On Monday, Alaska State Troopers reported on an Assault/Criminal Mischief case in the community of Noorvik that happened before weekend. On Friday, the VPSO assigned to the village of Noorvik responded to the scene of an assault at 9 am. When the VPSO responded to the residence, he encountered 20-year-old Homer Coffin. It was reported on […]
(Seattle) NANA Oilfield Services, Inc. violated federal oil spill prevention and response rules at its Deadhorse, Alaska, fuel storage and distribution facility, according to a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA found multiple violations of Clean Water Act spill prevention rules and spill response requirements at the facility. “Companies that store large amounts […]
During the early morning hours of Friday, the community of Kivalina awoke to a fire raging at the Kivalina Store, the only store in the community. It is estimated that the fire at the store took place at approximately 1:30 am this morning. By the time that the Kivalina Volunteer Fire Department responded to the blaze […]
The Buckland School personnel in the Arctic Borough School District”locked the school down” for the safety of the school and the staff on Wednesday morning following a call deemed “Terroristic Threatening” at 9:15 am. 34-year-old Buckland resident Fred Armstrong called in to the school on Wednesday morning and “made allegations that his four-year-old daughter […]