Task force to coordinate state response and conduct a Preliminary Damage Assessment JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – A task force, deployed by the State Emergency Operations Center, comprised of emergency management specialists, State Department of Environmental Conservation, Red Cross of Alaska, and the North West Arctic Borough (NWAB) are in Buckland Friday to coordinate the […]
On Wednesday night Alaska State Troopers were notified of the drowning of a young child in Selawik. The Maniilaq Hospital contacted troopers at 9:03pm on Wednesday and reported that “a young child in Selawik was found floating in the river just outside of the parent’s residence and is deceased,” according to the report. Medical personnel […]
Rep. Zulkosky: ‘It is difficult to speak about expanding our relationship with Tribes when the State doesn’t acknowledge them in Alaska statute’ JUNEAU — The House of Representatives voted 35-4 Wednesday to pass House Bill 123, a bill that formally recognizes the Alaska Native Tribes that have existed and governed themselves for millennia. While the […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) received reports of ice jam flooding in Buckland located within the Northwest Arctic Borough (NWAB) this morning. The Alaska Pacific River Forecast Center has issued a flood warning for Buckland. Initial reports are that some homes have been inundated and, while the airstrip […]