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Elyssa Loughlin/KYUKNo injuries have been reported after schools in Kasigluk and the community of Quinhagak locked down in separate gun calls last week. Suspects in both cases have been charged with second-degree terroristic threatening. -
Association of Village Council Presidents via FacebookJames Hoelscher, a former VPSO from Hooper Bay and now director of the state's Village Public Safety Officer Operations Division, says his recent recognition by the Association of Village Council Presidents for public service is a reminder that the work growing the programs has just begun.
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A Kuskokwim Delta coastal flood advisory and flood watch along the Kuskokwim River are in effect. -
Bethel Police had been looking for a teenage girl who was last seen this weekend along Chief Eddie Hoffman Highway. -
Public opinion was largely opposed to the show, fearing it would showcase Bethel’s most vulnerable community members.
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According to the state’s Aug. 2 disaster declaration, the loss of the building has disrupted the community’s ability to maintain basic public safety services and emergency response. -
The analysis, published Aug. 1, means that the Alaska State Troopers and most other law enforcement agencies will keep their policing policies the same as they have in recent years. -
A live policing TV show is interested in featuring Bethel’s police department. This week, the Bethel City Council will vote about moving forward with the production. -
The funds will go to cleaning up asbestos, contaminated sludge and soil and tar. Three sites will receive grants and the state knows of many more in need. -
In the past decade, Bethel has increasingly relied on a policing system where officers work for two weeks, then take two weeks off. This lets some officers commute from thousands of miles away. And while the system helps with staffing, some victims of crime see it as the root of a problem. -
On Tuesday, July 22, the National Transportation Safety Board released its final report on the Sept. 2023 plane crash near St. Mary’s that resulted in the death of pilot Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola Jr., 57. -
The civil suit filed in Bethel Superior Court on July 18 alleges negligent actions by hunting guide Bruce Werba and two companies under Werba’s control caused Eugene "Buzzy" Peltola Jr.’s death.
