Alaska Native News-News for the People of the Last Frontier: Sutton Man Shot and Killed in Officer Involved Shooting Thursday Evening ================================================================================ GW Rastopsoff | Alaska Native News on 05/24/2013 13:21:00 Alaska State Troopers reported via dispatch that an officer was part of an officer involved shooting in Sutton on Thursday evening. Troopers Make Arrest in Teller Native Store Burglary ================================================================================ GW Rastopsoff | Alaska Native News on 05/24/2013 12:57:00 Alaska State Troopers made an arrest after the investigation of a burglary of the Native store in Teller on Thursday afternoon. Begich, Wicker, Schatz Introduce Bipartisan NOAA Corps Amendments Act ================================================================================ Heather Handyside | Office of Senator Begich on 05/24/2013 10:18:00 U.S. Senators Mark Begich, Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced legislation on Thursday to strengthen the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Commissioned Officer Corps as a national asset and improve its ability to recruit and retain talented candidates like other uniformed services. 'Dreadhead' of 'Out Da Cutt' Sentenced on Drug Dealing Charges on Thursday ================================================================================ GW Rastopsoff | Alaska Native News on 05/24/2013 09:33:00 Another member of the Rap/HipHop group "Out Da Cutt," or "ODC" was sentenced in federal court for his role in an Anchorage-Fairbanks drug conspiracy on Thursday. Anchorage Man in Jail on Drug Charges Charged with Drug Possession While in Custody ================================================================================ GW Rastopsoff | Alaska Native News on 05/24/2013 09:15:00 An Anchorage man arrested and in federal custody after being indicted by a Grand Jury in February was indicted again for drug charges while in custody at the Anchorage Correctional Complex. More Charges Added to a Long List of Counts Against Wasilla Man ================================================================================ GW Rastopsoff | Alaska Native News on 05/24/2013 09:07:00 In a one count indictment, an Anchorage man was charged with being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm on Thursday according to acting U.S. Attorney Kevin Feldis of the Justice Department. Don't Let Fire Destroy Your Memorial Day Holiday Weekend ================================================================================ Mahlon Greene | Department of Public Safety on 05/24/2013 06:52:00 As the Memorial Day Weekend kicks off the unofficial start of summer, Alaskans are getting out enjoying all the outdoor activities that our great state has to offer. Many Alaskans are planning to sit around a campfire and grill their meals on a barbecue. UPDATED: I-5 Bridge over Skagit River Collapses taking Cars and People with it ================================================================================ GW Rastopsoff | Alaska Native News on 05/23/2013 19:50:00 This evening, Mount Vernon would suffer a catastrophe on the Skagit River as the four-lane I-5 bridge collapsed in the river taking cars and people with it. Search for Kotzebue Snowmachiners Slows as Trooper Search Funding Discontinues ================================================================================ GW Rastopsoff | Alaska Native News on 05/24/2013 07:41:00 It was announced by the Alaska State Troopers that funding ended for the search of two snow machiners lost between Kotzebue and Selawik. That funding ended as of 5 pm Wednesday. Troopers Make Arrest in September Lake Illiamna Drowning Case ================================================================================ GW Rastopsoff | Alaska Native News on 05/24/2013 06:26:00 It was announced on Thursday by the Alaska State Trooper dispatch that an arrest was made in the death of Trefim Wassillie, who perished in Lake Iliamna and was found by his mother face-down in the lake on September 16th, 2012.