Anchorage – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) released the following statement after the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) announced $20 million in emergency funding to help 16 Alaska Native villages that were facing severe shortages of basic, necessary supplies. The funding includes $4 million for immediate relief, delivering essential resources such as heating fuel, water, and firewood […]
Alaska State Troopers report that 47-year-old Lance Brickley was taken into custody and transported to Kotzebue where he was remanded to the local jail for the murder of Selawik resident Timothy Snyder. Troopers were informed of the homicide late Wednesday night when it was reported to them from Selawik that they had found the remains […]
Authorities continue to search for two overdue snowmachiners in the Selawik area for the third day according to AST. At 6:20 pm on Sunday, Selawik residents 41-year-old Selawik resident Timothy Snyder and 20-year-old Selawik resident Jane Kaiser were reported overdue by the Northwest Arctic Borough Search and Rescue Coordinator. According to the AST dispatch, Snyder […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Coast Guard task force returned to Anchorage Friday after a nine-day deployment conducting facility inspections in Northwest Arctic Borough. From July 6 through 15, members of Sector Anchorage’s Marine Safety Task Force (MSTF) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) inspected 24 bulk fuel storage facilities in 11 Alaskan communities, including Kotzeue, Kivalina, […]