ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Housing Inspectors went to Hooper Bay and Chevak on Saturday, Oct. 22 to help survivors register for FEMA assistance and perform housing inspections for applicants who experienced damage from the Sept. 15 – 20 severe storms, flooding and landslides. Teams traveled to these villages to register survivors […]
Alaska State Troopers revealed on Thursday that a Nome boater was located deceased by the Coast Guard on this week. According to the report, troopers were notified that 38-year-old Bo Adams of Nome had gone missing on his way from Koyuk to Nome. His family said that he had been traveling via boat to Nome […]
SAVOONGA, Alaska — During their current Arctic patrol, crew members from Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) met with key leaders in Savoogna, Sept. 22. The meeting took place in the Savoonga town hall with Benjamin Pungowiyi, the village council president, Elvin Noongwook, Mayor of Savoonga, and Bryan Rookok Jr., President of Savoonga’s Native Corporation. Discussion […]
The Alaska Air National Guard’s 211th Rescue Squadron and 144th Airlift Squadron transported relief supplies via HC-130J Combat King II Sept. 29, 2022, as part of Operation Merbok Response. JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska State Emergency Operations Center is working closely with state, federal and private-sector partners to coordinate the shipment and […]