A Tok woman was taken into custody on Assault charges after two individuals flagged down a passing trooper on patrol and reported a firearms incident on Sunday night, troopers reported on Monday morning. Troopers spoke with two people after being flagged down at 8:52 pm. Those individuals told the trooper that an elderly woman had pointed a […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard medevaced a woman with a head injury from a cruise ship southeast of Cordova, Thursday. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak hoisted the 68-year-old woman at approximately 10 p.m. and transferred her to an awaiting LifeMed aircraft crew in Cordova. Coast Guard Sector Anchorage command center watchstanders received the […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska —Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued one individual Aug. 19 after the pilot’s PA-18 plane crashed in the vicinity of Stoney River Lodge. A 210th Rescue Squadron helicopter from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson rescued the individual at 12:20 a.m. and transported the pilot to McGrath. […]
New NASA-funded research has discovered that Arctic permafrost’s expected gradual thawing and the associated release of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere may actually be sped up by instances of a relatively little known process called abrupt thawing. Abrupt thawing takes place under a certain type of Arctic lake, known as a thermokarst lake that forms […]