JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska National Guard will send a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to Bethel today as part of the State’s effort to prepare for disaster response during the 2021 spring flood season. A Black Hawk and aircrew from the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, Alaska Army National Guard, is scheduled to […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Commissioner for the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe, traveled to Western Alaska last week to meet with Tribal leaders and citizens in Bethel, Tuluksak and Chevak to discuss disaster assistance measures and processes in light of recent emergencies that have occurred in the region, and […]
BETHEL, Alaska – With the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program’s new Acceleration Academy (Bethel), students across Lower Kuskokwim region have a chance to go from eighth grade to a bachelor’s degree in five to six years and save up to $75,000 in college costs. Currently offered in Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, ANSEP’s full-time […]
Alaska State Troopers report that the prisoner who shot a Nunapitchuk Village Police Officer on Tuesday afternoon is in custody and has been charged with a multitude of counts that include Attempted Murder I, Assault I, Assault II, Assault III, Escape I, Misconduct Involving a Weapon III, Misconduct Involving a Weapon IV, and Misconduct Involving […]