At the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, the installation commander has declared a public health emergency due to an elevated risk on the base for “sustained community transmission.”
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Airman at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage is one of Alaska’s coronavirus cases
According to a media release, the airman recently traveled overseas and is now self-quarantining at home.
How do you remove an underwater mine? Very carefully, and with lots of robotics.
The U.S. Navy launched submersibles that ran back and forth across Juneau’s downtown harbor, making maps and looking for objects that were unusual or out of place.
US Navy holds exercise in Gastineau Channel
Sailors will be simulating the search and disposal of underwater explosives, or mines.
Amid the ferry shutdown, an Angoon school asked the Coast Guard to deliver food
The Chatham School District superintendent says that USDA foods bound for a school in Angoon were stuck in a Juneau warehouse for weeks. The school reached out to the Coast Guard last month requesting they deliver those goods, but that request was denied.
Alaska state lawmaker wants to name new icebreaker ‘Polar Bear’
An Alaska state representative wants the federal government to name one of its new polar icebreakers the Polar Bear, in a nod to a historic American vessel.