HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – A U.S. Army Alaska soldier was found dead in his vehicle in Fairbanks Friday, Nov. 26. The cause of death is under investigation by the Alaska State Troopers and the Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID). Foul play is not suspected. Spc. Isaiah Nicholas Oneal, 22, was […]
Troopers, after a two-day search, report that the search for aleknagik man, 30 year-old Michael Andrew, resulted in searchers finding remains. The call into overdue four wheel traveler Andrew, went in to troopers at 3:16 pm on Friday after he failed to return from his trek to Marsh Mountain in southeast Alaska. A hasty search […]
WASHINGTON — General Colin Powell, the first Black U.S. secretary of state and a former chairman of the military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, died Monday from complications of COVID-19. He was 84. His family announced his death in a Facebook posting, saying, “We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American.” […]
The Iditarod Nation lost a great storyteller on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. Hobo Jim Varsos succumbed to cancer in Nashville Tennessee. Jim started his life journey in Indiana in 1952. He was raised in Madison Wisconsin, and began playing the guitar when he was 12 years old. In the mid nineteen sixties, Jim decided to […]
JUNEAU – Alaska Senate President Peter Micciche released the following statement today after learning of the passing of former Alaska Senate President Clem Tillion. “Clem Tillion dedicated his life to public service. A WWII Veteran, Clem served nine terms in the Alaska State Legislature and remained active in public life until the very end. He […]