AST in Bethel reports that on Monday night, they received a report of an assault incident with multiple victims in the village of Akiachak, upriver from Bethel, that resulted in the arrest of Tribal Police Chief John Snyder. According to the the report posted on the trooper dispatch, Chief Snyder assaulted multiple family members in […]
It took less than an hour for the video to go viral; less than 2 days for federal, state, and local authorities to make an arrest; and less than 15 months to resolve the case and send the guilty party to jail. On July 26, Shylo Akuna was sentenced to 4 years in prison after […]
Kenai Peninsula residents and law enforcement say that since the arrrest of Philip Drake Kneeland for Spice Distribution, the Spice epidemic and problems arising from it have essentially disappeared in that area of the state. Kneeland was arrested in the fall of 2015 for “possession of synthetic cannabimimetic agents with intent to distribute and possession of […]
Kenegtaq – Low Bush Cranberry Ing’im ceniini kenegtangq’rtuq. – The mountainside has cranberries. The lowbush cranberry, or lingonberry (Vaccinium vitisidaea), is a creeping plant with thick, oval, shiny, green leaves; pink, bell-shaped flowers; and round, red berries. The word kenegtaq literally means “something pressed down.” This plant flowers in mid to late June and is […]