UPDATED: Atka Van Crash Takes the Life of Three

UPDATED: Atka Van Crash Takes the Life of Three

Troopers continue in their efforts to travel to the western Aleutian community of Atka to investigate an accident with fatalities on Wednesday. Adverse weather conditions have denied their efforts. It was reported on Tuesday evening at 6:06 pm, that a van carrying nine passengers and the driver suffered a crash in which three people perished, the […]

WAANT, Police and FBI Serve Search Warrants in Bethel Drug, Alcohol Cases

WAANT, Police and FBI Serve Search Warrants in Bethel Drug, Alcohol Cases

Alaska State Troopers report that they are continuing their months-long investigation and evaluating evidence gathered with search warrants carried out on Tuesday, regarding drug and alcohol sales by taxi cab companies in Bethel. In December, the Western Alaska Alcohol and Narcotics Team began receiving complaints from Bethel residents reporting drug and alcohol sales being conducted […]

Charges Pending for Sexual Assault, Furnishing Alcohol for Two On-Duty Quinhagak Tribal Officers

Charges Pending for Sexual Assault, Furnishing Alcohol for Two On-Duty Quinhagak Tribal Officers

The Alaska State Troopers revealed on Thursday that they had received a report of a Sexual Assault and Furnishing Alcohol to Minors by two Tribal Police Officers in Quinhagak and had opened an investigation into the matter. According to the report, a call went in to the Alaska State Troopers Violent Offenders Unit in Bethel […]