YAKUTAT, Alaska — Approximately 50 Alaska National Guard service members, volunteers from the Salvation Army, AKNG Child and Youth Program and others visited the southeastern Alaskan city of Yakutat, Dec. 18, 2024. Operation Santa Claus is an annual community outreach program aimed at delivering holiday cheer to rural Alaskan communities. “This is such an exciting […]
Yakutat, AK – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) convened a summit featuring representatives from government agencies and companies responsible for maintaining the Automated Surface Observing Systems (ASOS) in Yakutat to collaborate on better practices to reduce travel delays and bolster safety in Alaska aviation. Participants included Director of the National Weather Service (NWS) Ken Graham, the […]
More than a century ago, eight prospectors were panning the glacial sands near Hubbard Glacier when the Earth starting shaking and never seemed to stop. A few days later, they had survived a natural phenomenon they probably should not have. Geologists Ralph Tarr and Lawrence Martin, in the area a few years later to study […]