Palmer, Alaska – With the upcoming aviation restrictions related to President Obama’s visit to Alaska, Rep. Shelley Hughes wants the thousands of Alaskans who are recreational drone owners to know that small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are not permitted in general to be flown within 5 miles of airports, over crowds or near heavily traveled […]
Alaska State Troopers identified the motorcyclist who died in the Anton Anderson Tunnel on Portage Road as 24-year-old Frederick Jenkins III of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Thursday. It was on Monday that the Tunnel Fire Department, Whittier Police, Girdwood Fire Department and LifeMed Alaska responded to the call reporting the motorcycle accident at 5:11 pm. […]
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 […]
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Soldiers from U.S. Army Alaska’s 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division will be firing 60mm mortars and 105mm howitzers into the Eagle River Flats Impact Area next week, beginning Dec. 8 and ending Dec. 11. Howitzers and mortars are indirect-fire weapons used by […]