Napaskiak News

One man is under arrest with more charges on the way, after a thief or thieves snatched a Bethel police vehicle and took it for a joy ride along the frozen Kuskokwim River on Tuesday night.

Talk about a wild drive: barreling a stolen police vehicle on a frozen river in western Alaska while firing rounds from an officer's semiautomatic rifle.

Nine rural communities have been selected to receive grant funds next year under Alaska Housing Finance Corporation's Teacher, Health Professional & Public Safety Professional housing program.

As many as one-third of homes in one Western Alaska village are rotting, moldy and potentially unsafe to live in, a new report says.

A Southwest Alaska village police officer known for his Yup'ik dancing and singing is presumed drowned in the Kuskokwim River after his boat sank, according to Alaska State Troopers.

The annual tour of Alaska for officials of Outside charities is under way this week with stops in Anchorage, Bethel, Napaskiak, Barrow and Prudhoe Bay.