JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska Air National Guard’s Rescue Coordination Center, and the 210th, 211th, and 212th Rescue Squadrons, rescued two all-terrain vehicle riders in Glennallen through a combined effort early morning Sept. 11. The individuals, a male and a female, were riding an ATV in the Glennallen area when the female sustained […]
Alaska State Troopers report that they arrested an Aniak man on several charges that include Attempted Murder on Wednesday after opening a preliminary investigation into that case. Troopers responded to Aniak by boat on Wednesday after receiving a request to perform a welfare check on a female in that community. Troopers would find that 35-year-old […]
Selawik-based troopers report a fatality in a trooper-involved shooting on Thursday. Troopers report that AST responded to a burglary involving a firearm at 5:02 am on Thursday and searched the area before locating two suspects, one armed with a shotgun. At 5:40, the officer “perceived a threat” and discharged their service weapon at 26-year-old Douglas […]
An Allakaket man was arrested on Tuesday following an investigation into an incident that occurred in that rural community last Thursday, troopers report. According to AST, they were contacted at 8:19 pm on August 12th reporting an assault with a firearm involved. The caller reported, “Joseph Semaken, 38 years old of Allakaket, was being assaultive […]
(Anchorage, AK) – In a continued effort to mitigate the poor 2021 salmon season among communities in the Yukon River region, the Dunleavy Administration Tuesday facilitated the delivery of 12,500 pounds of chum salmon to the region. “Spending 20 years in rural Alaska, I understand the hardships that the communities are facing when they cannot […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (August 4, 2021) – For the fifth year in a row, multiple entities and tribes are coming together to assist Yukon-Kuskokwim (Y-K) Delta region villages with the removal of hazardous electronic waste. The goal of this effort is to safely dispose of electronics and other materials that would otherwise end up in a […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The State of Alaska deployed an interagency damage assessment team of borough and state officials to the Alaska Peninsula Monday following the magnitude 8.2 earthquake that occurred July 28. The damage assessment team visited Perryville, Chignik Lagoon, and Chignik Bay to assess the impacts of quake and to meet with […]
Alaska State Troopers revealed on Thursday that they are investigating a shooting incident that occurred in Russian Mission during the early morning of Wednesday, at approximately 3:15 am, where a man suffered gunshot injuries. As the morning progressed troopers from Bethel and Saint Marys attempted to fly in with state aircraft but were hindered by […]
JUNEAU, AK – In a special meeting held Tuesday, the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska’s (Tlingit & Haida) Executive Council unanimously voted to move the annual Tribal Assembly from an in-person event to a virtual format. Under the Tribe’s Constitution, the Executive Council is the governing body and has […]