Body Discovered Outside Gambell, Person of Interest Commits Suicide

Body Discovered Outside Gambell, Person of Interest Commits Suicide

Troopers report that a positive identification of the body discovered several miles outside of Gambell has still only produced inconclusive results, and the State Medical Examiner’s office is continuing in their efforts. It is believed that the remains are those of 22-year-old Gladys Aningayou of Gambell. Aningayou has been missing since Thursday, May 12th. Her family reported […]

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 […]

Fairbanks Man Arrested on Sex Crime Warrants

Fairbanks Man Arrested on Sex Crime Warrants

Following the conclusion of a six-month-long investigation into sex-trafficking and street level prostitution in the Fairbanks and Anchorage areas by investigators with the Special Crime Unit, Fairbanks-based troopers and the Alaska Bureau of Investigation arrested a Fairbanks man on sex crimes on Tuesday. 35-year-old Benjamin Bane was arrested in his Fairbanks motel room on Tuesday […]