JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Seven Soldiers competed in the 2015 Alaska National Guard Best Warrior Competition held during a rainy and fog-filled weekend at a variety of training locations on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Sept. 25-27. This year’s three-day competition consisted of 15 events that physically and mentally challenged the sleep-deprived Soldiers. The 72-hour course […]
Disappointed by the results of their Burger J exploratory wells in the Chukchi Sea, Royal Dutch Shell announced that they will not be exploring for oil in Alaska for the “foreseeable future,” they said in a statement. Shell said on Monday, that they had “found indications of oil and gas in the Burger J well, but […]
While searching for Anchorage man, Kevin Mitchell on Saturday near mile 87.5 of the Seward Highway, troopers discovered another man dead in his vehicle about a half-mile from where Mitchell’s vehicle was discovered troopers report. It was at approximately 11:40 am that troopers discovered a “Chevy Tahoe parked in the woods out of view from […]
On Saturday morning, troopers responded to a vehicle belonging to 38-year-old Anchorage resident Kevin Mitchell parked on a trail near mile 87.5 of the Seward Highway, troopers report via trooper dispatch. They were alerted to the vehicle by a friend of Mitchell’s who discovered the missing Toyota Tundra. At 9:39 am on Saturday, troopers located Mitchell’s […]