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
Recovery efforts for a plane that crashed in a remote, mountainous region near Cape Yakataga last month have been called off.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2023 at 1:09 PM AKDT
|By Shannon Cole and Paul Choate
One person was killed and multiple others were injured in a head-on crash on the Sterling Highway on Monday afternoon, according to an Alaska State Troopers dispatch.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2023 at 11:40 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
A man was killed in a crash on the South Tongass Highway Monday night.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2023 at 4:20 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
An explosion destroyed a food truck and damaged a home and nearby businesses in Talkeetna on Tuesday morning.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2023 at 11:35 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
A search is underway for an overdue plane near Cape Yakataga, according to an Alaska State Troopers dispatch.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2023 at 12:00 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
The National Transportation Safety Board on Monday released a preliminary report on the deadly plane crash in Denali National Park and Preserve earlier this month.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2023 at 9:33 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
An arrest has been made after a fire in Downtown Anchorage on Sunday afternoon, according to a news release from Anchorage police.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 4:09 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
Anchorage police are searching for a shooting suspect who is considered “armed and dangerous,” according to a news release.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2023 at 9:44 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
A suspect has been arrested in connection with a double homicide in Dillingham.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2023 at 10:43 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
Anchorage police are investigating after two people were shot Sunday night just hours apart in the Northeast and Russian Jack Park neighborhoods.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2023 at 9:53 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
A hotel worker is accused of stabbing a co-worker to death at a Trapper Creek hotel.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2023 at 12:57 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
A former elementary school teacher in rural Alaska was found guilty of 14 counts of sexual felonies.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2023 at 7:52 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate, Nolin Ainsworth, Georgina Fernandez and Aaron Morrison
The Juneau emergency operations center has recommended some residents evacuate over the flooding of Mendenhall River.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2023 at 6:48 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
An Anchorage man was hit and killed by a vehicle in Happy Valley early Sunday morning.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2023 at 9:56 AM AKDT
|By Joe Cadotte and Paul Choate
A woman died after being hit by a vehicle on the Seward Highway on Sunday evening.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2023 at 12:46 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
Alaska State Troopers have recovered the body of a man who had not been seen since a fishing trip earlier this month.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2023 at 8:37 AM AKDT
|By Joe Cadotte and Paul Choate
Anchorage police killed a black bear that was charging people in neighborhoods near Northern Lights Boulevard and Baxter Road on Sunday night.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2023 at 8:59 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
A woman was arrested Sunday in connection with the shooting death of a North Pole man.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2023 at 10:30 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
Two hikers were rescued just hours apart by helicopter Saturday on Flattop Mountain.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2023 at 11:15 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
Three people were injured in a crash on the Seward Highway Sunday evening that closed the highway for hours.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2023 at 11:24 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
A man is in custody after a stabbing at a Wasilla gas station on Monday.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2023 at 1:25 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
The body of a respected North Slope scientist has been recovered after a rafting accident claimed his life earlier this month.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2023 at 11:08 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate and Lex Yelverton
A multimillion-dollar grant to advance graphite mining near Nome was praised Monday by the Alaska Congressional Delegation and Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2023 at 5:08 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
The Alaska Wildlife Troopers located the body of a Wasilla man who was knocked out of his canoe on the Little Susitna River on July 4.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2023 at 8:14 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
An investigation is underway after an Anchorage police officer fatally shot a man holding a rifle, according to a news release from Anchorage police.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2023 at 6:23 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate and Jordan Rodenberger
The 95th running of the Mount Marathon Race takes place today in Seward.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2023 at 10:58 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate and Joe Cadotte
Anchorage police are investigating a homicide after a man died from his injuries following an assault, police wrote in a news release.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2023 at 8:06 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake shook the Anchorage area on Monday morning.