At 1 pm on Thursday afternoon, Bethel-based troopers were alerted to a stolen white pickup truck driving erratically and headed to Bethel from Akiachak and troopers responded to locate the vehicle in Bethel, troopers reported. Troopers would successfully locate the vehicle in Bethel and attempted to initiate a traffic stop. The driver of the purloined […]
A call reporting a vehicle in the ditch in Dillingham at 11:36 am on Thursday would ultimately result in an officer-involved shooting incident in that community and the investigation is ongoing, troopers report. The Dillingham Police Department was alerted of the vehicle in distress on Thursday morning and further told that the driver appeared to […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – Alaska State Troopers are pulling diaper duty. Recently the need for diapers in rural Alaska was brought to the attention of Captain Ronald Wall of the Troopers Interior detachment based in Fairbanks. Captain Wall, with the assistance of a third-party vendor, contacted diaper distributors to see what could be done to broker […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Native Village of Tuluksak’s water treatment plant and washeteria were destroyed by a fire on Jan. 16, 2021. The facility was the only source of potable water in the community. On January 21st, the community issued a local disaster declaration and requested state assistance. Currently, residents of Tuluksak have […]