JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Alaska Army National Guard aviators with Alpha Company, 1-168th General Support Aviation Battalion, operating a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter out of Bethel, Alaska, helped rescue an overdue rafter in the vicinity of Goodnews Lake, Aug. 12. The crew, led by Chief Warrant Officer 3 Brian Kruse, Bethel Army Aviation Operating Facility […]
For one humpback whale the injuries were consistent with a ship strike, the other is still undergoing review. Alaska stranding network members, including Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska Veterinary Pathology Services, and NOAA Fisheries, necropsied two humpback whales in Icy Strait in July 2024. On July 3, NOAA Fisheries received a report of a floating humpback whale, […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska Organized Militia, in partnership with the City and Borough of Juneau, the Tlingit and Haida Tribal Emergency Operations Center, the State of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, and the State of Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management State Emergency Operations Center, is actively engaged […]
“I think there’s almost no question that this is going to happen,” an expert said of county official obstructionism in 2024. “And it seems to be happening in a way this year that is more systematic than it has been in the past.” Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a watchdog group, released a […]