(Kotzebue, AK) – Friday, Jim Adams, of Noatak, was sentenced to serve 80 years in prison for the murder of his wife. Adams, 45, was convicted in September 2023 of Murder in the Second Degree for beating his wife Rhoda Adams to death with a crowbar in June 2020. Adams was also sentenced to serve […]
UPDATE: The 16-year-old teen, according to court documents, will be tried as an adult and has been identified as Guy Nashookpuk. He shot four people, two fatally, at a residence on Agvik Street on the west side of the remote whaling community. ORIGINAL: According to reports coming out of Point Hope, where two people […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On Monday, Superior Court Judge Michael Wolverton sentenced Nicholas Hunnicutt to 15 years in prison with eight years suspended for Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree. Following his release from prison, Hunnicutt will be subject to 10 years probation . Hunnicutt, 45, was previously convicted by a jury on […]
Alaska State Troopers were notified of a structure fire in the community of Noorvik early in the morning on Wednesday. According to the report they received, the structure was a total loss and the home’s residents were unaccounted for. Troopers, VPSO, and Deputy State Fire Marshals responded to the community to investigate the fire and […]