Aniak-based State Troopers traveled to Lower Kalskag on Wednesday to investigate a gunshot related incident. Troopers received a call from Lower Kalskag at 5:19 am on Wednesday reporting an individual there suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Shortly after, at 5:45 am, 20-year-old Jeremy Mike, of Lower Kalskag, succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced […]
(SITKA, Alaska) – Three Village Public Safety Officers were selected to participate in the VPSO Arming Pilot Project training set to begin on March 15 at the Public Safety Training Academy in Sitka. The Arming Pilot Project training qualifications and requirements were designed by the nine Native non-profit organizations and the Northwest Arctic Borough that […]
With temperatures dipping to almost -30 degrees F, a Northwest Arctic Borough Village Public Safety Officer in Shungnak received a call-in of a female lying motionless in the snow. The officer responded to the area near the Shungnak Post Office to find a Shungnak resident, 38-year-old Elaine Tickett highly intoxicated and unable to stand in […]
A Galena 19-year-old and two youth from the community have been charged after an investigation into the burglary and theft of money and merchandise took place there on February 1st. After initiating an investigation at the Galena Liquor Store subsequent to the report to them at 5:12 am, troopers would find that approximately $60,000 in […]