After a lengthy investigation, and guilty pleas, three Wainwright men were each sentenced in Barrow for the taking of muskox during a closed season on Wednesday, Megan Peters revealed on the trooper dispatch. It was in March of 2016 that Wildlife Troopers opened an investigation upon finding three female Musk Ox dead near the Nuka […]
At 8:30 am on Sunday morning, State troopers responded to a residence in Napaskiak after they received a report of a shooting at that location. Upon arrival, they found 26-year-old Nunapitchuk resident, Kyle Wassillie, dead from a gunshot wound. AST did not reveal further information into their investigation of the incident. Troopers placed 19-year-old Adam […]
(DEADHORSE) — A 10-year-old female grizzly was killed in Deadhorse Thursday evening and her two cubs of the year captured after their attraction to human-provided foods led them to break into kitchens and food-storage areas. Long monitored as a research animal by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the female known as “Bear 147” […]
Troopers report that a warrant was issued mid-week and carried out at the end of the week for manslaughter against Savoonga resident, Felix Wongittilin, who was involved in a fatal ATV accident on July 8th in that community. Troopers had received a report from the community of Savoonga late in the evening on July 8th, […]