On the cusp of Interior Alaska’s springtime, Melinda Webster will not experience it this year. She’ll miss most of summer, too. Webster will soon head north of Earth’s landmasses, to spend the next half year cradled in ice. Webster, a sea-ice specialist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, will in a […]
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – Army officials have identified the USARAK Soldier who was found dead on post Thursday, Sept. 19. Sgt. Ken Conrad Chambers was a signal support system specialist with the 70th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division. Chambers, 33, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, joined […]
An Anchorage insurance saleperson who also worked as an Identity Theft Protection Specialist with Harvard Risk Management of Alaska was sentenced to 54 months in federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge Sharon L Gleason, it was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder. Kara Hayden pleaded guilty to charges of Bank Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft in early […]