Glennallen, Alaska –The Ahtna Athabascan village of Gulkana has been named the Copper River Valley’s “Community of the Year†by the Greater Copper Valley Chamber of Commerce.
On Sunday, searchers looking for two boaters who left Tuluksak on last Tuesday and were last heard from on Tuesday afternoon located a submerged boat near the mouth of the Kialik River.
The Department of Public Safety disclosed the name of the trooper in the the trooper-involved shooting that took place in Noorvik on Friday after Jeffery Henry exited his home brandiashing a weapon at the conclusion of a stand-off.
Citing the eight-hour survivability rate of a man in the water, the United States Coast Guard called off the search for missing Akhiok man, Brandon Phillips on Sunday. The Coast Guard had dispatched several helicopters to the area to search for the missing man over the weekend.