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 […]
The Savoonga Village Public Safety Officer 0pened an investigation after receiving a report of an attempted shooting in a residence in the village on Friday. The investigation would determine that after opening fire in the home, Josephine Waghiyi, age 36, stole an additional rifle and took off on an ATV firing the weapon as she […]