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 […]
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 […]