FAIRBANKS – Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS) Smokejumpers will take to the sky starting Thursday, April 5 in preparation for the upcoming fire season. Training jumps will occur through April and May, primarily between 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The tempo will increase May 9-11 with the addition of parachuted cargo […]
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker on Tuesday signed Administrative Order No. 292, establishing the Governor’s Commuter Rail Advisory Task Force. The nine-member group is being formed to determine the feasibility of a commuter rail service connecting Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Valley. Right now, an average of 50,000 drivers commute daily on the lone ground transportation […]
(JUNEAU, Alaska) – The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) announced today that the M/V Tustumena has returned to service for communities in Southwest Alaska and the Aleutian chain. The M/V Tustumena is one of ten ferries providing essential service in coastal and non-port communities. Individuals, businesses, and local governments rely on the ferry system to […]
A mixture of young and veteran Alaska firefighters left BLM Alaska Fire Service facilities at Fort Wainwright Friday morning to help with the busy fire season in the Lower 48. Three emergency firefighter crews from Upper Kalskag, Selawik and Noorvik plus the University of Alaska-Fairbanks Nanook Fire Crew were handed two sack lunches and boarded […]