Alaskans deserve to feel safe wherever they live’ JUNEAU – The Alaska Legislature on Thursday announced the creation of a joint House-Senate working group that will look for ways to substantively improve the Village Public Safety Officers (“VPSO”) program. In the late 1970s, the VPSO program was created to provide rural communities critically needed […]
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]roopers revealed that early last week the VPSO in New Stuyahok was contacted by the jail guard and informed that two persons were attempting to break into the Public Safety office at 1:19 am. The guard told the VPSO that they were worried that the two burglars were going to break the front door. […]
[dropcap]J[/dropcap]UNEAU – Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee received a presentation from Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director, Donna Arduin, on Governor Michael Dunleavy’s FY 19 supplemental budget. Major cuts to the bipartisan budget passed in the 2018 legislative session include $20 million in education, $3 million to Village Public Safety Officers (VPSOs), $2 […]
A report of an overdue four-wheeler driver in Thorne Bay was called into the troopers on Sunday evening after he failed to return after going out for a rider. 28-year-old Chris Cahoon had gone out riding on Sunday and failed to return to the Goose Creek Subdivision and at 4:20 pm, that fact was called […]