Troopers Believe that 72-Year-Old Priest Died in Chefornak Rectory Fire

Troopers Believe that 72-Year-Old Priest Died in Chefornak Rectory Fire

A 72-year-old Jesuit priest in Chefornak was the likely victim of a morning fire in that village on Wednesday, troopers report. Positive identification has yet to be made by the State Medical Examiner’s office in Anchorage. Witnesses report that a fire broke out in the Church Rectory on Wednesday morning, and despite efforts to reach […]

Remains of Noorvik Man Missing Since May 2013 Identified

Remains of Noorvik Man Missing Since May 2013 Identified

The Alaska State Troopers revealed that a second set of remains, those of Clifford Griest, were positively identified by the Laboratory of Forensic Anthropology in Texas, after they were discovered in the surf 60 miles south of Kotzebue almost a year ago. They positively identified Griest using DNA analysis. Griest had been discovered by a […]