Unalakleet-based troopers motored up the Unalakleet River to a cabin located there to arrest a 60-year-old man on a 13-count warrant for various sex crimes on Friday afternoon, troopers report. When AST arrived 16 miles upriver, they took 60-year-old Henry Johnson into custody on the warrant that consisted of five counts of Sexual Assault […]
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) awarded Alaska Public Media (AKPM) $500,000 to support coverage of the health care challenges rural Alaskans face due to geography, high costs, and limited access. “As Alaska Public Media continues to expand and improve enterprise journalism and public affairs efforts, this award affirms that our […]
An assault victim was medevaced from the community of Quihagak to the hospital in Bethel on Sunday following a serious alcohol-fuel altercation in that small southwest Alaska community, troopers reported. Troopers were notified of the assault in Quinhagak at 8:10 pm on Sunday and responded to the community to find that 31-year-old Derick Johnson and […]