JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Conner, a member of the 297th Infantry Battalion medical platoon, participated in Arctic Eagle 2020 at the search and extraction mass casualty simulation venue at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Feb. 25. At this venue, military members from the Marine Corps, Air Force, […]
JUNEAU – Senator John Coghill, R-North Pole, Monday sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, Andrew Wheeler, requesting additional financial assistance through the Targeted Airshed Grant Program to help the Fairbanks North Star Borough improve air quality. “Air quality is a big issue in Interior Alaska,” said Sen. Coghill. “The woodstove […]
Alaska State Troopers report that the Friday night collision between a pickup truck and a semi hauling two fuel trailers on the Parks Highway near the Little shot intersection most likely factor was due to alcohol. Fairbanks-based troopers responded to the location after receiving a report of the collision at 8:25 pm. Assisting in […]
(Anchorage) – In an announcment on Tuesday morning, Governor Mike Dunleavy revealed that he has chosen Glenn Prax, better known as Mike Prax, to take the House District 3 seat for North Pole. That House seat was vacated by Tammie Wilson in January when she resigned and accepted a position with the Alaska Department […]