JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska National Guard’s Counterdrug Support Program, a joint unit of Air and Army National Guardsmen, supports and partners with the state’s Office of Substance Misuse and Addiction Prevention in addressing a rising trend of opioid overdoses in the state of Alaska. With the initiative Project HOPE, the abbreviated form […]
The Fairbanks Police Department reports that an unarmed man was shot and killed in the 1st Avenue/Cushman area of downtown Fairbanks in a 2:25 pm incident. After the 911 call came into the Fairbanks Emergency Communication Center, officers responded to the location along with the Fairbanks Fire Department. DPS and other Court Services Officers also […]
Swingshift APD officers responded to the Boniface/Debarr Road area at 5:07 pm on Saturday after the department began receiving several REDDI calls reporting a Hit and Run and the continued efforts of the driver trying to run into pedestrians, the Anchorage Police Department reported on Sunday. Patrol officers located the suspect gray 2020 Subaru Outback […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON – Something not often thought about is how buildings are heated on military installations in Alaska – that is, until the system breaks. At King Salmon Air Force Station, a central steam plant has kept the heat running since the Cold War. But, as the years have gone on, the job of […]