ADOT&PF Closes Whittier Tunnel Due to Winds

ADOT&PF Closes Whittier Tunnel Due to Winds

In a press release, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) announced the closure of the Whittier Tunnel due to high winds in the area. ADOT$PF said that North America’s longest combined vehicle-railroad tunnel will remain closed until the high winds subside. Hi winds of up to 75 miles per hour are forecast in […]

Notorious ‘El Chapo’ Escapes from Mexican Prison

Notorious ‘El Chapo’ Escapes from Mexican Prison

Drug lord and head of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, Joaquin Guzman, also known as “El Chapo,” has escaped from prison for a second time in Mexico, this time from the high-security Altiplano prison fifty miles outside of Mexico City. The incarcerated Guzman made good his escape through a mile-long tunnel that connected to the prison’s […]