Alaska State Troopers are investigating a serious vandalism at the community of Kasigluk airstrip that occurred between Tuesday night and Wednesday night. It was discovered on Wednesday night that 43 runway lights had been destroyed. The discovery came as a medevac aircraft attempted to land on the runway but was unable to because of the […]
Alaska State Troopers, on Saturday, received a call from Russian Mission reporting that approximately 80% of their airport’s runway lights had been damaged by vandalism. The report stated that over 50 of the runway’s had been damaged, and the airport lighting is currently not operational making any night flights, such as medivacs, unable to land at the strip. Damages […]
This winter a fire destroyed a public works building in Anaktuvuk Pass also destroying the electrical system that powers the runway’s lighting system. In the winter, no runway lights means no access to outside emergency medical care and medevacs during the long dark nights – a potentially dangerous situation. The fire raged in the early […]
I slept outside a few nights ago. Lying a platform of packed snow, my face looking upward from the sleeping bag, I squinted at the Big Dipper. Within a few minutes, what appeared to be a moving star slanted across the dipper. Then another. And another. About 10 of them streaked through the Alaska flag […]