(Statewide) — Alaska’s subsistence waterfowl hunting seasons opened on April 2 and with spring migration under way hunters are reminded to practice routine hygiene when handling, cleaning and cooking the ducks, geese and other migratory birds they harvest. Two strains of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or “bird flu,” were found in wild birds late […]
On Saturday, at approximately 1:50 pm, Alaska State Troopers traveled to Venetie, a community of approximately 160 155 miles from Fairbanks, and placed Chance Erick under arrest on charges of Murder II after a warrant was issued on Thursday by a Fairbanks Court. Chance Erick was charged with the death of his older brother, 36-year-old Earl […]
The Village Police Officer in Kobuk was assaulted during a call out to a fight involving intoxicated combatants on Monday night. The Kobuk Village Police Officer responded to a fight at 11 pm on Monday night. When he arrived at the scene, one of the combatants was yelling threats at another, seconds later, the combatant, […]
A Noorvik man is in jail on Felony DUI charges and assault after an incident late Friday afternoon in the community of Noorvik. At 4:30 pm, the Northwest Arctic Borough Village Public Safety officer in Noorvik opened an investigation into an incident there after a victim called in to the VPO to report an assault. […]