Alaska
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Thompson Pass northeast of Valdez, shown here in April 2017, is one of the snowiest places on the planet. (Photo by Ned Rozell) Last week, as most of Alaska joined the cryosphere and became snow-covered, one area again stood out as one of the snowiest places on the planet. Twenty-one highway miles northeast of Thompson […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Kenai man was arrested Monday on charges of making interstate threats to kidnap and injure a current U.S. Senator. According to court documents, Arther Graham, 46, sent a web form submission to a U.S. Senator on Sept. 28, 2023, threatening to injure the Senator. Congressional staff members reported the threat to […]
An Alaska man has been arrested and charged with threatening to kidnap and injure a U.S. senator, according to a federal complaint unsealed this week. Arther Charles Graham was arrested Monday in his hometown of Kenai, Alaska, in connection with one criminal count. He is being held in Anchorage and has a detention hearing set […]
Two U.S. Army soldiers died and 12 others were injured on Monday after a military vehicle flipped en route to a training exercise in Alaska, the U.S. Army Alaska said. The truck, a light medium tactical vehicle used for troop transport, was traveling to a training near Salcha, Alaska, about 30 miles southeast of Fairbanks, […]
Alaska Airlines announced on Monday that it was adding nonstop flights between San Diego and Atlanta. The flights departing from SAN mid-morning will arrive in the city in Georgia during the late afternoon, then turn around and return to America’s finest city by early evening. “Not only are San Diego and Atlanta popular destinations for […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska Army National Guard rescued two hunters 15 miles north of Chakachamna Lake near Merrill Pass Aug. 16. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center asked the Guard for assistance after receiving a call from a good Samaritan aviator who spotted the hunters’ downed aircraft while flying in the […]
An Alaska National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter from Golf Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, conducts a training mission May 31, 2023, near Colony Glacier. (Alaska National Guard photo by Dana Rosso) (Photo Credit: Dana Rosso) VIEW ORIGINAL JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska Army National Guard . . .
The US dispatched four destroyers and aircraft after 11 Russian and Chinese ships went close to Alaska state, according to a report by WSJ. The United States deployed four navy warships after Russian and Chinese naval forces conducted joint patrols near the Alaskan coast, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). At […]
Dennis Carlyle/Digital/US Northern Command The North American Aerospace Defense Command and US Northern Command Headquarters building on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, is pictured in 2018. CNN — A Russian and Chinese naval patrol consisting of several vessels operated off the coast of Alaska last week, defense officials and lawmakers said over the weekend – […]
Four destroyers and P-8 aircraft were deployed to shadow the formation. August 6, 2023, 6:38 PM ET • 4 min read A Russian and Chinese naval formation patrolled “near Alaska” last week but “was not considered a threat,” U.S. Northern Command said Sunday. “Air and maritime assets under our commands conducted operations to assure the […]