The search for a southwest Alaska man who was reported overdue by his family on Sunday afternoon is continuing. 26-year-old Jazmin James took off on a snowmachine on Saturday from Nunapitchuk bound for Tununak. Residents in Nightmute were the last to see him when he made a brief stop there before continuing on to Toksook Bay and […]
Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) biologists plan to begin aerial surveys of the Togiak district herring fishery in mid-April, weather permitting, with regular fishery updates to be communicated directly to processors. Based on a forecast of a 136,756-ton biomass, 27,351 tons of herring will be available for harvest. The breakdown is 1,500 tons […]
Troopers that had remained overnight in the community of Napakiak after a separate investigation there, dealt with a weapons incident the next morning. The trooper that had spent the night at the local school, responded to a report of an intoxicated woman walking through the village armed with an AR-15-style firearm at 9 AM on […]
(DILLINGHAM, ALASKA) On Thursday March 15, 2018, Superior Court Judge Christina Reigh sentenced 38-year-old Benjamin Hancock to a $25,000 fine, probation, and restitution following his guilty plea to felony Assault in the Third Degree. The assault charge stemmed from Hancock’s actions in a June 2014 incident on the Mulchatna River in which he struck a […]