On a clear day last spring, fire sizzled on water at Poker Flat Research Range in the Chatanika River valley. There, scientists were spilling crude oil in a manmade water basin and torching it from above. A series of similar test burns were part of a team effort between university scientists and researchers with the […]
Early on Friday morning, the Tununak Tribal Police Officer called in to the Alaska State Troopers in Bethel and reported a structure fire with a possible fatality. The call initiated by the Tununak Tribal Police Officer to troopers at 1:21 am on Friday, reported a residential fire in the small community. Troopers were informed that […]
While out on a patrol boat on Saturday near Georgetown 15 miles to the east of Crooked Creek on Saturday, troopers were flagged down by a small vessel. The occupants of the vessel reported to troopers that a cabin along the George River had just burned down and that there was possibly a victim still […]