Senator Lisa Murkowski’s outreach to the Secretary of Agriculture has yielded an agreement from the USDA that they won’t use Lower 48 perishable food availability standards to judge how Alaska’s rural residents and retailers participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). With the logistical and economic challenges of getting affordable perishable food out to […]
NOME—Due to a donation from Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation (NSEDC), search and rescue teams in the Norton Sound region will have a powerful new tool when trying to find lost or overdue parties when time is of the essence. To assist with Search and Rescue (SAR) operations, NSEDC donated sixteen FL/R BHS Bi-Ocular handheld […]
It was reported by the Village Police officer in Ambler on Monday evening that a young child had been hit in an ATV accident there. According to the dispatch, the five-year-old child was playing in the roadway when he was hit by a 17-year-old driving on an ATV. The child was medevaced to Anchorage to […]
Nulato man, 40-year-old Neil J Madros, changed his plea in a plea agreement for an incident that occurred on August 20th, 2013 in that community. Madros was originally charged with Attempted Murder after injuring another man in the community and attempting to drown him in a 3-inch-deep mud puddle. This Tuesday, Madros, in court pleaded Guilty […]