JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker proclaimed Friday, March 27th, 2015 as “1964 Alaskan Earthquake Remembrance Day,” and ordered all state flags to be lowered to half-staff to honor those lives lost on that tragic day. At a magnitude of 9.2, the Good Friday Earthquake is the second largest earthquake in recorded history. Its force was […]
Flags were ordered lowered for slain soldier Sgt First Class Ramon S. Morris on Friday by Alaska’s governor Bill Walker it was announced on Thursday. From Manhattan, Sgt Morris was assigned to A Company, 3rd Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division in Fort Hood, Texas. Morris served three tours in Iraq before going to Afghanistan. This tour […]
Flags will be lowered to half mast on Friday and will remain so until Sunday as ordered by Alaska’s governor, Sean Parnell, who made the announcement on Monday. The flags will be lowered to honor Sgt Patrick Johnson and Trooper Gabriel Rich, who were shot in the village of Tanana while responding to a call […]