JBER, ALASKA – The Newtok Village Council has been awarded 1.7 million dollars in Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds to acquire and demolish Newtok village homes threatened by erosion from the Ninglick River. The HMGP funds will be used to acquire and demolish seven homes in Newtok. The State Hazard Mitigation Advisory Committee has […]
Alaska State troopers flew into Perryville on Monday to investigate a suspicious death in that community that was discovered on Sunday morning. The caller reported to AST at 7 am Sunday that 70-year-old Marvin Yagie, of Perryville, was found deceased after having been threatened and attacked earlier in the morning by his grandson. Because of poor weather […]
An Alakanuk man is in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Correctional Center with his bail set at $150,000 following a Saturday alcohol-fueled shots-fired incident in that village, AST reports. Troopers in Emmonak received a report at 2:43 am reporting that a man identified as 52-year-old Leroy Patrick of Alakanuk had gone to a residence in that village and fired […]
Following the Alaska Bureau of Investigation and the mandatory 72-hour waiting period on the release of names of officers involved in a shooting, Alaska State Troopers have made corrections to the initial report released by them on last Thursday and have also revealed the identities of those officers involved in the Pilot Station incident. The […]