Alaska State Troopers received a report of a deceased person in the community of Napaskiak early Saturday morning. Troopers would fly to the community mid-morning on Saturday and conduct an investigation into he death of 28-year-old Napaskiak resident Matthew Beaver. The trooper investigation would reveal that Beaver had been drinking with his niece, 20-year-old Kayla […]
Even though the grand opening of the Bethel swimming pool was held as planned last Saturday, the pool was shut down immediately after. City manager Pete Williams cited concerns with the sprinkler system at the Kuimarvik facility. The term Kuimarvik is Yup’ik for “A place to swim.” The city is concerned that there is inadequate […]
A huge fire broke out in Bethel on Monday night, engulfing the yet to be completed Alcohol Treatment Center behind the Bethel Post Office there. When firefighters arrived at the scene after it was reported just after 8 pm last night, the 12.65 million structure was already fully engulfed in flames. The 16-bed facility was […]
The City of Holy Cross reported a burglary that had taken place in their office in the community of approximately 227 Saturday before last. After troopers responded to the scene and carried out an investigation of the burglary and theft of pull-tabs and cash, they identified a suspect in the crime. Last Monday, troopers reported […]