Two people were taken into custody by the Bethel Police Department after reports of gunfire Monday night. According to a press release Tuesday afternoon, a call came in around 9 p.m. warning of an intoxicated man wearing a dark hoodie yelling and shooting a handgun on a boardwalk between Akakeek and Owl streets. Witnesses told responding officers that it was a fight between a man and a woman.
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Napaskiak man kills puppy to threaten ex-girlfriend and her husband
A Napaskiak man has threatened an ex-girlfriend and her husband by killing a puppy, throwing it against their bedroom window and leaving a threatening note on the body once it hit the ground.
Elections division to make one more push for eligible, unregistered voters
The Alaska Division of Elections is planning on contacting unregistered, but potentially eligible, voters in Alaska to encourage more registration before the October 9 deadline.
Parole violation sends ‘the banished man’ back to jail
This arrest comes just a week after Adams was sentenced to time served, and what amounted to 10 years of probation for criminally negligent homicide connected to a 2013 fire that killed three people in the village of Nunam Iqua.
City sales tax might not be making it to Bethel
The City of Bethel has a problem — it doesn’t know how much money it’s making, or not making, in sales tax. The city is also not enforcing violations. Bethel City Council and city administration talked about a possible solution to the problem.
Banished man sentenced to probation in negligent homicide case
After accepting a plea deal to charges of negligent homicide in a Bethel court on Monday, Derek Adams of Nunam Iqua has been sentenced to four years in prison and a decade of probation.