JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – In an isolated village nestled in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region of Alaska and only accessible by boat or plane, Air National Guard Master Sgt. Ella Doak was honored for her military service during a Nov. 9 retirement ceremony at the Kipnuk School. Closing out a military career that spanned over […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — On the bright, chilly morning of March 5, a small crowd of onlookers and well-wishers listened to the sound of the Alaska Air National Guard’s C-130H Hercules turboprops recede into the distance for the last time. The wing’s divestiture of the last of the 144th Airlift Squadron’s C-130s marks a sea […]
“I always kept in mind and heart that I was there in the legislature to stand up and represent people in my district who cannot afford to hire a lobbyist.” – Senator Johnny Ellis Today, Senator Johnny Ellis (D-Anchorage) announced that he will not seek reelection to the Alaska state legislature. Senator Ellis’ long and […]
(KODIAK, Alaska) – After 34 years of patrolling Alaska fisheries as one of the largest vessels in the Alaska Wildlife Trooper Fleet, the Patrol Vessel Woldstad is being decommissioned. The P/V Woldstad is a 121-foot, 300 ton vessel. With its home Port in Kodiak, it patrolled from Kodiak Island to the Bering Sea and Bristol […]