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 […]
A Two Rivers man died from injuries at mile 12 of Chena Hot Springs Road, troopers reported on the trooper dispatch. At 1:26 am on Sunday morning, troopers received reports of a vehicle/moose collision on the road. The investigation found that the driver, 50-year-old Larry Woods and his passenger, Edith Woods, 53, both of Two […]
Two persons were injured and a third person died in a Parks Highway rollover that occurred on Thursday afternoon, troopers reported on Friday morning. Troopers were called out to the accident at mile 120.5 of the Parks Highway at 3:47 pm on Thursday. When they arrived, they found that the driver of the vehicle, 31-year-old […]