UPDATE: Fatal Butte Fire Determined to be Cooking Related

UPDATE: Fatal Butte Fire Determined to be Cooking Related

UPDATE: The State Medical Examiner’s Office positively identified the five  children who perished in the early morning blaze as, “Alexis Quakenbush, 12, Nevaeh Flores, 8, Lilyanna Flores, 7, Sofia Flores, 6, Jaelynn Flores, 3, all of Palmer,” AST revealed. Megan Peters of the Department of Public Safety, went on to report, “All children died as […]

Two Savoonga Sisters Sentenced for Embezzling Disaster Relief Funds

Two Savoonga Sisters Sentenced for Embezzling Disaster Relief Funds

Two Savoonga sisters were sentenced for their embezzlement of funds from that community while working with the Non-Profit, Kawarak Incorporated between April 2011 and May 2012, Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced on Thursday. Sylvia Toolie, age 60, and her sister, Peggy Akeya, age 57, were sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess […]

USFWS Believes Bering Sea Seabirds Died from Starvation

USFWS Believes Bering Sea Seabirds Died from Starvation

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reporting that at least 800 carcasses of seabirds, that include Northern Fulmars, Kittiwakes, Shearwaters, Murres and Auklets have been observed on the beaches throughout the Bering Sea and Bering Straits since early August of this year. “Dead and dying seabirds have been reported from Shishmaref, south to the Pribilof […]