...000 to strap on their helmets. The machines don't mix with the taxis, trucks and flatbed trailers, Police Chief Ben Dudley said. ATVs and snowmachines are designed for snow or mud. They can't turn and stop quickly on black ice or thin snow...

...have stepped in when the local police department, which has jurisdiction in the two homicides, has asked for it, said Ben Dudley, Bethel police chief. Two troopers helped investigate the Dec. 10 shooting death of cab driver Ju Young Joung, 41...

...arrest has been made in that crime either. "It's very, very unusual to even have one (homicide)," police chief Ben Dudley said Wednesday. "And to have two in the span of a week is unheard of." "A lot of people want answers, and frankly...

...constitutional responsibilities, then I would be less concerned over this issue." Across the state, in Bethel, Police Chief Ben Dudley said he also is concerned that he will no longer have the option of charging people with entering a municipal building...