WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thursday, Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK), alongside Representatives Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Tracey Mann (R-KS), and Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), introduced the Air Traffic Control Workforce Development Act of 2025, bipartisan legislation to tackle the nation’s air traffic controller staffing shortage and invest in the future of American aviation. The legislation codifies and expands the […]
Beluga whales are highly social and vocal marine mammals. They use acoustics to navigate, find prey, avoid predators and maintain group cohesion. For Alaska’s critically endangered Cook Inlet beluga population, these crucial communications may compete with a cacophony of noise from human activities. New research from the University of Washington, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Alaska Fisheries […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Army has identified the 11th Airborne Division soldier who was killed in a two-vehicle accident on JBER Sunday, May 28. Pfc. Arath Esau Martinez-Arguelles, 20, of Sherman Oaks, California, a passenger, died from injuries he sustained when he was ejected from the vehicle during the collision. First responders transported […]
Alaska State trooper responded to mile 24 of the Seward Highway north of the city of Seward on Saturday afternoon after receiving a call of a pedestrian “creating a significant hazard” because he was walking in and out of traffic on the highway troopers reported Monday. When Seward-based troopers arrived at the location, they discovered […]