On Sunday afternoon, troopers received an alert from Napakiak that there was an overdue boat with two aboard that hadn’t arrived as scheduled at the community. A HASTY search was launched from the community and soon the community’s VPO would locate the overdue boat submerged down the river from Napakiak. Shortly thereafter, one of the […]
Alaska State Troopers in Bethel were notified by Napakiak Search and Rescue on Tuesday that they had received an alert that 31-year-old Charles Lupie of that village was missing and had taken up the search for him. The searchers reported to AST that they had located Lupie but by the time he had been found […]
On Wednesday, Bethel-based troopers announced the arrest of Napakiak man, Melvin T. Andrew, age 42 on multiple charges of Sexual Abuse of a Minor II. He was arrested on Monday. Troopers opened an investigation into Andrew after receiving a tip from a Napakiak resident and found that Andrew had sexually abused a teen in that […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — The Alaska National Guard has a tradition of serving communities throughout Alaska during the holidays, delivering Christmas gifts and a variety of delights to children during Operation Santa Claus. In its 63rd year, two small Native villages along the Kuskokwim River in Western Alaska were selected for a visit this […]