ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Coast Guard aircrew rescued two people from a helicopter that crashed near the Dutch Harbor Airport on Unalaska Island Friday afternoon. Watchstanders at the 17th Coast Guard District Command Center received a 406 megahertz personal locator beacon activation from a R22 Robinson helicopter. The beacon was plotted in a position approximately […]
DILLINGHAM, AK – Thursday afternoon, nearly 1,300 Alaskans delivered comments to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) concerning the potential for the Pebble Limited Partnership to continue business as usual in Bristol Bay. Yesterday was the final day of an open comment period concerning the Pebble developer’s Miscellaneous Land Use Permits (MLUP) renewal application, […]
HEADQUARTERS U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JBER – U.S. Army Alaska welcomed home about 125 soldiers from the 109th Transportation Company Dec. 1 at the Buckner Physical Fitness Center here. The “Muleskinners” of the 109th deployed to Kuwait in March. This deployment was the 109th’s sixth since 2003, but the first to Kuwait. The unit previously deployed […]
Four pedestrians in Anchorage were admitted to the hospital in two incidents on Third Avenue near Karluk Street on Wednesday evening. Three pedestrians, two males and one female were struck by a taxi cab that was traveling westbound on Third Avenue at approximately 6 pm, it was reported by the Anchorage Police Department. According to […]