Before being patched with thick black asphalt during recent weeks, the roads across Goldstream Creek’s swampy valley bucked my car like a whitewater raft in the Nenana River canyon. This is not news. I’ve bobbed over these road waves for 60 years. I first felt them as a kid riding the original gravel roads in […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (CGC) Healy experienced a significant engineering casualty while operating northwest of Port Angeles, Washington. There were no reported injuries. On July 13th, tugs safely towed CGC Healy back to homeport for an investigation into the incident and to undergo major repairs. “The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Healy acted with speed and skill in responding to […]
Hailey Swirbul, B.S. ’21 has done everything from designing bridges to competing in the Olympics, all while completing her civil engineering degree from UAA. Despite her busy schedule, she graduated with honors and is now thinking about returning to UAA for more classes. A Colorado native, Swirbul didn’t expect to find herself skiing competitively in […]
“’Bombing boats’ to stop drugs isn’t just cruel and illegal—it’s futile,” said one expert. An internal government analysis has revealed that President Donald Trump’s campaign of strikes against alleged drug boats off the coasts of Latin America hasn’t achieved its purported goal of diminishing the amount of cocaine being trafficked into the US. The Washington Post reported on Monday that […]