The North Star Elementary School in Kodiak was abruptly evacuated at 10:14 am on Wednesday morning after a suspicious package was discovered outside the school troopers reported on the trooper dispatch. All of the students were transported to the Bayside Fire Department where parents were contacted and told to pick up their children, Alaska State […]
More than 2 million residents in the southeastern U.S. state of Florida have been ordered to evacuate their homes as Hurricane Ian makes its slow but steady approach towards the state’s western Gulf Coast region. Forecasters at the Miami-based National Hurricane Center say Ian is moving across the Gulf of Mexico carrying maximum sustained winds […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — As tundra wildfires in Southwest Alaska burned closer to the villages, approximately 50 people from Mountain Village, Pilot Station, Pitkas Point and St. Mary’s were relocated to the Alaska National Guard armory in Bethel as a precaution against the fires and potential smoke inhalation, June 17 – 20. Volunteers from […]
Anchorage, AK – Today, Mayor Dave Bronson issued an emergency order requiring residents in the vicinity of Milepost 7.0 to 7.9 of Hiland Road to evacuate the area, in order for avalanche mitigation efforts to commence. The Mayor issued an emergency disaster declaration on March 26 in response to the Hiland Road Avalanche that occurred […]