WASHINGTON – This week, Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (AK-AL) announced $13 million in bridge support funding from the Department of Transportations’ Bridge Investment Program (BIP). The funding will provide resources for the replacement of Ghiglione Bridge in Denali National Park and Preserve. “This funding is crucial towards creating safer and more accessible transportation in the […]
Two mountaineers who are also University of Alaska Fairbanks students were successful in their attempt to reach the top of North America’s highest peak in summer 2024. On June 7, while they were standing 20,310 feet above sea level, they pulled plastic bottles from their down jackets. They stuffed snow inside those bottles to sample […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Alaska Air National Guard members of 176th Wing, in conjunction with the National Park Service and Talkeetna Air Taxi rescued nine plane crash victims July 12, 2024, at the Tokositna Glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve. According to an NPS news release, K2 Aviation reported to NPS Rangers that one […]