Dillingham-based Alaska State Troopers are investigating the death of Emmonak resident, 30-year-old Charlie Kilangak, who died in the small community of Twin Hills from unknown causes on Wednesday night. Troopers received a call from Togiak Fisheries in Twin Hills at 10 pm on Wednesday night reporting the death in their employee housing unit. Troopers traveled […]
An Sleetmute man is in the Aniak jail today after attacking another man in Sleetmute with an ax on Wednesday, troopers report. The report from Sleetmute went in to the Alaska State Toopers in Aniak at 1:20 pm. The caller reported that a 56-year-old man was attacked by 25-year-old Kristopher Gregory with an ax, injuring his […]
Alaska State Troopers report that the remains of a Shageluk man, missing since Friday have been found. It was on Friday that a Shageluk man, identified as 48-year-old Robert Demienteff, went missing after he jumped out of a boat and into the Innoko River late in the evening about seven miles upriver from Shageluk. Troopers were […]
Over the last three decades, street gangs have seeped into rural areas — including Native reservations, where youth gang involvement has been steadily rising since the 1990s. In a recently published study, UNL sociology graduate student Dane Hautala examined several risk factors for future gang involvement among Native youth. Using longitudinal data collected from 646 […]