Anchorage – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) released the following statement after the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) announced $20 million in emergency funding to help 16 Alaska Native villages that were facing severe shortages of basic, necessary supplies. The funding includes $4 million for immediate relief, delivering essential resources such as heating fuel, water, and firewood […]
ANCHORAGE – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Berta Gardner (D-Anchorage) released the following statement regarding actions taken by House leadership in response to multiple allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior against Representative Dean Westlake (D-Kiana). “We commend the actions of House leadership today in taking decisive action to hold their members accountable, and stand in […]
It was reported on Monday that the Kiana Village Public Safety Officer Matt Sperl was assaulted by a suspect in that community while placing that person under arrest on Assault charges on Saturday. After receiving a report of a disturbance in the community of Kiana on Saturday, that village’s VPSO went to the scene at […]
Troopers in Northwest Alaska are reminding travelers to make sure that they travel with an adequate supply of fuel following a successful search and rescue operation that ended on the Kobuk River on early Wednesday morning. It was at 10:35 pm on Tuesday that the Alaska State Troopers an the Northwest Arctic Borough Search and […]