Merry Russian Christmas from the Alaska Native News
Palmer Suspect Ambushes Troopers, Police during Christmas Domestic Disturbance Call
Alaska State Troopers, on Monday released the names of the trooper and Wasilla Police Department officer involved in the Christmas Day officer-involved shooting that injured a Palmer suspect who opened fire on them during a response to a shots-fired call at just after midnight. The identities of the two enforcement personnel were revealed as Trooper […]
Centuries-Long Traditions Make for a Very Merry Christmas!
Once again, Christmas is upon us. The season, full with gift giving and well wishes, is the annual favorite of millions and millions of people on planet earth. Although the annual winter celebration has been with the world for a very, very long time, modern adherents to the celebration would probably be not so […]
Special Holiday Traffic Enforcement Efforts Begin
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over; If You Feel Different, You Drive Different, Drive High – Get a DUI. (Anchorage, AK) – While many Holiday festivities will look different in 2020 than in years past, the consequences of driving under the influence of alcohol or any other impairing substance, like marijuana, remain the same. Beginning […]
Two More Sentenced this Week in 2016 Christmas Eve Murders
The case involving the tragic Christmas Eve 2016 murder of Christopher and Danielle Brooks trudged towards an end on Thursday with the sentencing of the third of four men who took part in their grisly deaths on that winter day. On Thursday, Superior Court Judge Steve Cole sentenced 26-year-old Lamarkus Mann to 109 years […]
The Alutiiq Museum Invites You to Celebrate Russian Christmas!
Troopers Investigate Christmas Day Death as Homicide
On Saturday, December 28th, after receiving a request for a welfare check on 47-year-old John Kellogg of Wasilla, Alaska State Troopers went to his residence near Greenstreet Circle to find that he was deceased. An investigation into Kellogg’s death was opened and his remains were turned over to the State Medical Examiner’s office for […]
Starring-Alutiiq Word of the Week-January 6
SLAAWIRLUNI – STARRING RAUSISTUAMI SLAAWIRTAARTUKUT. – AT RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS TIME WE GO STARRING. Each January, the Russian Orthodox faithful in Alutiiq communities honor the birth of Christ with starring, a caroling celebration. Carolers travel from house to house carrying a large, brightly decorated, twirling star that symbolizes the Star of Bethlehem. They announce the […]
Holiday Traffic Enforcement Campaign Update
(ANCHORAGE) – Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Wildlife Troopers issued 954 citations statewide from December 11, 2019, through January 1, 2020, as part of a focused winter holiday traffic enforcement effort. Of those citations, 377 were issued for speeding and 24 for violations related to use of seatbelts and other occupant restraints. The breakdown […]