State flags to fly at half-staff to honor architect of Alaska’s Constitution, former Lt. Governor (Juneau) – Governor Michael J. Dunleavy and First Lady Rose Dunleavy wish to express their sincerest condolences to the family of former Lieutenant Governor Jack Coghill who passed away Wednesday morning at the age of 93 from natural causes in […]
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – Sgt. Brian Peter Sawyer, a helicopter repairer for the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment at Fort Wainwright died Monday, Feb. 11, at Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, from injuries he sustained at his on-post residence here Feb. 3. Sawyer, 33, was initially treated at […]
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]ST on patrol along the Chena Hot Springs Road thwarted a mail theft crime between Smallwood Drive and Jamal Drive during the early morning hours on Monday with and two individuals were observed, “sprinting away from the row of mailboxes on the north side Chena Hot Springs Road.” Troopers watched as the two individuals climbed into a white […]
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his week marks 30 years since I turned my pickup left onto a North Pole road and noticed the clutch pedal did not return to my foot. In a panic, I reached down with my mittened hand and pulled. The frozen plunger oozed back into position. Driving at minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit is not a […]