JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON– In May, the 177th Civil Engineer Squadron led a Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force (BEEF) training week at Camp Mad Bull on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), including civil engineers from the 108th Wing, 111th Attack Wing, and 176th Wing from the New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Alaska Air National Guard, respectively. The exercise began […]
On Tuesday afternoon a caller on Russell Circle near Hillside Drive in south Anchorage reported his blue 2015 Mercedes had been stolen while it had been parked in front of the residence. The caller reported the keys were not in the vehicle but wasn’t sure if the vehicle was locked or not. About ten hours […]
The fire prevention order is in effect until October 31 unless rescinded FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Wednesday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Fairbanks District issued a fire prevention order prohibiting campfires, fireworks and explosives on federal lands in a fire-prone area of black spruce near Fox, Alaska, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) […]
Scientists hope the new tool will help identify data gaps and the combination of factors that may be impacting the endangered whale population’s recovery. A key challenge for recovering endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales is understanding how the interplay between prey availability and human activities affect the health of individual animals and the overall population. […]