JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — For Alaska Army National Guard Sgt. Christopher Radach, close-quarters combat in an urban environment is a deadly serious business. The veteran of six combat tours with the Marine Corps in Iraq and Afghanistan knows the challenges of CQC from firsthand experience, most notably in Iraq during the 2005 Operation Steel […]
The pilot and four passengers, enroute to Juneau from Skagway, all swam to shore successfully after their 1974 Cessna T207 on wheels was forced to make a water landing after 6 am this morning, troopers report. The call concerning the downed aircraft, operated by Alaska Seaplanes, was relayed to Ketchikan State Troopers by the Juneau […]
A mixture of young and veteran Alaska firefighters left BLM Alaska Fire Service facilities at Fort Wainwright Friday morning to help with the busy fire season in the Lower 48. Three emergency firefighter crews from Upper Kalskag, Selawik and Noorvik plus the University of Alaska-Fairbanks Nanook Fire Crew were handed two sack lunches and boarded […]
Seattle — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently reached an agreement with Stepping Stone Builders, Inc., to close an illegal motor vehicle waste disposal well in Fairbanks, Alaska. EPA banned motor vehicle waste disposal wells in 2000 and required all existing wells in Alaska closed by 2005 to protect underground sources of drinking water. During a […]