Alaska State Troopers report that they took a 20-year-old North Pole man into custody on Sunday afternoon for Domestic Violence Assault after a dual stabbing incident in that community. Troopers and EMS responded to a Hite Street address at 1:34 pm on Sunday after they were informed of a stabbing to find that two men […]
An Allakaket man was arrested on Tuesday following an investigation into an incident that occurred in that rural community last Thursday, troopers report. According to AST, they were contacted at 8:19 pm on August 12th reporting an assault with a firearm involved. The caller reported, “Joseph Semaken, 38 years old of Allakaket, was being assaultive […]
When we say, “domestic violence is not traditional,” it is to remind Native Americans of a time before colonization. It’s a glimpse into a past when times were good. Instead, our memories only extend to the depths of colonization and the devastating impact it had on our people. Whether we know it or not, our […]
February 2, 2021 (Anchorage, AK) – The Alaska Department of Public Safety, at the direction of Commissioner Amanda Price, collaborated with its partner agencies to create the first Alaska Statewide Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team (AK DVFRT). The review team will analyze select cases from around Alaska where an individual is either killed or nearly […]