Includes features developed from public input to reduce potential impacts FAIRBANKS, Alaska — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Interior Field Office issued a decision approving a special recreation permit for Borealis Basecamp, LLC to provide trail and helicopter tours in the White Mountains National Recreation Area. The final permit addresses concerns identified by […]
On Monday the Alaska Bureau of Investigation was contacted by the North Slope Borough Police Department. The NSBPD reported that officers, while on a Domestic Disturbance call in Utqiagvik, shot and killed a suspect in that case. Police responded to a residence in that community on Monday morning and made contacted the suspect, 41-year-old Akugaq […]
The recent tragic crash of a Bering Air Cessna 208B EX (N321BA) near Nome, Alaska, has renewed questions regarding design flaws in the Cessna 208B and the dangers of flying the aircraft in icing conditions. Preliminary flight tracking evidence suggests a loss of control of the aircraft while flying in weather conducive to airframe icing. The […]
The Alaska State Troopers, NTSB, and Alaska National Guard aircraft and personnel conducted recovery efforts Saturday at the site of the Bering Air plane crash. Two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters, a Nome-based UH-60L Black Hawk, an HC -130J Combat King II and a team of pararescuemen worked to recover the victims. The bodies have been […]