JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON – Across the vast state of Alaska, small parcels of federal land host buildings used by the Alaska Army National Guard after World War II and during the Cold War. Now that these properties are no longer needed by the military, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District is working […]
Fire Marshals find AK Diamond J Ranch conducting business in violation of plan-review regulations (HOMER) – An investigation by the Alaska State Fire Marshal’s office that began last March resulted in a Homer man receiving a summons Wednesday for violating 13 AAC 50.027 (Non-structural plan review and approval; stop work orders). The investigation into AK […]
In Alan Weisman’s book, “The World Without Us,” the author ponders “a world from which we all suddenly vanished. Tomorrow.” In his thought experiment, Weisman travels around the world to explore that question, revealing that cockroaches and bedbugs would not fare well without our sloppiness and warmth, but Theodore Roosevelt’s granite face will stare down […]
JBER, ALASKA – The Newtok Village Council has been awarded 1.7 million dollars in Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds to acquire and demolish Newtok village homes threatened by erosion from the Ninglick River. The HMGP funds will be used to acquire and demolish seven homes in Newtok. The State Hazard Mitigation Advisory Committee has […]