ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker approved the release of funds to complete the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process for the Ambler Mining District Access Project. “The Ambler Mining District provides an immense opportunity for economic development in Northern Alaska, and moving through the EIS process is an important step to make sure that happens,” Governor […]
ANCHORAGE – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Tuesday opened a 90-day public scoping period on a proposed 211-mile controlled industrial access road in the southern foothills of the Brooks Range. The BLM published a Notice of Intent Tuesday in the Federal Register to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) identifying and analyzing concerns and […]
Early Thursday morning Alaska State Troopers based in Kotzebue received an assault report from the community of Amber, the trooper dispatch revealed on Sunday. Troopers were called and informed of an assault involving weapons at 12:30 am on Thursday morning. After an investigation that revealed that 27-year-old Woodrow A. Griest of Ambler, while intoxicated, discharged […]
The trooper dispatch reported that a Village Police Officer in Ambler “responded to the report of a disturbance at a residence in the village” on Monday. The VPO’s investigation at the scene determined that 32-year-old Frank Cleveland had assaulted a family member there “causing physical injuries.” Alaska State Troopers and the VPO took Cleveland into […]