Troopers from Unalakleet responded to the scene after AST was notified of a gunshot death on Thursday. When they arrived at the scene they found 37-year-old Donald Johnson dead from a suspicious gunshot wound. The Alaska Bureau of Investigation was called in and ABI investigators responded to the small southwestern community and opened an investigation. […]
A detailed account of Henry T. Allen’s exploration can be read here.
Anchorage, Alaska – Veteran Iditarod competitor Brent Sass (bib #27), of Eureka, Alaska, was the first musher to reach the Unalakleet checkpoint at 11:32 p.m. today with 12 dogs, winning the Ryan Air Gold Coast Award. This award was first presented in 1987. Ryan Air began sponsoring the award in 2019. The award consists of […]
ANCHORAGE – In a first for Alaska, the Curyung Tribal Council of Dillingham and the Native Village of Unalakleet unanimously approved their Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Tribal Community Response Plans (TCRP) as part of the Department of Justice’s national MMIP Initiative. “The adoption of these plans marks a major milestone in finding lasting […]