A Personal Locator Beacon was activated and picked up by the Alaska Rescue Coordination Cewnter on Thursday at 4:06 pm. The beacon was activated at the Medfra runway approximately 31 miles northwest of Nikolai. Shortly after, troopers received another call reporting that a tree had fallen on 55-year-old Roger Seavoy, and Seavoy suffered head and neck injuries […]
A soldier stationed at Fort Wainwright, 28-year-old Stephen Michael St. Hilaire, was sentenced to 6 years in Federal prison for possession of child pornography by U.S. District Court Judge Ralph R. Beistline on Tiesday, it was revealed by the Justice Department. The conviction and sentencing on the charges stems from an investigation carried out by […]
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – The first two AH-64 Apache helicopters for U.S. Army Alaska’s Aviation Task Force are set to arrive at Ladd Army Airfield here Thursday afternoon. The new helicopters will arrive inside a U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy, the largest transport aircraft in the Air Force inventory. The helicopters […]
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker Wednesday expressed his disappointment and concern over the U.S. Army’s decision to remove 2,600 troops from Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson and 75 troops from Fort Wainwright, but said he will not stop fighting to keep those soldiers in Alaska. This reduction is a part of the U..S. Army’s larger effort […]