(Bill Roth / ADN). Kotzebue Alaska State Troopers, a Western Alaska Alcohol/Narcotics Team Investigator, and Buckland VPO, and VPSO who were on scene assisted ABI Investigators with the investigation. Jason was arrested and remanded to Homer Jail for 2 outstanding felony arrest warrants totaling $7500. People are literally starving, Ron Meehan, Food Bank of Alaskas policy and advocacy manager, said this week. A historic storm battered much of Western Alaska in September including Stebbins, and severely flooded many homes. On 01/06/2023 at 2022 hours the Alaska State Troopers in Anchor Point conducted a traffic stop near 8 Mile East End Road for an equipment violation. At the time the occupant exited the vehicle and charged toward the trooper." Douglas Carothers moves a pallet of perishable donations to the refrigerator at the Food Bank of Alaska on Viking Drive in Anchorage on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. Please feel free to submit corrections! Theyre calling and saying We have nothing, Meehan said, referring to the handful of communities where people have reached out for help. The organization is struggling to keep up with the demand, Food Bank officials say. Troopers later determined that . Photographed Feb. 23, 2023. There are no food banks or pantries in this largely Iupiat village on a barrier island along the Chukchi Sea. Shortly before midnight Saturday, troopers were notified that a residence was fully engulfed in flames near Lourdes Avenue. Alaska Dispatch News on 2015-11-20 22:32 Selawik man's death unrelated to case of dead teen, troopers say. Members of Hartmans party and good Samaritans assisted authorities locate the stranded man. Published: 11/16/2021 06:44 PM One woman died when her home caught fire in Big Lake this week, the Alaska State Troopers reported. The second victim, identified as Alexia Wolfson . A man was stranded for five hours Sunday after his snowmachine fell into the Knik River, according to a dispatch from the Alaska State Troopers. Initial reports indicate that a polar bear had entered the community and had chased multiple residents. Comments are solely the responsibility Posts will be signed with the first and last initial and home city associated State officials attributed the public assistance processing delays to a staff shortage, a cyberattack that disrupted online services for months, and an influx of recertification applications in early fall when an emergency pandemic-era program expired in September. Meanwhile, Norton said, she waited on benefits and budgeted carefully to keep the familys monthly Social Security payments from running out. Weve seen a significant increase in the amount of clients from Mountain Village specifically asking about their SNAP benefits, and theyre still not getting approved, and then asking for food, and theres no food bank or pantry or anything in that region, James said. Posts will be signed with the first and last initial and home city associated Dena Cooper, 76, was found inside the home and later died. off-topic. In an email this week, Hedberg said the state is still processing SNAP applications received in October. According to a Trooper press release, Trooper Scout Sutton and her K-9 partner Lavi found the child about 6:10 p.m. on Nov. 25. The dispatch states, in part, that Bodell, "was given a disorderly conduct warning due to his continued yelling. Staff with the Food Bank of Alaska this week, however, said theyre still working with clients whose applications are marked as received in September with no action taken since. We welcome comments from registered users. On March 17, at around 11:30 in the morning, AST received a report of a "fully engulfed residential fire with one person unaccounted for." On top of that, theres such a delay with the food stamps, so my people are further being impacted by that., The store in Stebbins is struggling to keep food and other supplies in stock. A veteran of AmeriCorps and Vista volunteer programs, she's previously reported for Mission Local and KQED in the Bay Area. With the help of two snowmachines and an all-terrain utility vehicle, the Alaska Wildlife Troopers and Butte Fire rescued 29-year-old Chris Hartman off an ice island after 8 p.m. Search Dispatches: Date Range (Text Optional) Enter start date: Enter end date: Text: OR Incident Number Email the Webmaster, Alaska Department Of Public Safety,State Troopers, Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. and DailyDispatch.com. Cabell Huntington Hospital. Nortons family typically receives around $1,800 a month in SNAP benefits for her family that includes her three young grandchildren, she said. According to the dispatch, Hartman and several others were returning from a snowmachine trip when the incident occurred. The store in Stebbins is struggling to keep food and other supplies in stock. The Anchorage Daily News has been reporting on the state's mental health crisis for years, demonstrating that underfunding and organizational failures have resulted in a "warehousing model of. Atchak, who helps manage the citys food pantry, said its been nearly impossible to keep up with the demand. Dispatch Text: On February 26, 2023, at 12:49 pm, Alaska State Troopers received a report that two people were located at the scene of a single-vehicle snowmachine collision near Port Alsworth. So if we know that someone is struggling, people will make little care packages. Hughes will become the first Black colonel in Alaska State Troopers history. In Stebbins, a Western Alaska village where nearly all residents qualify for food stamps and few have gotten them, three elders have needed to be hospitalized for malnutrition, said city administrator Daisy Lockwood Katcheak. A 57-year-old Anchorage man shot and killed during the incident Monday did not fire his weapon, a preliminary investigation showed. Its been nearly six months since the Alaska Division of Public