Alaska State Troopers reported on Wednesday that they had arrested a Kotzebue-born man on Sexual Abuse of a Minor charges for incidences that occurred in the community of Wales. It was on August 22nd, that troopers received reports of sexual abuse of a minor from Wales. Troopers responded and conducted an investigation that revealed that 43-year-old […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – Arctic Chinook “survivors” being hoisted onto a hovering Coast Guard rescue helicopter were unaware that equipment testing conducted by the Coast Guard Research and Development Center during the two-day mass rescue exercise could change the way large maritime incidents are handled in remote locations. During Operation Arctic Chinook, nearly 30 role players […]
[cycloneslider id=”arctic-chinook-2016″] (Hover over slide to pause slideshow) KOTZEBUE, Alaska — More than 1,000 personnel from the U.S. Coast Guard, Alaskan Command, Alaska National Guard, state and local agencies, tribal organizations and Royal Canadian Air Force participated in Exercise Arctic Chinook, a joint USCG and U.S. Northern Command-sponsored exercise on the U.S. State Department approved […]
The Alaska State Troopers revealed that a second set of remains, those of Clifford Griest, were positively identified by the Laboratory of Forensic Anthropology in Texas, after they were discovered in the surf 60 miles south of Kotzebue almost a year ago. They positively identified Griest using DNA analysis. Griest had been discovered by a […]