On July 30th, 1921, the postal service expanded in the territory of Alaska with the assistance of dog teams. While dog sled teams had been hauling first class mail by dogsled since the late 1800s to various parts of Alaska, the postal service would begin service from Hot Springs to Rampart going through Eureka once […]
HEADQUARTERS, 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (July 23, 2024) – An 11th Airborne Division soldier was killed at the Gaffney Road gate at Fort Wainwright Monday evening, July 22, when he was struck by a vehicle. According to the Fairbanks Police Department, Pfc. Arturo Alejandro Gomez, 29, of Provo, Utah, was working at […]
FAIRBANKS – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Interior Field Office will open the Fortymile caribou federal subsistence hunt on federal public lands in Units 20E, 25C and a portion of 20F on August 1, 2024. The caribou hunt is limited to federally qualified rural residents hunting on federal public lands only, including federal public lands accessible from the Steese and Taylor highways. The federal […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Alaska Air National Guard members of 176th Wing, in conjunction with the National Park Service and Talkeetna Air Taxi rescued nine plane crash victims July 12, 2024, at the Tokositna Glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve. According to an NPS news release, K2 Aviation reported to NPS Rangers that one […]