The search for a southwest Alaska man who was reported overdue by his family on Sunday afternoon is continuing. 26-year-old Jazmin James took off on a snowmachine on Saturday from Nunapitchuk bound for Tununak. Residents in Nightmute were the last to see him when he made a brief stop there before continuing on to Toksook Bay and […]
Alaska State Troopers reported advances in a year-old case involving the death of a Tununak man found deceased near the old Tununak clinic in October of 2014. Troopers responded to Kipnuk and took into custody 33-year-old Ryan Samson on an arrest warrant for Murder I and Tampering with Evidence after a Thursday Grand Jury indictment on […]
Early on Friday morning, the Tununak Tribal Police Officer called in to the Alaska State Troopers in Bethel and reported a structure fire with a possible fatality. The call initiated by the Tununak Tribal Police Officer to troopers at 1:21 am on Friday, reported a residential fire in the small community. Troopers were informed that […]
A Tununak fisherman, while fishing off of the coast of Tununak and Toksook Bay called in to report chest pains on Saturday on his vessel’s VHF. A nearby boat responded to 57-year-old Martin Albert’s call and traveled to his vessel to find him unresponsive. Albert was taken to the regional health clinic in Toksook Bay […]