(Anchorage, AK) – On Thursday, 35-year-old Washington resident Curtis Michael Chevalier pleaded guilty to two counts of criminally negligent homicide and one count of driving under the influence. The case stemmed from a serious fatal vehicle vs pedestrian collision that occurred on July 21, 2021, when Chevalier struck Timothy Jacob and Vincent Martin as the two […]
JUNEAU — Workers in Western Alaska affected by Typhoon Merbok in September 2022 may qualify for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA). In response to a request for federal assistance by Gov. Mike Dunleavy, the Bering Strait, Kashunamiut, Lower Kuskokwim and Lower Yukon regions affected by the Sept. 15-20, 2022, severe storm, flooding and landslides have officially […]
My friend Hal called the other day, from a parking garage in Punta Gorda, Florida. In his car he had nine one-gallon jugs of water, a red-plastic container of gasoline and a motorcycle helmet. Hal, a former Alaskan, is a hurricane expert living in Galveston, Texas. He sometimes plants himself in vulnerable places and sends […]
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 […]