JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Governor Mike Dunleavy has issued a disaster declaration for the 2025 October West Coast Storm. On October 8, the remnants of a tropical typhoon impacted the west coast of Alaska with above high tide sea surge which inundated several communities. Communities within the Northwest Arctic Borough experienced the greatest level […]
(Bethel, AK) – Friday, Bethel Superior Court Judge William Montgomery sentenced 58-year-old Leonard Olrun of Mekoryuk to a composite sentence of 156 years and 2 days of incarceration for two counts of Sexual Assault in the First Degree, three counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree, and two counts of Misconduct Involving […]
(Bethel, AK) – On Aug. 29, a jury found 36-year-old David Paul guilty of six counts of Sexual Assault in the First Degree, six counts of Sexual Assault in the Second Degree, five counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the First Degree, and 11 counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second […]
On Friday, Alaska State Troopers contacted Sigfurd Kiunya in the village of Kongiganak in regards to an active warrant. But, Kiunya determined that he did not want to be taken into custody and attempted to retrieve a weapon. As Kiunya attempted to retrieve his weapn from a pocket in his hoodie a trooper responded and […]