This Day in Alaska History-November 4th, 1884
State of Alaska Issues Disaster Declaration to Ensure Food Security
Governor Mike Dunleavy has issued a state disaster declaration to deal with the food security issue as a result of inaction on the federal budget in Washington D.C. The Governor will declare a 30 day disaster declaration that ensures food security in two ways for the thousands of Alaskan households that utilize Supplemental Nutrition Assistance […]
Anchorage-Alutiiq Word of the Week
Anchorage — Kicarwik Kicarwigmen agkutartua ernerpak. – I am going to Anchorage today. Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city, lies 250 miles north of the Kodiak Archipelago, at the far northern end of Cook Inlet. In many ways, Anchorage is a gateway to the Alutiiq world. Airline flights to Homer, Cordova, Kodiak, and King Salmon, the major […]
FBI and HSI Launch Multi-Agency Homeland Security Task Force in Alaska
Nationwide initiative targets criminal organizations The FBI Anchorage Field Office is participating in the first-of-its-kind Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF), which coordinates law enforcement efforts nationwide to crush violent crime. The FBI and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)—the investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security—are leading efforts to target sophisticated cartels, foreign terrorist organizations, and […]