Three Utqiagvik-Bound Women Busted in Anchorage during Drug Enforcement Operation

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Three Utqiagvik-Bound Women Busted in Anchorage during Drug Enforcement Operation

The Alaska State Troopers Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit conducted an operation that lasted multiple days targetting drugs and alcohol bound for Utqiagvik and the North Slope Borough this month and seized illegal substances with an estimated street value of over $220,000 according to their report. Seized items included 259 grams of methamphetamine, 48 grams of […]

Barrow Fire Department Chief Shot and Killed in Officer-Involved Shooting

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Barrow Fire Department Chief Shot and Killed in Officer-Involved Shooting

Very little information has been revealed by the Alaska State Troopers and the North Slope Borough Police Department concerning the officer-involved shooting death of  Barrow’s Volunteer Fire Department’s Chief, 36-year-old Vincent Nageak III as of Thursday morning. A North Slope Borough police officer responded to Nageak’s address on the 7400 block of North Star Street […]