Alaska State Troopers in St Marys and the Western Major Crime Unit responded to Mountain Village on Friday after being notified of a shooting in that community at 1:44 pm. Mountain Village Tribal Police reported to troopers that they had the homicide suspect in custody. AST and the crime units opened an investigation upon arrival […]
Two 15-year-olds on a snowmachine called in to MATCOM dispatch at 10:44 pm on Friday night and requested help as they had driven their machine into a pond in a remote area and could not get out. The teens in distress reported via cell phone that they were approximately three miles away from the nearest […]
At 1:13am on Saturday morning, troopers, while patrolling the Mitchell Expressway in Fairbanks observed an eastbound vehicle traveling with no headlights and performed a traffic stop. The traffic stop resulted in two taken into custody. The driver of the vehicle, 43-year-old James martin was contacted during the stopand troopers found that he had an outstanding […]
Socks — Cuukiiq Cuukii’itua! – I have no socks! In the past, Alutiiq people often went barefoot. A historic account from Karluk tells of Alutiiq ladies dressed in stylish, velvet dresses, walking to church barefoot. Boots were saved for cold winter weather, and often included a lining of moss or grass and a pair of handwoven […]