Attempts to waterskip a snow machine on the Yukon River near the rural community of Emmonak turned deadly for a 16-year-old village teen on Friday. A report went in the the Alaska State Troopers at 8:11 pm on Friday night reporting that 16-year-old Kennedy Teganlakla had sank into the river while trying to water skip […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON – Members of the Alaska Organized Militia continue to assist communities across Western Alaska following the devastating storms that struck the region in early October. Since activation, more than 150 Alaska Organized Militia service members have supported 13 communities through debris removal, infrastructure repair, residential assessments, and evacuation support in coordination with […]
Walking a storm-scoured Alaska beach, archaeologist Rick Knecht knelt to pick up a wooden figurine the size of his palm. He squinted at it and identified the piece as a doll that might have belonged to a little girl, one who had lived and died there centuries before. He handed it to Alice Bailey, who […]
The search north of Kotzebue continues for a man lost when a trio of vehicles broke through the ice Saturday morning. According to troopers, they were notiifiied at 11:20 am Saturday morning that three men, while on a snowmachine and two four-wheelers plunged through the ice near Lockhart Point. They had been on a hunting […]