(Anchorage, AK) – Governor Mike Dunleavy announced Wednesday the granting of clemency to five individuals who through efforts consistent with changing their life, have warranted consideration for clemency. Each case was carefully reviewed and reflects the principles of redemption, accountability, and fairness embedded in Alaska’s clemency laws and processes. “Clemency is a tool that recognizes […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Continuing the Operation Santa Claus tradition of delivering holiday cheer to remote communities in Alaska, Alaska Army and Air National Guard members and volunteers from the Salvation Army’s Fairbanks Corps boarded an AKARNG UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with Santa Claus on Nov 6, 2024, to deliver gifts to Circle, Alaska, a […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Two years after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok flooded communities across thousands of miles of western Alaska in September 2022, the community of Toksook Bay made a big step toward replenishing what they lost from the storm – thousands of pounds of meat. On Friday Nov. 15, 2024, the Alaska […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of 211th Rescue Squadron assisted District 17 Coast Guardsmen rescue a pilot of a downed Cessna 207 Nov. 21 at Iliamna Lake. The Coast Guard dispatched an HH-60 Jayhawk from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, and the 176th Operations Group search and rescue duty officer dispatched a […]