(JUNEAU, Alaska) – The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) was recently informed that the M/V LeConte is in need of more extensive repairs than originally anticipated. AMHS budgeted $1.2 million for overhaul of the 45-year-old LeConte, but after an extensive survey of the steel hull, it was determined that considerable repair work is needed. The additional repairs […]
K9 Lenox puts education to work, nets big drug bust within days of graduation (ANCHORAGE) — Six new K9 teams, each including a dog and handler, graduated earlier this month from the Alaska State Troopers K9 Detector Academy. Only days later, one of those teams led law enforcement to the seizure of a large quantity […]
Proposal is the latest step in a series of needed reforms ANCHORAGE – Thursday, on the final day of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Rep. Geran Tarr (D-Anchorage) announced new legislation that would require rape kits to be tested within six months. Current law requires testing of rape kits within one year. “The headlines this summer […]
Image: Alaska Army National Guard Staff Sergeant Kimberly Houser explains career fields in the Alaska Army National Guard to Brownies during the Girl Scouts of Alaska Encampment event.(U.S. Army National Guard photo by Maj. Amy Slinker/Released) JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska Army National Guard and Girl Scouts of Alaska is adopting the new […]