Alaska State Troopers report that on Tuesday, AST, after requesting and receiving a warrant for 23-year-old Billy Jackson, traveled to the community of Savoonga on St Lawrence Island and placed him under arrest on charges of Sexual Assault of a Minor I-DV and Assault I-DV. The investigation leading to the warrant spanned two weeks […]
At 2:55 am on Monday morning, the VPSO of White Mountain, Dan Harrelson, called in to AST and advised that search and rescue crews were on the scene and working to rescue three individuals on two ATVs trapped in a Golovin Bay overflow. All three riders, 29-year-old Joseph Fagundes, 27-year-old Stephanie Fahey and 23-year-old […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District prepared a draft Port of Nome Modification feasibility study and environmental assessment for the proposed navigational and marine infrastructure improvements serving the hub community of Nome. The recommended plan, also known as “Alternative 8b,” intends to dredge a deep-water basin to […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Members of the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs visited Nome, Alaska, Dec. 17-18, as part of the department’s new rural operations hub concept to strengthen the department’s ties with Alaska’s rural communities, in an effort to grow upon disaster response measures and capabilities. Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe, Alaska […]