WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard announced Wednesday it will homeport a commercially procured icebreaker in Juneau. The Coast Guard is acquiring the Aiviq, a U.S. registered ship originally built to serve as an Arctic oil-exploration support vessel, which has an icebreaking capability sufficient to serve as a Coast Guard medium polar icebreaker, following modification. “The […]
Find out in a free webinar what is changing in some of the state’s key berry species and what Alaskans can do to ensure that future generations have berries to pick. The webinar will be Wednesday, Aug. 28, from noon-1 p.m. Registration is required at https://bit.ly/BerryClimate. Katie Spellman, an award-winning research associate professor at the University […]
38 new, affordable apartments opening this month Anchorage, Alaska — On Thursday, August 15, 2024, Cook Inlet Housing Authority (CIHA) will celebrate the opening of Ch’bala Corners Phase II in Anchorage’s Spenard neighborhood. Ch’bala is the upper Cook Inlet Dena’ina word for spruce tree. The event marks the completion of the Ch’bala Corners development located at the corner […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard members of 176th Wing rescued three distressed hunters Aug. 11 on the Kenai Peninsula during two sequential missions. The first mission opened in response to a request for assistance from the Alaska State Troopers to search for two distressed sheep hunters near Benjamin Creek about 40 […]