WASHINGTON, DC – Millions of dollars for Alaska have been included in the Department of Homeland Security’s 2012 appropriations bill that passed the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee today on a bipartisan vote, including that of Senator Lisa Murkowski – a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. The DHS appropriations bill now goes to the […]
CHUGINADAK ISLAND, ALASKA-Mount Cleveland, a strato-volcano perched on Chuginadak island, has had its Volcano Alert status raised back up to "Watch" and its Aviation code re-raised to "Orange."
CORDOVA, ALASKA-Longtime Alaskan Artist John Hoover passed away on Saturday morning, September 3rd, near Grapeview in Puget Sound. He was 91. Hoover was born in Cordova on October 13th, 1919. He was of Dutch-Aleut-Russian ancestry. He is survived by his wife and daughter.
MCGRATH, ALASKA-Pilot James "Ken" Richardson, 66, of McGrath was returning to McGrath after dropping off two hunters in the Alaska Range on Sunday when, coming in for a landing, he lost power and crashed into the Tundra. The crash occurred at 3:15 pm. His Supercub flipped on impact, leaving him suspended upside down in the […]