Alaska State Troopers announced on Tuesday that the suspect, identified as 41-year-old Donald George Carroll JR, who escaped from custody on September 22nd, has been captured. ASDT previously reported that Carroll had escaped custody last Wednesday from the Fort Yukon Police Department at approximately 8 pm. Carroll was in custody for multiple warrants when he […]
Alaska State Troopers report that the remains of Fort Yukon man 42-year-old Samson Peter III, who had gone overboard from a boat when it collided with a sandbar near Fort Yukon on the evening off June 25th, have been located. Peter was thrown from the boat in the late evening hours and good samaritans from […]
Elders, Hunters, and Scientists Agree on Climate Impacts to Food and Water FORT YUKON, AK—Indigenous leaders from throughout the United States gathered last week to talk about the climate crisis and its impact on food security during a three-day Indigenous Climate Summit in Fort Yukon. “Our traditional hunters and scientists tell us that the climate […]
Photo: A brood of ruddy ducks in Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge in summer 2018. Photo by Michelle Lake, USFWS. Every spring, millions of ducks touch down on Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, a spread of muskeg and dark water the size of Maryland. These days, more ruddy ducks seem to be among them. Recent […]