JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska National Guard Warrior and Family Services program hosted a group of teenage military dependents in a cultural camp in Bethel, July 18 through July 22. Bethel is a rural village 400 miles west of Anchorage, accessible only by air and river. It is the largest community in western […]
The Alaska National Guard announced on Thursday that they will formally name the National Guard hanger in Kotzebue for long-time leader and former National Guard Adjutant General John W. Schaeffer on Tuesday, August 9th. General Schaeffer, who was born and raised in Kotzebue, enlisted in the Alaska Army National Guard in 1957 and became a […]
Seward, Alaska – The Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) announced the birth of a Steller sea lion pup to parents Eden and Pilot. Born July 1, the female pup weighed in at approximately 41 pounds (18.5 kg) and is the third Steller sea lion pup ever born at the Center, and the third born in a […]
The United States Coast Guard were alerted of a emergency beacon emitting a signal 690 miles west of Dutch Harbor at 11:34 am on Tuesday from the F/V Alaska Juris after it began sinking authorities report. The 238-foot vessel reported that they were dead in the water approximately 150 miles to the northwest of Adak and […]