Hot and dry weather and winds from the north-northeast pushed the Swan Lake fire within two miles of the Sterling Highway on Sunday. The advancing wildfire prompted a closure of the highway and the relocation of firefighters as the flaming front became obscured in smoke. Alaska Interagency Management Team asked for traffic to be […]
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook the inhabitants of the southern Kenai Peninsula and Kodiak Island awake at 1:52 am. While the quake was quite significant, the tsunami center reported that no tsunami is expected. The shaker was generated at a depth of 40 miles beneath the mouth of Cook Inlet near the Barren Islands […]
[dropcap]J[/dropcap]oint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska – Governor Michael J. Dunleavy has extended the application period for the State of Alaska’s Individual Assistance Program for 30 days. The Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHS&EM) is now accepting applications for the State Individual Family Grant and Temporary Housing programs until Feb. 28, 2019. The […]
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] huge earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6, the largest for the southcentral area in several decades, shook up that portion of Alaska at 8:29 am originating just under seven and a half miles north of central Alaska’s biggest city at a depth of 23.9 miles. Six minutes later, that quake was followed by an aftershock just […]