Alaska State Troopers revealed on Saturday that they responded to the community of Lower Kalskag after receiving a report of a stabbing there and have taken a suspect into custody. The Alaska Bureau of Investigations says they immediately responded to the village on the Kuskokwim River in southwest Alaska just before 3 pm on Friday […]
Funding will provide stabilizing aid for food, water, other immediate needs WASHINGTON — In response to the damaging coastal storms that hit Alaska’s western shores this week, the Department of the Interior Friday announced that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is distributing $2.6 million to support the needs of 45 Alaska Native villages. These funds […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – More than 100 members of Joint Task Force Alaska deployed to the hub communities of Bethel and Nome today, as part of Operation Merbok Response, to support recovery efforts across Western Alaska. The task force includes members of the Alaska Air and Army National Guard, the Alaska Naval Militia and the Alaska […]
(JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK) – Governor Mike Dunleavy issued a disaster declaration for the 2022 September storm currently impacting the west coast of Alaska. The disaster declaration activates the State Emergency Operations Plan, bringing together a statewide coordinated response to communities impacted by this record storm. Extreme winds and coastal sea surge have impacted […]