(Bethel, AK) – On Nov. 9, after a three-week trial, a jury found 47-year-old Paul James Jr. guilty of two counts of Sexual Assault in the First Degree, one count of Sexual Assault in the Second Degree, one count of Incest, one count of Assault in the Second Degree, one count of Assault in the Third […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On Nov. 9, Superior Court Judge Christina Reigh sentenced 41-year-old Charles Quinn Chlarson to 10 years of incarceration, with three years suspended, following his guilty pleas to Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance in the Second Degree and Criminally Negligent Homicide, following the Aug. 1, 2022, death of Russell Shangin Jr. in Chignik. On […]
Anchorage, Alaska – Friday, the Alaska Federation of Natives participated in a field hearing called by the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in Bethel titled, “The Impact of the Historic Salmon Decline on the Health and Well-Being of Alaska Native Communities along Arctic, Yukon, Kuskokwim Rivers.” Committee Vice Chair Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) took testimony […]
Troopers from Unalakleet responded to the scene after AST was notified of a gunshot death on Thursday. When they arrived at the scene they found 37-year-old Donald Johnson dead from a suspicious gunshot wound. The Alaska Bureau of Investigation was called in and ABI investigators responded to the small southwestern community and opened an investigation. […]