NORTH POLE – At a ceremony Tuesday, Alaska Governor Bill Walker and Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs (DMVA) Commissioner Laurie Hummel designated the city of North Pole as the first military facility zone in Alaska, a change that will help spur private infrastructure development to support Eielson Air Force Base and its operations. “With […]
Fairbanks, AK —Today, Citizens for Clean Air, Alaska Community Action on Toxics, and the Sierra Club sent notice of intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for missing a fourth deadline in four years for addressing Fairbanks’s air pollution problem. The groups called on the agency to meet its obligations under the law […]
Alaska State Troopers report that they are still working to determine the cause of a fatal crash at mile 13 of the Steese Highway near Fox that occurred on Thursday afternoon. Troopers responded to the scene after receiving a report of the rollover crash at 3:05 pm. According to the call-in, at least one person was […]
Alaska State Troopers have released the names of all the persons who were killed in the Monday afternoon Parks Highway crash that occurred at mile 185. The death toll in the two-vehicle crash now stands at four. Those killed were identified as Siva Veeramachani (Driver), Dr. Mathukumilla Verra Venkata Satyanarayana Murthi (goes by M.V.V.S Murthi), Pattabhi Ramayya Chowdhary Vantipali and […]