JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued a hunter who was critically injured after a 100-foot fall Sept. 6 near the Eagle River Nature Center north of Anchorage. Alaska Air National Guard Maj. Wesley Ladd, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center senior controller, said the hunter used a satellite communication […]
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF RICHARDSON, Alaska – A Fort Wainwright Soldier was killed in a single-vehicle accident on Chena Pump Road in Fairbanks Saturday, Sept. 5. Chief Warrant Officer 3 Casey A. Popenoe, 39, was a targeting officer with the 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, […]
NOME – Many rural communities across Alaska continue to experience the spread of COVID-19, yet a significant number of villages lack the resources and facilities necessary to enact protective measures if a positive case occurs. Even some places that have adequate facilities to combat the pandemic face bureaucratic barriers to make every resource at […]
WHITE HOUSE – Amid the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. President Donald Trump attracted a crowd of thousands to his latest political rally at a North Carolina airport Tuesday evening. Trump marveled at a crowd he said totaled 15,000 people –- a number that reporters on site said was exaggerated. The rally was attended by 14,600 people and several […]