U.S. Senator Mark Begich demanded answers last week from the nation’s top flood insurance official about the lack of progress in developing accurate and updated flood maps for communities in Alaska. The exchange occurred while Begich chaired a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee (HSGAC) to discuss strategies to reduce federal spending […]
An Anchorage man is in jail with no bail set after troopers responded to a report of an individual shooting a handgun from a moving vehicle on Sunday afternoon. Kenai Peninsula Highway Patrol Troopers stopped the blue convertible Ford Mustang Cobra reported in the incident just before 3 pm on Sunday at mile 20 of […]
An Emmonak man is in jail with his bail set at $25,000 after he was reportedly involved in an assault with an axe int that community on Friday. When troopers went to the residence of 23-year-old Justin Oktoyak to investigate the incident, Oktoyak barricaded himself in the home for a short time before fleeing on […]
Alaska State Troopers from the Rural Unit in Fairbanks responded to the scene in the village of Circle after receiving a report of a domestic assault that occurred there on Thursday. By the time troopers got to the community, the suspect in the assault had fled. The victim in the Domestic assault was flown to […]