A Cessna 208 caravan was traveling from Quinhagak to Togiak with two Hageland pilots and one passenger on board when it crashed. An emergency locator signal was received just before 1:30. Two state troopers in Dillingham took a helicopter to the scene shortly after. Sgt. Luis Nieves supervises the region.
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Hundreds of thousands “misappropriated” by former Naknek Electric manager
Naknek Electric Association is investigating the alleged theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars by a former employee.
21-year-old enters guilty plea in shooting case involving a friend
Reece Johnson, 21, to be released for time served from May shooting in HUD that left his friend permanently injured.
36-year-old charged in February 2015 murder
Long suspected as the culprit, the state says it has enough evidence to charge Brian V. Clark, 36, in the February 2015 murder of Ella Olsen in Dillingham.
Did one man scam millions of dollars out of Dillingham residents?
Over four years, Floyd Jay Mann, Jr., 54, of Puyallup, Washington, scammed at least $2.7 million from 15 or more victims, mostly from Alaska. That’s according to an indictment filed in the U.S. District Court of Alaska, following a lengthy investigation by the FBI, IRS, and Social Security Administration.
Troopers release details of rural police officer shooting
A rural Alaska police officer shot Wednesday night was struck three times but managed to escape and help another witness. Alaska State Trooper investigators say Chevak (CHEE-vak) Police Chief Derrick McDonald continues to receive treatment for life-threatening injuries at an Anchorage hospital. The shooter, 24-year-old Harold Paniyak, later killed himself. Chevak is on the Yukon-Kuskokwim…