KYUK (Evan Erickson): Can you just start by telling us a little bit about yourself and the history you have with this part of Alaska?. Merrill: So I started my career in Fairbanks as a patrol trooper and worked in the Interior villages outside of the Fairbanks region. I transferred to Bethel as just a regular trooper back in 2003, and I worked here from 2003 to about 2007, working in the JS unit at the courthouse for about six months. And then I did patrol in Tuluksak, Chevak, and Atmautluak were the villages I covered, and then around the rest of the region, and started flying here as a department pilot as well.