Thanks to sponsorships from the National Park Service and Arctic Cat, the Ride for Life suicide prevention campaign will once again hit the trail on March 19, this time snowmachining more than 1,800 miles across Alaska to engage school children and adults in village in the Yukon-Kuskoskwim Delta up to the Norton Sound. Alaska Wildlife […]
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – U.S. Army Alaska will host a Cold Regions/Military Mountaineering Collaborative Training Event again this year from March 21-24 at the Black Rapids Training Site, home of the Northern Warfare Training Center. This will be a collaborative training event that brings together military professionals from around the […]
Juneau, Alaska – The Alaska House of Representatives passed a bill by Rep. Paul Seaton to continue to adjust the state’s defense plans against aquatic invasive species, like “rock snot” and “sea vomit.” House Bill 38 provides direction to relevant state agencies, the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, the Dept. of Environmental Conservation and […]
JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker signed SB 23, a life-saving measure preventing opioid overdose in Alaska, into law this week. Sponsored by Senator Johnny Ellis of Anchorage and co-sponsored by 37 other legislators, the bill removes civil liabilities from doctors and trained bystanders who prescribe and administer naloxone, a drug intended to counteract the negative […]