BETHEL, Alaska –The Alaska Army National Guard Aviation Facility in Bethel experienced an inadvertent release of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) containing components of Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) due to fire suppression system malfunction June 25. The release in and around the facility has been contained and cleaned, and any risk to the local population […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard rescue personnel of 176th Wing hoisted a hypothermic mariner to safety May 30 about 20 miles southwest of Kodiak Island. The boat party called in a distress to Coast Guard Sector Western Alaska and US Arctic. The hypothermia victim and three other mariners made refuge in […]
Crews will be deploying a new fiber-to-the-premises network in the remote Aleutian community ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Construction is underway in Larsen Bay for GCI’s Aleutians Fiber Project! With surveys complete and permits, materials and crews in place, the project team is preparing the community for the arrival of fiber-optic connectivity later this year. The Aleutians […]
(Dillingham, AK) –Wednesday, Dillingham Superior Court Judge Christina Reigh sentenced 32-year-old Richard Johnson of Dillingham to serve 25 years of incarceration after being convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the First Degree. Judge Reigh sentenced Johnson to a composite sentence of 35 years with 10 years suspended and placed him on probation for 15 […]