(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 […]
Troopers reported on Wednesday, that remains have been recovered in the vicinity of Platinum that are believed to be those of 74-year-old Henry Williams of that village. Williams went missing on February 27th after he left Goodnews Bay enroute to his home in Platinum. Ground searchers, as well as aircraft were deployed in the the search […]
The Major Crimes Unit of the Alaska State Troopers in Anchorage says it is continuing its investigation of the death of a Kotlik man over the weekend. Alaska State Troopers in Emmonak were contacted and informed of a unresponsive male, 28-year-old Jerald Fancyboy, at a residence in the community at 11:.55 pm on Saturday night. […]
Alaska State Troopers responded to a snow machine/SUV accident involving injuries in the community of Aniak at 12:05 pm on Monday. When they arrived at the scene at the intersection of Ikmiq Court and Airport Boulevard, their investigation revealed that while traveling at a high rate of speed, a 15-year-old, with one passenger, entered the […]
A Mountain Village man is in jail following an investigation into the furnishing of alcohol to minors in that community on Friday. Troopers responded to the dry community of Mountain Village on Friday to investigate a report of alcohol being furnished to minors. Troopers, after conducting their investigation, determined that 35-year-old Allan Regis of Mountain […]
An injury accident involving a drunk driver operating a SUV and a four-wheeler with four juveniles aboard in the community of Lower Kalskag was reported to Aniak-based Alaska State Troopers early on Sunday morning. After receiving the report of the incident at just before 1 am on Sunday morning, Troopers from Aniak responded to the scene […]
Volunteer searchers, that included Duluth resident, Tom Crossmon, using Crossmon’s remote-operated underwater vehicle, scoured the bottom of the Kuskokwim River, and located the remains of, who they believe is 26-year-old George Evan, one of the missing travelers that disappeared on the river in mid-December. The body was discovered about three -quarters of a mile downstream from the […]
The ground search for Andrew Andrew, the elderly Kwethluk man who went missing early on January 9, has come to a close with the discovery of his body near the Kwethluk airport on Thursday. Andrew disappeared after being seen at approximately 1:30 am on January 9th. A ground search for Andrew was initiated later that […]
While in Lower Kalskag, a trooper, with the assistance of the village VPSO, charged and arrested a resident on a Felony Violation as well as Weapons Misconduct. The AST and the VPSO contacted 23-year-old Ethan Vasily Kerr of Lower Kalskag as he sat in his green Chevy Pickup. The Alaska State Trooper was checking Kerr […]