Alaska State troopers say that they opened a preliminary investigation and initiated a search after receiving a request for a welfare check from a 56-year-old Willow resident’s employer at 9:15 AM on Monday morning after she failed to show up for work. Troopers responded to the home of Hattie Labuff-Kilgo in Willow, but had no success in […]
Klawock, Alaska – The west coast of Prince of Wales Island swelled with veterans, friends and family members who gathered to partake in a three-day celebration culminating with a totem pole raising ceremony here Aug. 18. Like many of the totem poles that stand reverently on the island symbolizing or commemorating ancestors, cultural beliefs, oral […]
Old Harbor, Alaska – A newly extended runway was opened in Old Harbor on August 7, 2018, marking the completion of a six-year Innovative Readiness Training project. Soldiers from the Alaska Army National Guard’s 207th Engineer Utility Detachment joined service members from active and reserve components of the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps and […]
(JUNEAU, AK) – The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) was recently alerted to concentrations of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in two wells at and near the Gustavus Airport. The PFAS discovered in an airport terminal well are in concentrations higher than Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) action levels. Concentrations at […]