Alaska State Troopers report that they have responded to numerous vehicles in distress on the Dalton ighayin the past week and advise motorists that hazardous conditions persist on the highway And will continue according to forecasting. AST urges all drivers on the highway to have adequate emergency supplies appropriate for winter conditions while traveling on […]
WASHINGTON — Last month, Native Alaskans on Little Diomede Island awoke to see their city office collapsing into the community school next door. For the Ingalikmiut people [Inupiat] in the Bering Strait, halfway between Siberia and the Alaska mainland, this was the latest crushing evidence of the impact of climate change in the Arctic. “Looking at […]
The Alaska State Troopers Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit conducted an operation that lasted multiple days targetting drugs and alcohol bound for Utqiagvik and the North Slope Borough this month and seized illegal substances with an estimated street value of over $220,000 according to their report. Seized items included 259 grams of methamphetamine, 48 grams of […]
On Monday Alaska State Troopers in Nome were alerted to two overdue snowmachiners that had scheduled to travel from Teller to Nome and initiated a ground search comprised of searchers from both Teller aand Nome. The Teller team was initially unavailable according to AST but the Nome SAR team successfully made it to mile 23 […]