JBER, ALASKA – The Newtok Village Council has been awarded 1.7 million dollars in Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds to acquire and demolish Newtok village homes threatened by erosion from the Ninglick River. The HMGP funds will be used to acquire and demolish seven homes in Newtok. The State Hazard Mitigation Advisory Committee has […]
Texas suffered another explosive attack late on Sunday night following four others this month. This newest attack injured one person at a FexEx facility near San Antonio. Preliminary investigations report that the explosive package was headed to Austin. State and federal investigators are now of the belief that the five bombs are related and suspect a serial […]
Alaska State troopers flew into Perryville on Monday to investigate a suspicious death in that community that was discovered on Sunday morning. The caller reported to AST at 7 am Sunday that 70-year-old Marvin Yagie, of Perryville, was found deceased after having been threatened and attacked earlier in the morning by his grandson. Because of poor weather […]
An Alakanuk man is in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Correctional Center with his bail set at $150,000 following a Saturday alcohol-fueled shots-fired incident in that village, AST reports. Troopers in Emmonak received a report at 2:43 am reporting that a man identified as 52-year-old Leroy Patrick of Alakanuk had gone to a residence in that village and fired […]