Senator Bill Wielechowski (D-Anchorage) issued the following statement today regarding NBC News reporting that Russia allegedly accessed seven states’ voter registration systems or websites prior to the 2016 election, including potentially Alaska: “According to NBC News, three “senior intelligence officials” stated that seven states elections’ websites or databases are believed to have been “compromised” […]
The Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad is once again on weather hold in the recovery of lost snowboarder, Marvin Scott, who was swallowed up in an avalanche at noon on Sunday. While KVRS was able to get into the avalanche area on Dude Mountain on Monday, the extreme continued avalanche risk in the debris area frustrated […]
February 26, 2018 JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker today ordered all Alaska state flags to be flown at half-staff beginning Tuesday, February 27, 2018 in honor of former House Speaker Joe Hayes who passed away February 16, 2018 at the age of 88. Speaker Hayes served in the Alaska State House from 1977 to 1984 […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — While in Valdez, taking part in Exercise Arctic Eagle 2018, Guardsmen from the 103rd Civil Support Team, Alaska National Guard, and Washington National Guard Homeland Response Force worked with first responders after a real-life diesel fuel tanker truck crashed near a waterway. The tanker truck had exited the roadway and […]