Paul Choate
Digital Content Manager
Anchorage, AK
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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.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 7:41 PM AKST
|By Paul Choate
A man is in custody after troopers say he sexually abused two children in Wasilla.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 3:20 PM AKST
|By Joey Klecka and Paul Choate
The crash and subsequent investigation closed all lanes of Arctic for hours. A police spokesperson said Monday morning that the road has been reopened.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2022 at 12:54 PM AKST
|By Melissa Frey, Joey Klecka, Paul Choate, Nolin Ainsworth and Joe Bartosik
Although the wind gusts are not as strong, roads in Anchorage and the Mat-Su remain dangerous with icy conditions.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2022 at 5:35 AM AKST
|By Shannon Cole and Paul Choate
The Anchorage School district will again be closed on Friday. Most Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District schools will again be remote learning.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2022 at 9:46 PM AKST
|By Paul Choate and Tim Rockey
A commercial vehicle crash has closed the Parks Highway north of Trapper Creek and Alaska State Troopers say the closure is expected to last several hours.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 10:04 PM AKST
|By Paul Choate
A man was killed in a crash on the Sterling Highway on Tuesday night.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2022 at 5:02 PM AKST
|By The Associated Press and Paul Choate
The results were announced late Wednesday night. Cacy had said that she had questions about the recording of votes and that transparency around the process was important to her.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2022 at 10:35 AM AKST
|By Paul Choate
The Anchorage School District announced Wednesday evening that schools and support facilities will again be closed on Thursday, Dec. 8.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2022 at 4:29 PM AKST
|By Paul Choate
A man who was taken into custody following a standoff last month has now been indicted on charges in a homicide investigation.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2022 at 11:50 AM AKST
|By Paul Choate
The Alaska Division of Elections on Wednesday released the final results for the 2022 midterms after ranked-choice tabulation.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2022 at 3:36 PM AKST
|By Paul Choate and Shannon Cole
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake shook the Anchorage area on Thursday afternoon.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 10:58 AM AKST
|By Paul Choate
A man is facing several charges after Anchorage police say he stole two vehicles, including a taxi, and locked himself inside a person’s apartment.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 4:29 PM AKST
|By Paul Choate
A teen is dead after a house fire in North Pole on Tuesday afternoon, according to a dispatch from the Alaska Division of Fire and Life Safety.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2022 at 10:53 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
An arrest has been made after a teenage girl told Alaska State Troopers she was abducted and assaulted on Wednesday afternoon.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 3:40 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
One juvenile has died and another was seriously injured after a house fire in Oscarville.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 12:54 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
A Sutton man was killed in a crash in Sutton early Thursday morning.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 11:50 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
A man is in custody after a pregnant teen was found dead in Selawik, according to an Alaska State Troopers dispatch.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2022 at 2:39 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
A teen has died from her injuries after a crash in Palmer last week, according to an Alaska State Troopers dispatch.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 6:38 PM AKDT
|By Tim Rockey and Paul Choate
Democrat Mary Peltola won the ranked-choice election to replace the late Republican Rep. Don Young by defeating former Gov. Sarah Palin.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 1:31 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate and Joey Klecka
The son of embattled former Alaska state legislator Dean Westlake was indicted on multiple charges in connection to his death.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 12:29 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate and Joey Klecka
Alaska State Troopers say man suspected to be with her is in custody following police chase near Soldotna.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 9:06 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate and Georgina Fernandez
The husband of a University of Alaska Anchorage pharmacy program staff member has been arrested in connection with her death.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 12:37 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
A University of Alaska Anchorage pharmacy program staff member was killed in a shooting in Wasilla on Monday morning.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 10:24 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
The annual Alaska Federation of Natives convention will be held in person for the first time in three years this October.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 10:13 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate and Patrick Enslow
The man selected to head the Anchorage Public Library has declined to take the job.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 10:14 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
Four children are dead after a 15-year-old turned a gun on three siblings and then took his own life, according to an Alaska State Troopers dispatch.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 5:25 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
A boat explosion and fire injured a woman in Whittier on Wednesday afternoon.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 4:40 PM AKDT
|By Joey Klecka and Paul Choate
Six passengers and the pilot were aboard the de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver when it crashed on takeoff from Lake Hood, one of the world’s busiest seaplane bases, at about 9:18 a.m.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 10:29 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
A rafter was found dead in the Tsina River over the weekend.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 9:36 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate and Connor Matteson
An Alaska Superior Court judge ruled in favor of Mayor Dave Bronson in a lawsuit against the Anchorage Assembly over whether Bronson had the right to remove the city’s chief equity officer without consulting the Assembly.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 6:10 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate and Beth Verge
A 2-year-old child was found locked in an abandoned car outside Healy on Thursday morning. Troopers are now looking for a woman the child was with.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 12:22 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
Former President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Anchorage next weekend.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 9:28 AM AKDT
|By Kristen Durand and Paul Choate
The Anchorage Police Department is investigating a deadly shooting that happened at Taku Lake Park.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 5:28 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
A firefighter and a black bear almost had a surprise encounter as crews battled a wildfire in Anchorage on Friday.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 5:14 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
A large wildfire sparked in the Campbell Park area of Anchorage on Thursday.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 2:45 PM AKDT
|By Joey Klecka and Paul Choate
Police say officers responded to reports of the body of a man in the woods and “made observations which are prompting a closer look” into the circumstances. Police called it suspicious.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 11:11 AM AKDT
|By Joey Klecka and Paul Choate
One man is dead and a second is in jail after a stabbing in the Spenard neighborhood, according to Anchorage police.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2022 at 2:53 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
Juneau police made another large drug bust at Juneau International Airport on Tuesday.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2022 at 8:25 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
An interactive map of all the Roadtrippin' 2022 stops.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2022 at 11:10 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
Troopers got a report of a motorcycle crash on the North Tongass Highway on Saturday afternoon.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2022 at 8:57 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
A teen has been charged in connection with a deadly shooting on Saturday.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2022 at 1:18 PM AKDT
|By Ariane Aramburo and Paul Choate
A homicide investigation is underway after a stabbing in downtown Anchorage early Friday morning.
Tsunami warning sirens across Kenai Peninsula were false alarm, National Tsunami Warning Center says
Updated: Jun. 2, 2022 at 9:48 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
People on the Kenai Peninsula were jolted by the sound of tsunami warning sirens on Thursday morning in what the U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center says was a false alarm.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2022 at 1:10 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
Pandemic congregate shelter operations at the Sullivan Arena will end on June 30, Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson announced on Wednesday.
Updated: May. 27, 2022 at 9:05 AM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
A fire damaged multiple buildings and burned around five acres of tundra at Akiuk Memorial School in Kasigluk on Thursday.
Updated: May. 25, 2022 at 12:32 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday night passed an emergency ordinance establishing a criminal offense for open burning during suspended or prohibited periods.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 5:10 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
A climber died in a crevasse fall at the base of Mount Hunter’s North Buttress on Tuesday night.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 3:50 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
Alaska State Troopers on Wednesday released the cause of death for 7-year-old Sawyer Cipolla.
Updated: May. 12, 2022 at 4:37 PM AKDT
|By Paul Choate
The winners of the 2022 Nenana Ice Classic have been announced.
Updated: May. 6, 2022 at 11:07 AM AKDT
|By Sean Maguire and Paul Choate
Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on Thursday announced the allocation of nearly $132 million to Alaska for fishery disasters.
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