PENTAGON – U.S. President Donald Trump’s border wall is expanding. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper recently approved another 32 kilometers (20 miles) of barriers for the United States’ southern border with Mexico, a defense official has confirmed to VOA. The official said Esper is using an expected surplus to build the additional barrier. To […]
In an announcement on Tuesday morning, multinational oil and gas giant, BP Alaska announced the sale of its operations in Alaska to Hilcorp, one of the world’s largest privately-held oil and gas exploration and production corporations for a sum of $5.6 billion. The sale is to be completed in 2020 and is a part […]
The Swan Lake Fire area near Cooper Landing became increasingly active Monday crossing Resurrection Pass Trail at Slaughter Ridge. The Great Basin Incident Management Team which is managing the fire, in coordination with the Kenai Peninsula Borough Office of Emergency Management, has changed the evacuation alert to LEVEL 2 (SET) in all areas of […]
Anchorage police responded to the Strawberry Road/Wildberry Loop area in Anchorage following a suspicious person with a firearm and shots fired at 2:25 pm that resulted in the suspect being shot and killed, APD reported. As officers responded, they received additional information on the suspect and it was reported that he had pointed the […]