Assistance first began to fall behind on processing federal food stamp applications, leaving thousands of Alaskans still waiting for benefits to arrive now. . Food Bank staff said they are able to deliver food to struggling food pantries in some communities, but are limited by dwindling resources, rising food costs and fewer donations even as more people need help due to Alaskas delays processing applications in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. But the reality is that there are probably far more than that experiencing this, they just dont know how to reach us., Volunteer Andrea Stein stocked shelves in the agency shopping room at the Food Bank of Alaska off Viking Drive in Anchorage on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. There was nothing that we can do.. Huntington, WV 1.2 mi. Last month, Heidi Hedberg, the state health departments commissioner-designee, said the department was hiring workers via an emergency contract to focus solely on food stamps and Medicaid as a way to get the agency back up to speed. I just requested more food for our community because our people are not receiving the nutritional value, she said. On Jan. 20, 2021, the incident was reported by the Department of Public Safety in a daily dispatch. Ashland, KY 12.1 mi. Genetic genealogy is a tremendous forensic tool for the Alaska State Troopers to identify both the perpetrators of unsolved homicides and their unidentified victims. Comments are solely the responsibility of those who post them; their viewpoints are not endorsed by the Daily Dispatch and DailyDispatch.com. I purchase about $1,000 worth of products on Monday, and by Wednesday, everything has been depleted, she said. Norton herself is still waiting on her state application for energy assistance, one of several programs also experiencing delays. Norton finally got help expediting her application from Alaska Legal Services. My elderly and my children are being impacted. to remove posts that include foul language, personal or abusive attacks, or are While Alaskans all over the state have been struggling as a result of the delays, officials with the Food Bank of Alaska said they have been contacted by people in multiple villages in rural Alaska particularly in Western and Northwest Alaska asking for assistance with an urgency that reflected the lack of a safety net in many of these communities. Annie Berman covers health care for the Anchorage Daily News. Daily Dispatch and DailyDispatch.com reserve the right to refrain from publishing or Thu, Mar 02 @6:00pm Sponsored. Parks Highway Troopers, Nenana Village Public Safety Officer (VPSO), and Troopers from Fairbanks responded to a report of a crash on Friday at 3:44 p.m. . (Bill Roth / ADN). ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - UPDATE: The cause of the fatal boating incident was determined as a "catastrophic steering system failure," according to a post on Alaska State Troopers Daily Dispatch. The bear fatally attacked an adult female and juvenile male - it was shot and killed by a local resident as it attacked the pair. As the backlog stretches on, Food Bank of Alaska staff describe staffers exhausted after months of dealing with people going hungry around the state with limited access to food resources. While Norton waited for her SNAP benefit application to be approved, she said she searched through her freezer for any caribou remnants from past hunts a once plentiful but now scarce food source for her family with the decline of local herds. I found in the bottom of my freezer a single leg bone, enough to make soup, she said. It ended with the states emergency declaration, which wound down in July. But as March approaches, the backlog still hasnt been cleared. The program made it easier for Alaskans to receive maximum benefits without annual recertifications. The sole store in Stebbins burned early Tuesday morning, Nov. 29, 2022. Below, you may search for the date range you would like to view the daily dispatch reports for, or you may search by incident number. address will remain private, as noted in our, 2023 The Daily Dispatch, a service of the Western Fire Chiefs Association (v2.0), COVID-19 vaccination and testing mandates for EMS agencies, NFPA announces dedication of the 21st edition of the Fire Protection Handbook to Kathleen Almand, 2022 RAM 5500 Crew CAB 4X4 True North Rapid Attack Type VI Fire Truck, NFA Wildland Urban Interface: Fire-Adapted Communities, NFA Youth Firesetter Intervention Specialist, NFA Wildland Urban Interface Firefighting for the Structural Company Officer. Comments are solely the responsibility Operating Procedures Manual: Thousands of Alaskans already been waiting months to receive SNAP benefits reported spending hours on hold with the states virtual call center only to be told there was nothing to be done to speed up the process. (read more) Posts will be signed with the first and last initial and home city associated with the registered user's account; the registered user's address, phone and e-mail address will remain . (Photo provided by Alaska State Troopers) Maurice "Mo" Hughes made history Wednesday when he was promoted to the . All rights reserved. (Bill Roth / ADN). The cart is for produce, which has not been seen for a while. Breastfeeding Support Group. Not much, but to help them get by.. Alaska State Troopers shot a shoeless man in a North Pole subdivision on Wednesday morning. So many of our food banks and food pantries simply do not have the capacity to meet this need, Meehan said. off-topic. Dispatch Text: On 11/23/22, at 6:22 pm, Alaska State Troopers were notified of an overdue hunter in the Swanson River area of Sterling. with the registered users account; the registered users address, phone and e-mail with the registered users account; the registered users address, phone and e-mail The organization has been driving out to smaller communities to distribute food in response