The Dunleavy administration acknowledges in its budget proposal that many rural Alaska areas depend on troopers for law enforcement and that current trooper staffing levels delay responses to violent crimes, including sexual assault and murder.
KNOM - Nome
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In the middle of the holiday season, White Mountain has no regular mail service
According to the U.S. Postal Service, White Mountain has been without regular postal deliveries since late October, after the rural Alaska community’s postmaster left her position.
Some Alaska State Trooper dispatches aren’t posted online. A spokesperson says it’s not mandatory.
Since late October, KNOM has reported on four incidents in which Alaska State Troopers responded but did not post an online public dispatch. A spokesperson cited trooper workload as a reason.
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta to get new domestic violence shelter in Hooper Bay
The community has never had a domestic violence shelter.
Scientists suspect retreating sea ice is changing the color of Alaska’s tundra
Across Alaska and the low Arctic, satellite imagery shows an increasing number of shrubs popping up on the landscape, transforming the tundra.
Below-average sea ice levels are expanding Arctic shipping options
As of Aug. 31, Arctic sea ice coverage dropped to the third-lowest extent on satellite record for that day, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center.