DPS Aircraft Operations Increased 42% as the Pandemic Reduced Commercial Air Options Transporting prisoners across Alaska’s vast distances is a challenge on a good day, but when you add dangerous winter storms and the COVID-19 outbreak, most would call the task near impossible. However, this challenge doesn’t stop the nearly 400 Alaska State and Wildlife […]
Alaska State Troopers released additional information today in the January 1st Emmonak beating death of 39-year-old Brian Agwiak and also revealed that they have a second person in custody in regards to that homicide investigation. According to AST, 27-year-old Rudolf Waska, along with 34-year-old Darren Hootch had hatched a plan to rob Agwiak of his […]
Searchers downstream from Tuluksak continue to search for one snowmachiner on the Kuskokwim River after an incident there on Friday evening. Troopers were notified of the incident by Bethel Search and Rescue on Saturday morning of the search for two snowmachiners that were observed driving into a hole in the ice on the river at […]
Alaska State Troopers report that the Alaska Bureau of Investigation, as well as State Crime Lab Forensic Scientists, were called in to investigate an early morning death that occurred on New Years’ in the community of Emmonak and report one suspect has been arrested. Troopers in Emmonak say that they were notified of a deceased […]