JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter filled with community volunteers and holiday gifts for children in the northwest community of Scammon Bay touched down on the south bank of the frozen Kun River, one mile from the Bering Sea, Nov. 16. With more than a dozen volunteers on board, two Alaska […]
(Anchorage Alaska) – With Thanksgiving here, many people around Alaska will be working to cook holiday meals for their family and friends. The State Fire Marshal’s Office and the U.S. Fire Administration urges everyone to stay safe this holiday season and remember to use caution while cooking your holiday meal. Thanksgiving is the leading day […]
ANCHORAGE, AK – The politically mixed results of Alaska’s midterm election, announced tonight by the state’s Division of Elections, reflected the independent streak of Alaska voters. In the state’s first regular ranked-choice general election, the pairing of the open top-four primary with ranked choice voting yielded a group of winning candidates that, collectively, is moderate […]
(Anchorage, AK) – The State of Alaska and the North Slope Borough filed a complaint (548KB PDF) yesterday against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to have Arctic ringed seals removed from the Endangered Species List. NMFS listed the ringed seal as an endangered species in 2012 using obsolete methods to calculate the effect that climate change would […]