Cirniq – Chignik Cirnimen aglita. – Let’s go to Chignik. The salmon-rich Chignik region of the southern Alaska Peninsula is home to three Alutiiq communities, each named for the body of water it overlooks: Chignik Bay, Chignik Lagoon, and Chignik Lake. Foot trails link these small villages, winding through a lush, rolling, treeless landscape that […]
Bethel-based troopers report that they have made an arrest after a month-long investigation in a reported sexual abuse case. At 2 pm on May 1st, Bethel troopers received a report of sexual abuse in the village of Kongiganak. Investigators with the Bethel Violent Offenders Unit responded to the community to initiate an investigation. On June […]
Troopers and EMS rushed to the scene after a report went in of an unresponsive man on the ground at a residence on Wasilla-Fishhook Road on Friday. When troopers and EMS arrived at the scene, they found 42-year-old Vyacheslav Palko dead from injuries. The investigation found that Palko died as the result of injuries sustained […]
Anchorage police report that they arrested an Anchorage man at the conclusion on an investigation of a shooting on Mockingbird Drive that occurred early Saturday. APD responded to the 5300-block of Mockingbird Drive at 1:56 am early Saturday after receiving a report of a shooting victim at that location, APD wrote in Nixle. When they […]