Memorial Day observances will start at 11 a.m. at Evergreen Cemetery in downtown Juneau and at the Alaska Memorial Park on Riverside Drive in Mendenhall Valley.
Military
Group of Alaska Air National Guardsmen first to reach top of Denali this year
Five members of Alaska’s Air National Guard reached to the top of Mount McKinley in Denali National Park on May 9.
Vietnam POW urges students to rely on ‘parachute packers’
Navy Capt. Charlie Plumb (Ret.) was the last speaker for this year’s Pillars of America series
Decades late, Alaska’s first governor gets his discharge papers
Alaska Territorial Guard members never received formal discharge papers from the United States government, including some well-known Alaskans.
Navy Launches Its First Drone Squadron
The U.S. Navy is inaugurating its first squadron that mixes advanced unmanned drones with conventional aircraft.
North Korea May Have A Nuclear Warhead To Put On A Missile, Says Pentagon
The Pentagon’s intelligence arm has “moderate confidence” that North Korea may have developed the technology to create nuclear weapons that are small enough to fit on a long-range missile.