Troopers arrested a Kwethluk juvenile on charges of Arson II, Criminal Mischief III and Assault IV (DV) after a Tuesday incident in that community, troopers revealed. A report of Arson was phoned in to Bethel-based troopers from the community of Kwethluk at 9:25 pm on Tuesday. Troopers responded to the scene the following morning to […]
Alaska State Troopers responded to a single vehicle accident at 9:33 pm on Tuesday, only to find that the occupants of the vehicle had already fled the scene on foot, troopers reported. The trooper investigation at the scene would find that the driver of the 2001 Subaru Legacy had lost control of the vehicle, left the […]
For half the year, Alaska’s big rivers provide a somewhat flat surface, allowing travel by snowmachine, dog team, ski, bike, snowshoe and foot. For a few weeks during their spring transition to liquid water, those useful ribbons of ice become a threat to river communities. Massive ice-jam floods happen every few years on Alaska rivers. […]
US attorney Karen L. Loeffler of the US Justice Department announced on Monday that a federal grand jury convened on March 16th and handed down two separate indictments for two Kodiak brothers, 49-year-old Mark Benton and 55-year-old David Benton for federal firearms and drug trafficking crimes. Mark Benton was the subject of the manhunt by […]