Over 2,300 new construction jobs will be opening up in Interior Alaska as preparations begin to base two squadrons of F-35 at Eielson Air Force Base. Construction is set to begin in 2017, with the arrival of F-35s to begin in 2020. The decision to bring 54 new aircraft to Eielson Air Force base marks […]
About 1,000 years ago, Norse explorer Leif Ericson bumped into the New World at Newfoundland. The old world was filling up, with 300,000 people living in the Roman capital of Constantinople. Up here in Alaska, the ancestors of today’s coastal Natives were quietly having one of the more successful runs in human history. The Thule […]
After a dog bite and attack, a canine in the community of Emmonak was shot and killed by the responding trooper on Friday, according to the trooper report. On Friday afternoon, troopers in Emmonak responded to a report of a dog bite incident in the village. The dog was located, and the trooper advised the […]
An Anchorage driver and his passenger sustained injuries in a high-speed chase with troopers on Sunday afternoon on the Sterling Highway, troopers report. At 3:25 pm on Sunday afternoon, troopers attempted to stop a 2000 Audi Sedan for speeding at mile 70 of the Sterling Highway. But, instead of stopping “the vehicle sped up southbound on […]