JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Karen Mansfield, who as assistant adjutant general for Air also serves as commander of the Alaska Air National Guard, was promoted from colonel to brigadier general at a ceremony in the Arctic Warrior Events Center on March 6, 2016. She became the third female member of the Alaska Air National […]
(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – Village Public Safety Officers across Alaska are getting new equipment to keep their communities safe. Two hundred innovative Fire Suppression Tools (FSTs), distributed by Flameguard USA, were purchased by the Bristol Bay Native Association and Kodiak Area Native Association VPSO grantees. The FSTs were then distributed by the Department of Public Safety’s […]
While Alaska and Hawaii are the only two states in the U.S. that will be able to observe even a portion of the solar eclipse that is occurring in the South Pacific today, the solar event will be less than awe-inspiring for Alaskans as we will only be able to see the eclipse if we […]
JUNEAU – Monday SB 23, an act relating to immunity for providing or administering opioid overdose drugs which passed the Senate last session with a vote of 19 to 1, has now passed the House by a vote of 36 to 0. This legislation, sponsored by Senator Johnny Ellis (D-Anchorage), and co-sponsored by eight other […]