After 5 months, trooper still awaits co-worker

Five months of doing a job intended for two is taking a toll, Alaska State Trooper Ken VanSpronsen said this week.

VanSpronsen arrived in June to serve as wildlife trooper covering the area north of Berners Bay. But delays in filling the other half of the trooper post here – the state trooper job – have required VanSpronsen to work both jobs and spread himself thin.

Trooper officials say the delay is part of a…