On Monday Alaska State Troopers in Nome were alerted to two overdue snowmachiners that had scheduled to travel from Teller to Nome and initiated a ground search comprised of searchers from both Teller aand Nome. The Teller team was initially unavailable according to AST but the Nome SAR team successfully made it to mile 23 […]
(Juneau) –Early in the morning of June 2, ADF&G Nome area staff received several reports about a moose that was in and around the community of Teller and acting aggressively towards people. The moose was unbalanced, stumbling, drooling profusely, and had bare patches of skin. ADF&G staff in Nome consulted with ADF&G wildlife veterinarian Dr. […]
It has been revealed that the Teller man accused of stabbing to death 31-year-old William Johnson of Barrow, had previously been convicted of Criminally Negligent Homicide for the death of a seven-month-0ld infant that occurred in October of 2008. 43-year-old Frank David “Punchy” Lee had been convicted of that charge after agreeing to a plea […]