WASHINGTON, D.C. – In her continued effort to address the public safety crisis in rural Alaska, U.S Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced the Alaska Tribal Public Safety Empowerment Act, legislation to empower tribes in Alaska to exercise the special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction on a pilot basis. Among domestic violence victims in Alaska, Native women […]
Alaska State Troopers report a fatal two-ATV accident that occurred in the Community of Larsen Bay early on Wednesday morning. According to the report, AST was notified of a two-ATV accident at 3:32 am on Wednesday.It was reported that one of the ATV drivers suffered serious life-threatening injuries and despite CPR efforts by other persons […]
Outreach builds relationships for potential future partnerships Photo: Carter Boyers, 9, checks out an Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at the Galena airstrip. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. John Callahan) GALENA, Alaska — Brig. Gen. Torrence Saxe, commander of the Alaska National Guard and commissioner of the Alaska Department of […]
An eagle man was arrested and jailed on Murder II charges after an initial investigation in that community on Saturday, troopers revealed. troopers were informed of a stabbing death in Eagle, a community along the Canadian border on Saturday and opened an investigation. They found that 35-year-old Michael Stevens of eagle stabbed Fairbanks resident 41-year-old […]