ANCHORAGE – Jose Luis Rodriguez-Vazquez was sentenced on February 23, 2023, to 46 months in prison for federal drug conspiracy and passport fraud charges. According to a criminal complaint filed in September of 2010 by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Rodriguez-Vasquez distributed over 50 grams of methamphetamine to an undercover agent during a controlled purchase operation. […]
The Project on Government Oversight has called on President Biden to fire Joseph Cuffari, the DHS inspector general who withheld information about the deleted messages from Congress for months. It was revealed Thursday that additional text messages sent and received by Department of Homeland Security officials before and during the January 6, 2021 assault on the […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska’s Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management has been in coordination with all affected jurisdictions in the interior this week after heavy snowfall in the region over the weekend caused power outages and building damage. The State Emergency Operation Center has not received any local disaster declarations from the […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The City of Unalakleet issued a local disaster declaration on Feb. 26, after a combination of wind and extreme cold weather resulted in power outages, and damage to the community’s water distribution system. Currently, the community has sources of drinking water and is taking water conservation measures. The Division of […]