JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON – Wednesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District awarded a construction contract for the Kenai River Bluffs Erosion Project. Western Marine Construction of Seattle, Washington, will construct a protective rock berm approximately 5,000 feet in length along the north bank of the Kenai River. It will require the placement […]
Alaska State Troopers were alerted to a collision involving a semi and a pickup in Willow just before 1 am on Monday morning. When they arrived at mile 73 of the Parks Highway and opened an investigation, they found the scene had a two-foot berm in the middle of the highway and whiteout conditions. They […]
At just before 10 pm on Sunday night, Alaska State Troopers in Wasilla received a report of an active domestic disturbance involving strangulation at a address there and quickly responded to the location. Upon arrival, troopers opened an investigation and detained the suspect, identified as Johnny Ellison. The investigation would find that Ellison had “revealed […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — A 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron Airman has been working through the 176th Wing Innovation team with the JBER Arctic Spark Innovation Lab to devise a method to rapidly offload equipment from cargo aircraft in an austere operating environment. Senior Airman Juan Ortega, 176th LRS Air Transportation Function Flight, observed how the […]