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Wildlife Troopers Offer Tips for Hunters as Hunting Seasons Open Statewide

By Ken Marsh DPS on Aug 7, 2019   Featured, State  

Wildlife Troopers Offer Tips for Hunters as Hunting Seasons Open Statewide

  (ANCHORAGE) – Excitement is building for Alaska hunters as seasons open this month in many regions for deer, caribou, Dall sheep, moose, mountain goat and other big game species. The Alaska Wildlife Troopers will be present in full force statewide making sure everybody plays by the rules. “Hunting is a longstanding Alaska tradition,” said […]

Fall Public Safety Training Academy Commences With 39 New Recruits

By Ken Marsh DPS on Jul 31, 2019   Featured, General News, Southeast Alaska  

Fall Public Safety Training Academy Commences With 39 New Recruits

  SITKA — The Alaska Law Enforcement Training (ALET) Academy’s second session of the year began Sunday, July 28, with the enrollment of 39 recruits representing police agencies around the state. The class includes 15 Alaska State Trooper recruits, one Wildlife Trooper recruit, seven Village Public Safety Officer recruits, and 16 police officer recruits from11 […]

DPS Notified that $6M Grant Application Approved by DOJ

By Ken Marsh DPS on Jul 31, 2019   General News  

DPS Notified that $6M Grant Application Approved by DOJ

  (Anchorage) – Late last week the Department of Public Safety received notice that the U.S. Department of Justice approved DPS’s grant application to receive approximately $6 million through the Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Program. The two-year grant is a portion of the $10 million in funds announced at the end of June by […]

Fireworks Suspension Update

By Ken Marsh DPS on Jul 25, 2019   Events/Notices  

Fireworks Suspension Update

  The Alaska State Fire Marshal’s Office, in consultation with the State Forester’s Office and in accordance with Alaska Administrative Code 50.025 Fire Code, has made the following changes to the list of regions where fireworks use and sales are suspended. The suspensions are now lifted from the Copper River Valley, including Glennallen south to Valdez, […]

Fireworks Suspension Update

By Ken Marsh DPS on Jul 23, 2019   Featured, State  

Fireworks Suspension Update

  The Alaska State Fire Marshal’s Office, in consultation with the State Forester’s Office and in accordance with Alaska Administrative Code 50.025 Fire Code, has made the following changes to the list of regions where fireworks use and sales are suspended. The suspensions are now lifted from the Northern Panhandle including Haines Borough, Municipality of Skagway, […]

UPDATE: State Lifts Fireworks Suspension for Western Alaska

By Ken Marsh DPS on Jul 2, 2019   Featured, State  

UPDATE: State Lifts Fireworks Suspension for Western Alaska

  July 2, 2019 (ANCHORAGE) – The Alaska State Fire Marshal’s Office, in consultation with the State Forester’s Office and in accordance with Alaska Administrative Code 50.025 Fire Code, has canceled the fireworks sales and use suspension in Western Alaska, including Dillingham, Bethel, McGrath, Nome, Kotzebue and surrounding communities. Until further notice, fireworks sales and […]

Enforcement Efforts Aim to Maintain Valuable Kuskokwim Salmon Fisheries

By Ken Marsh DPS on Jun 24, 2019   Featured, State  

Enforcement Efforts Aim to Maintain Valuable Kuskokwim Salmon Fisheries

  June 24, 2019 (Bethel) – In an effort to help preserve a highly valued resource, Alaska Wildlife Troopers made their presence known during recent Chinook, or “king,” salmon subsistence fishery openings on the Kuskokwim River. Over the course of four fishery openings – on June 12, June 15, June 19, and June 22 – […]

Ronald Oqilluk’s Long Road Home

By Ken Marsh DPS on Jun 23, 2019   Featured, General News, Interior Alaska  

Ronald Oqilluk’s Long Road Home

  Springtime was settling into the Matanuska Valley the evening Ronald Oquilluk went missing. The skies likely resonated with the cries of northbound geese, the sun climbing higher each day to brighten Pioneer Peak and Palmer’s weathered colony-era barns far below. That would have been the setting on April 29, 1987, when Oquilluk, a 38-year-old […]



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