Megan Peters reported in the trooper dispatch on Friday that the State Crime Lab revealed that the heroin that was seized in the small southwest Alaska community of Quinhagak contained more of the synthetic opioid Fentanyl than heroin. The powerful synthetic opioid, 50-100 times stronger that heroin, caused three overdoses in the community on August […]
It was reported by troopers via the trooper dispatch on Friday that a young girl from the rural community of Grayling had perished from her injuries sustained in a August 11th four-wheeler accident. 10-year-old Aaliyah Ellie Shangin-Andrews was riding as a passenger on a four-wheeler when the driver, her 18-year-old aunt, Kaitlin Andrews swerved to avoid […]
Juneau – With the current state fiscal crisis, the Walker-Mallott administration continues to look for cost savings wherever possible, including sharing administrative resources and streamlining services. In February, Governor Walker issued Administrative Order 279, authorizing the transfer of certain administrative functions from the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission (CFEC) to the Department of Fish and Game. The […]
Alaska State Troopers were was again notified on Wednesday, that an Aniak man, who had trespassed on several other occasions, had once again trespassed at the Aniak High School. As a result of the notification, 60-year-old John Thomas Simeon was contacted and arrested on charges of Criminal Trespass II, and Violation of Conditions of Release. […]