The Mountain Village village police officer had already drifted off when Gov. Bill Walker called. “And I thought I was dreaming,” she told KYUK.
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Gubernatorial campaigns present their ideas on how to improve Alaska rural public safety
Public safety has been voted the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta’s top issue by delegates attending the Association of Village Council Presidents’ annual convention. After the convention adjourned last Thursday, Alaska’s three gubernatorial campaigns presented their solutions on the topic
Nome city manager placed on administrative leave after harassment claim
Nome city manager Tom Moran has been placed on administrative leave after a Nome citizen raised claims of harassing behavior during Monday night’s City Council meeting
The Donlin gold mine needs to move a mountain. How close is it to making that happen?
There isn’t much at the proposed mine site right now: just a long airstrip, with clusters of sturdy buildings in the middle of green mountains close to the Middle Kuskokwim River. But if completed, the Donlin gold mine would be one of the biggest in the world.
Western Alaska still has state’s highest rate of reported felony sex crimes
More than twice as many felony sex offenses are reported per capita in western Alaska than in the rest of the state, according to the Alaska Department of Public Safety.
Y-K Delta residents speak out against Donlin in tense public hearing
One one person testified in favor of the Donlin Mine during the hearing — the CEO of The Kuskokwim Corporation, which owns the surface rights.
Donlin Gold describes clean up plans for their proposed mine
Cleaning up a mine is an expensive and time-consuming endeavor.
Officials discuss overcrowded housing in rural Alaska
State officials heard from residents and groups on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea in a first of its kind meeting to address housing overcrowding and affordability in rural Alaska.
Nome Officer Who Pleaded Guilty to Assault is Re-Hired by Police Department
Carl Putman, the former Nome Community Service Officer who pleaded guilty in July to charges of assault while on duty, has been rehired by the Nome Police Department (NPD). Putman has been hired on as an emergency hire temporary dispatcher for NPD. In April, Putman was charged with assault in the fourth degree in Nome…
Sullivan, military brass visit Nome with ambitions for Arctic role in national security
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer and U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz are touring the state in an effort to push for national security in the Arctic. Their visit Monday in Nome coincides with the National Defense Authorization Act, which was scheduled to be signed by President Donald Trump.