The Arctic Interagency Visitor Center and Dalton Highway recreation sites welcome visitors COLDFOOT, Alaska – Summer recreation sites along the Dalton Highway are open for the summer season, including the Arctic Interagency Visitor Center (AIVC) in Coldfoot and the Yukon River Contact Station at the Yukon River Bridge the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced Friday. In addition, the Five Mile, Arctic Circle, and […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — According to Alaska.org, the Turnagain Arm bore tide is among the most powerful in the world. A layer of ocean water 6 to 10 feet tall travels on top of the Cook Inlet surface at 10 to 15 mph, swallowing anything in its path. A Taylorcraft F-19 was flipped upside […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka aircrew medevaced an 85-year-old male passenger approximately 40 nautical miles West of Sitka, Thursday. The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew arrived on scene at approximately 8:23 p.m., hoisted the patient from the motor vessel Viking Orion, and transported him to awaiting EMS at Air Station Sitka for […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On May 23, an Anchorage jury found 30-year-old Rigoberto Walker guilty of attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, third-degree assault, and fourth-degree assault. Today, the same jury found that Walker’s victim was particularly vulnerable. At trial, the evidence showed that 74-year-old A.S. was gardening outside of the assisted living facility at which […]