Rural Trip to Bethel and Napaskiak to Discuss Public Safety, Law Enforcement WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) recently welcomed U.S. Attorney General William Barr to Alaska for a visit focusing on law enforcement and public safety issues. During Attorney General Barr’s four-day trip, Senator Murkowski facilitated meetings in both Bethel and […]
Alaska State Troopers report that a Koyukuk man has been arrested on Murder I charges after an investigation into the death of another man in that community on Wednesday. The report of the homicide in that community was called in to AST at 1:34 pm on Wednesday and troopers responded to initiate an investigate […]
After receiving a report of a sexual assault in the community of Newtok, Alaska State Troopers opened an investigation into the incident. The investigation would learn that 41-year-old Newtok resident Jonathan Usugan, while drinking, had entered a home in that village and had sexually assaulted a woman there. AST would also find that Usugan […]
Alaska State Troopers believe they have recovered the remains of a Chevak woman who has been missing since mid-March and was last seen by family on March 18th after which she disappeared from the village without a trace. Late Sunday, at 9:45 pm, AST was notified by Chevak Search and Rescue that they had […]