Photo: Spc. Marquise Gabriel Elliot. Image-US Army HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – One Soldier was killed and another injured in a vehicle rollover accident during training in the Yukon Training Area Friday, June 14. The vehicle driver, Spc. Marquise Gabriel Elliot, was treated at the scene by medics and transported […]
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]ethel – This morning Orutsararmiut Native Council, in coordination with other Yukon Kuskokwim tribal organizations, submitted another set of letters to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for continuing to issue permits and authorizations despite repeated requests for Government to Government consultation. DNR has not responded to the repeated requests from tribes for […]
[dropcap][/dropcap]A power outage in the Seattle area early Sunday morning grounded Alaska Airlines operations for about an hour between 4:20 am and 5:15 am but was once again up and running after power was restored. High winds in the metropolitan area and the Sea-Tac Airport knocked down power poles and the high winds shut down […]
(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS) in cooperation with local, state, federal and military partners implemented several successful prescribed fire projects this spring to reduce the risk of wildfires on military training areas. There were 31,517 acres and 400 woody debris piles burned on 15 military ranges in […]