October 25, 2021 (Anchorage) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy’s office today announced the launch of a new podcast titled, An Update from the Third Floor, which discusses the latest barriers placed on Alaska by the Biden administration on natural resource development and on private/workplace choices regarding COVID-19. The first episode, “Biden’s Attack on Alaska,” details […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The 176th Air Defense Squadron played a key role in the Alaska North American Aerospace Defense Command Region detection, tracking and identification of five Russian aircraft entering the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone Oct. 21. When five Russian aircraft entered the outer Alaska ADIZ on Oct. 21, a 176th ADS […]
On Monday, Anchorage Police Department investigators released the identification of the victim that was fatally struck by a motorist as that of 36-year-old Sylvia R. Heckman, who died during the early morning hours on Saturday. APD responded to the accident scene at the intersection of Minnesota and Benson at 2:19 am on Saturday to investigate […]
Melinda Webster splashed daily through the clear water of Arctic melt ponds to measure the depth of the water cradled in pockets dotting the polar sea ice. She was a common sight in the white and blue icescape in which the research vessel Polarstern, her home for 126 days last year, had been deliberately left to […]