but the demand hasnt let up, and resources are limited: Meyer said the food bank there has gone through about 75% of its stored food since September, and has seen nearly a 50% increase in the number of families seeking food assistance each day. major delays within the public assistance division, was hiring workers via an emergency contract. The charity sector is not set up to replace federal benefits Meehan said that SNAP benefits typically provide more than 10 times as much food as is typically distributed by food banks. Troopers searched the neighborhood for Cooper but didnt find her, and firefighters later found a woman inside the home. Dispatch Text: On 09/29/2022 at 1236 hours the Alaska State Troopers in Anchor Point contacted Jason Reynolds, age 37 from Anchor Point at a residence near the south end of North Fork Road. of those who post them; their viewpoints are not endorsed by the Daily Dispatch Investigation resulted in the driver, Derek Ball, age 37 from Homer being arrested for DUI, MIW 4th (x2), and DWLR with prior convictions. For information on submitting an obituary, please contact The Herald-Dispatch by phone at 304-526-2793 or email at hdobits@hdmediallc.com. (Photo by Daisy Katcheak). In places far from a food bank or pantry, like the Yukon River community of Mountain Village, staff said they feel a sense of helplessness. Dispatch Text: On December 1, 2022, at around 2:00 am, the Alaska State Troopers were notified that an adult male traveling via snowmachine from Noorvik to Kotzebue had activated an Apple iPhone Emergency SOS via satellite on his iPhone after becoming stranded. Kotzebue; Megan Peters; Harry Riley; Maniilaq Health Clinic; Alaska State Troopers; State of Alaska Medical Examiner's Office; Since December, the director of the Division of Public Assistance has been replaced, and 10 Alaskans have filed a lawsuit alleging that the delays were a violation of federal law. A woman called Alaska State Troopers around 10 a.m. and reported that a man was crying on her. A victim reported Gregg McCord, age 37 of Tyonek, had attempted to sexually assault them but they had been able to escape to a safe place. Alaska News. According to the Alaska State Trooper Daily Dispatch, a call came into MATCOM dispatch at 9:05 p.m. address will remain private, as noted in our, 2023 The Daily Dispatch, a service of the Western Fire Chiefs Association (v2.0), COVID-19 vaccination and testing mandates for EMS agencies, NFPA announces dedication of the 21st edition of the Fire Protection Handbook to Kathleen Almand, 2022 RAM 5500 Crew CAB 4X4 True North Rapid Attack Type VI Fire Truck, NFA Wildland Urban Interface: Fire-Adapted Communities, NFA Youth Firesetter Intervention Specialist, NFA Wildland Urban Interface Firefighting for the Structural Company Officer. Then in November, the communitys only store burned down. The hunter, Michael Glover, age 47 of Sterling, had left to hunt alone around 11:00 am, and had not returned well after dark. Email the Webmaster, Alaska Department Of Public Safety,State Troopers, Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. Even in places on the road system, like Soldotna, residents dealing not only with delayed benefits but inflation say the high price of fuel has made it difficult or impossible to drive into town to visit a food pantry, according to Greg Meyer, with the Food Bank in that community. Troopers and Thorne Bay EMS/Fire respond to burning bus. And unfortunately, I had to tell people that theyre going to have to wait. Email the Webmaster, Alaska Department Of Public Safety,State Troopers, Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. AST reports the people in the crash were taken to an area hospital in three ambulances, their injuries . (Photo by Linda Greta Camillus). Food Bank of Alaska policy and advocacy manager Ron Meehan inside their food warehouse on Viking Drive in Anchorage. Email the Webmaster, Alaska Department Of Public Safety,State Troopers, Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. Norton filled out her recertification application in November, and by January, still hadnt heard anything back from the states Division of Public Assistance regarding the status of her application. to remove posts that include foul language, personal or abusive attacks, or are We welcome comments from registered users. On January 17, 2023, at 2:30 pm, the Alaska State Troopers received a report of a polar bear attack in Wales. At around 10:50 p.m. Alaska State Troopers fired at the suspect and made their way into the home to prevent any harm to the woman and the three . She knew that if she became truly desperate, she could post in a local Facebook group to ask for assistance from her neighbors. The extent of the food stamp application processing problem first surfaced in late December when multiple Alaska news outlets reported on major delays within the public assistance division, which processes the applications. AST responded to Tyonek to conduct an investigation. Source: KINY-AM 103.5 Juneau ; Published: 10/24/2022 12:00 AM; Email Article; View Full Article; . Her sister, who applied for benefits around the same time she did, still hasnt received any word from the state about the application she submitted over four months ago. Welcome to the Alaska Department Of Public Safety First Responders in the Last Frontier James E. Cockrell, Commissioner Bryan Barlow, Deputy Commissioner Mission: The mission of the Department of Public Safety is to ensure public safety and enforce fish and wildlife laws. Alaska State Troopers and local law enforcement are searching for a Soldotna man who is considered "armed and dangerous," according to a trooper dispatch. We make-shifted a little store thats been cut down to a third, and only sells shelf-stable foods, Katcheak said Thursday. Dena Cooper, 76, was found inside the home and later died. 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