Fire closure order rescinded, restoring public access to popular trails and cabins near Wickersham Dome FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Due to reduced wildland fire activity associated with the Lost Horse Creek Fire (#296), the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Eastern Interior Field Office rescinded the fire closure order that temporarily closed public access to the […]
WASHINGTON – This week, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland will travel to Anchorage, Galena, and Huslia, Alaska, to meet with Alaskan Native leaders and local and state law enforcement partners. On Tuesday, at 9:40 a.m. – 1:40 p.m. ET, Attorney General Garland and Senator Lisa Murkowski will participate in a roundtable with Alaska Native village chiefs […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — In May 1920 the Alaska town of Nenana, nestled on the bank of the river of the same name in Alaska’s Interior, suffered great loss of life following a withering wave of the H1N1 influenza. According to a National Park Service article highlighting a historic part of the Nenana South […]
(Wasilla, AK) – Monday Governor Mike Dunleavy welcomed Dr. Ben Carson to Alaska. The Governor and Dr. Carson visited Iditarod Elementary School in Wasilla where the school held an assembly to hear from Dr. Carson about the American Cornerstone Institute’s Little Patriot’s curriculum. Dr. Carson is the Founder and Chairman of American Cornerstone Institute […]