A boating accident involving a drowning near Pilot Station was reported to the Alaska State Troopers at approximately 11:30 pm on Monday night. According to the trooper report, 20-year-old Derek Sipary, 24-year-old Noel Tinker, and 25-year-old Thaddeos Riley, all of Pitka’s Point, had gone out on a moose-hunting trip near Pilot Station. While on their […]
ATTU ISLAND, Alaska – Against the backdrop of a crisp, blue sky and snow-scattered mountains, a bright orange excavator sharply claws at the earth near Massacre Bay. With each dip of its bucket, contaminated soil, tar and old, rusted diesel drums are unearthed from their decades-long resting place. Once a bustling active military site, the […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska National Guard Warrior and Family Services program hosted a group of teenage military dependents in a cultural camp in Bethel, July 18 through July 22. Bethel is a rural village 400 miles west of Anchorage, accessible only by air and river. It is the largest community in western […]
Alaska State Troopers announced via the trooper dispatch on Tuesday that they have opened an investigation into a shooting incident that occurred on Sunday in the community of Ivanof Bay where a resident of that community was killed. Troopers received the report of the shooting death at 1:38 am on Sunday. It was reported that […]