KOTZEBUE, Alaska – With winter freeze-up just around the corner, Kotzebue residents and responders from across Alaska are racing against time to clean up and recover from a powerful fall storm that flooded the town, displaced more than 80 residents, and damaged dozens of homes. The Alaska Organized Militia, local responders and support teams from […]
Damaged bridge will be closed from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m. daily for two weeks starting June 21 (Fairbanks, Alaska) — The Dalton Highway will close nightly to all traffic across the Koyukuk River bridge (MP 188.5) for 12 hours from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m. for emergency repairs to several girders as well as […]
Ketchikan shipyard welders worked extended hours to replace and repair damaged steel, other repairs remain. (ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – Welders in the Ketchikan Shipyard worked extended hours to replace and repair damaged steel on the M/V Matanuska, a critical component in the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS). The ship serves Bellingham, Juneau, Haines and Skagway, among […]