Barrow Fire Department Chief Shot and Killed in Officer-Involved Shooting

Barrow Fire Department Chief Shot and Killed in Officer-Involved Shooting

Very little information has been revealed by the Alaska State Troopers and the North Slope Borough Police Department concerning the officer-involved shooting death of  Barrow’s Volunteer Fire Department’s Chief, 36-year-old Vincent Nageak III as of Thursday morning. A North Slope Borough police officer responded to Nageak’s address on the 7400 block of North Star Street […]

Voznesenka Man Arrested on Terroristic Threatening Charges

Voznesenka Man Arrested on Terroristic Threatening Charges

A Voznesenka man was arrested on terroristic threatening charges after double incidents in that community 25 miles east of Homer at the end of the road system, troopers reported. Trooper dispatch received a report of a disturbance in the small Russian community at approximately 7:12 pm on Monday. The investigation into the incident would reveal […]

Former Wrangell Doctor Sentenced to 20 Years on Child Porn Conviction

Former Wrangell Doctor Sentenced to 20 Years on Child Porn Conviction

It was announced by the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday that former Wrangell Doctor, 54-year-old Greg Alan Salard was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 20 years in federal prison for child pornography distribution charges. Salard was convicted in July of 2015 following a six-day trial for trading child pornography on a peer-to-peer network in […]

Hollis Man Jailed after Theft Incident at the Inter-Island Ferry Terminal

Hollis Man Jailed after Theft Incident at the Inter-Island Ferry Terminal

A Hollis man was jailed without bail by Prince of Wales-based Alaska State Troopers after a vehicle theft at the ferry terminal in Hollis early on Tuesday morning the trooper dispatch revealed. At 1 am on Tuesday morning,  troopers received a vehicle theft that included criminal mischief from the Inter-Island Ferry Authority in Hollis. When […]