Anchorage hospitals welcome first babies of 2017

A new year means new life for some Alaska families. The Alaska Native Medical Center welcomed its first baby of the new year at 5:58 a.m. Sunday.
First time mother Mabel Sours, 18, says she couldn’t wait to meet her daughter. Dad, Kevin Norton, picked out the baby’s name — Emma Leigh Norton. The family lives in Kotzebue, but because her pregnancy was high risk, Sours has been in Anchorage since November.She says she’s excited to go home soon and introduce Emma to her fami