(Anchorage, Alaska)—A winter snow storm and two early morning avalanches have combined to create extremely dangerous driving conditions, prompting the State of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Faculties to close the Seward Highway between Potter Marsh and Girdwood. This closure is effective from 9:00am and will extend until further notice.
(Anchorage, Alaska)—A winter snow storm and two early morning avalanches have combined to create extremely dangerous driving conditions, prompting the State of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Faculties to close the Seward Highway between Potter Marsh and Girdwood. This closure is effective from 9:00am and will extend until further notice.
Scientists from NOAA's Alaska Fisheries Science Center today announced the 2011 abundance estimate for the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale population is 284 animals, almost 20 percent lower than last year’s estimate of 340. This year's estimate is the second-lowest since NOAA’s surveys began in 1993; the lowest was in 2005, when the estimate was […]
Senator Visiting 143rd Infantry Unit Preparing for Afghanistan WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski is visiting 118 Alaska National Guardsmen of Company B, 1stbattalion (Airborne) of the 143rd Infantry Regiment tomorrow at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in Edinburgh, Indiana. During the course of her tour of training activities, Senator Murkowski will visit with […]