The United States Coast Guard and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation are coordinating initial cleanup efforts with the city of Tuntutuliak in Southwest Alaska. USCG sent responders to the scene where a Caterpillar EL180 excavator fell through the ice on the Qinaq River near the small community to assess the site late last month. […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — When not wrenching on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter for 40 hours a week, one Alaska Army National Guardsman trades in her flight suit for a pair of sneakers and the dance floor. Sgt. Brianna McMillen is a crew chief with 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, and has served five […]
A Sitka man, identified as 40-year-old Jesse Mills, has been the subject of an urgent search since Thursday morning after he disappeared from his home on Wednesday night. He was reported missing during the early morning hours on Thursday. Mill’s wife called in to the U.S. Coast Guard District Command Center to report his absence […]
Gray whales do things differently. Gray whales look different, swim farther, and fight more fiercely than other whales. They owe their distinctive mottled look to a coat of crustaceans that can weigh up to 400 pounds. Their swim from Alaska to Baja and back may be the longest annual migration of any mammal. And they […]