JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing evacuated a pregnant woman experiencing medical complications Dec. 15, transporting her from the village of Newtok to Bethel. Newtok is located on the west coast of Alaska, approximately 115 miles west of the town of Bethel. Alaska Air National Guard Capt. Brent Kramer, […]
Recently 10 million dollars were allocated for this particular purpose. Well, I am here in the village of Newtok, Alaska, and wondering if the money used for assisting the Village Police Officers and the concerned citizens. And I am beginning to wonder if the money used for paying the natives to testify in the […]
The relocation of an Alaska village is happening fast this summer, after many years of planning and work. Observers say Newtok’s transition to Mertarvik is flying along because it has to — the Ninglick River bank is crumbling less than 10 yards from a Newtok home. “There’s no more time,” said Aaron Cooke, an […]
After receiving a report of a sexual assault in the community of Newtok, Alaska State Troopers opened an investigation into the incident. The investigation would learn that 41-year-old Newtok resident Jonathan Usugan, while drinking, had entered a home in that village and had sexually assaulted a woman there. AST would also find that Usugan […]