Investment supports transportation safety, resiliency, and economic vitality (Fairbanks, Alaska) — Interior Alaskans will start to see significant improvements along the Alaska Richardson and Steese Highways with the replacement of four additional bridges under the Governor’s Amended FY24 Capital Budget. “We have bridge infrastructure on our National Highway System routes in the interior that date back […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On May 23, an Anchorage jury found 30-year-old Rigoberto Walker guilty of attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, third-degree assault, and fourth-degree assault. Today, the same jury found that Walker’s victim was particularly vulnerable. At trial, the evidence showed that 74-year-old A.S. was gardening outside of the assisted living facility at which […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — To establish the Air National Guard Sept. 15, 1952, in the Alaska territory before statehood, the effort required a single-minded Alaska sourdough and aerospace visionary in Col. Larry “Lars” Johnson. According to “The Guard” by 1st Lt. James Richardson, Johnson had worked as a miner at Independence Mine near Palmer before […]
ANCHORAGE – Four Anchorage individuals involved in a bribery and fraud scheme to obtain Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) government contracts with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have been sentenced in federal court. Donald Garner, 50, owner of Veteran Ability, was a government contractor who provided various services to the U.S. government, including […]