Compiled from International Security Assistance Force Joint Command News Releases WASHINGTON – An Afghan-led and coalition-supported security force killed seven insurgents and captured more than 30 others during a search for a Taliban leader in the Charhar district of Afghanistan’s Balkh province yesterday, military officials reported.
Recent data from the federal Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) shows that toxic chemical releases rose in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The 2010 TRI reports how over 600 chemicals on the TRI list were managed, where they ended up, and how 2010 releases compare to 2009.
JUNEAU, Alaska — The crew of a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Kodiak medevaced a 47 year-old man from a 260-foot coastal freighter about 80 miles west of Kodiak Tuesday.
NOME, Alaska — The Coast Guard and the City of Nome strongly encourage the residents of Nome to avoid traveling on the ice as the Coast Guard Cutter Healy and tanker Renda begin transiting shore fast ice surrounding the city.