Inclement weather and lack of runway lights has delayed troopers and Alaska Department of Fish and Game officers from responding to Wales to investigate a fatal polar bear attack that took the lives of two on Tuesday. The village was rocked by the attack on Tuesday afternoon when a polar bear entered the small, Inupiaq […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing raced against time and overcame high winds to medevac a pregnant woman in distress Dec 24 at Shaktoolik approximately 32 miles northwest of Unalakleet. Late Christmas Eve, the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center received a call for assistance from Alaska Native Medical Center […]
On Nov. 24, 2022, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was notified of a lone polar bear cub roaming the Prudhoe Bay area of Alaska. The Service sent a team of polar bear program biologists to the area to assess the situation. The team, in consultation with the Alaska Zoo veterinarian, made the difficult and […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, celebrated the passage Thursday of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022 on the Senate floor by a vote of 83 to 11 as part of the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The legislation includes key victories for Alaska infrastructure, […]