JOINT BASE ELMENDORF RICHARDSON, Alaska — River Watch, a partnership between the State of Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHS&EM) and the National Weather Service Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center (APRFC), comes together each spring to monitor major Alaskan river systems prone to ice jam flooding during spring break up. Each River Watch […]
KENAI FJORDS NATIONAL PARK, Alaska — On the morning of April 18, Soldotna Public Safety Communications Center received a report of six adult skiers stranded in a snow cave on the Harding Icefield within Kenai Fjords National Park. The group was undertaking a multiday traverse of the Harding Ice Field from Exit Glacier to Bradley Lake […]
Juneau – The Alaska Senate passed Senate Bill 152 unanimously Tuesday. Sponsored by Senator Bill Wielechowski, D-Anchorage, this legislation aims to expand options for renewable energy development, reduce electric costs for Alaskan ratepayers, and mitigate natural gas shortages by establishing a virtual net metering program for small-scale renewable energy generation. “This legislation marks a pivotal […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging the owner and captains of two crab catcher vessels with illegally transporting crab from Alaska, in violation of the Lacey Act. According to court documents, Corey Potter is the owner of the two crab catching vessels, and Justin Welch and Kyle Potter […]