Corps Identifies Employee Involved in North Pole Rollover Fatality

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Corps Identifies Employee Involved in North Pole Rollover Fatality

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Melvin C. McLaurin of Chicago was identified as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employee killed in a construction accident June 19 at North Pole. McLaurin worked as an engineering equipment operator lead with the Corps’ Chicago District. He was on a temporary assignment in support of the Corps’ Alaska […]

Corps Begins Cleanup of Formerly Used Defense Site at Attu Island

By on    Featured, Southwest Alaska, State  

Corps Begins Cleanup of Formerly Used Defense Site at Attu Island

ATTU ISLAND, Alaska – Against the backdrop of a crisp, blue sky and snow-scattered mountains, a bright orange excavator sharply claws at the earth near Massacre Bay. With each dip of its bucket, contaminated soil, tar and old, rusted diesel drums are unearthed from their decades-long resting place. Once a bustling active military site, the […]