Milepost 37 of the Seward Highway is closed to traffic this morning, February 2, 2012. An avalanche occurred at the “Y” of Seward Highway and Sterling Highway around seven a.m. according to Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF). The avalanche is approximately three to ten feet deep and a hundred feet wide, and [...]
The National Weather Service in Fairbanks, Alaska says that Fort Yukon hit 62 below zero Saturday, which ties a record low of that temperature set in 1909. Bettles, Alaska hit sixty below, which exceeds their low set in 1989. On Facebook, the chatter confirms the frigid temperatures and issues associated with it. John Orrison, of [...]
Project Managers will answer questions at the Alaska Railroad (ARRC) open house to discuss the proposed capital project plans for 2012. The open house will be held at the Alaska Railroad Depot, 1745 Johansen Expressway in Fairbanks on the 31st of January at 4PM-6:30Pm. There are several Interior area projects that will be on display [...]
The storm that hit the coasts of Alaska last year created massive damage on the communities of the affected area which prompted the US Coast Guard to help transfer fuel to the residents in and around Nome, Alaska. The Coast Guard Cutter Healy,the Coast Guard’s only current operating polar icebreaker, broke ice around the Russian-flagged tanker vessel Renda [...]
Marketing via their annual open houses around Alaska’s rail corridor has started for the Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC). Following the first open house in Anchorage is another Alaska Railroad Open House in Evangelos Restaurant, Mile 40 Parks Highway, Wasilla on January 18, 2012 at 4:00-6:30 p.m. A part of the main agenda will be a [...]
Marketing Communications Officer Stephenie Wheeler has announced that the public is invited to join the Alaska Railroad’s (ARRC) open house on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 from 4:00-6:30 p.m at the Anchorage Historic Depot at 411 West First Avenue (Ship Creek). The main agenda of this event is to present an opportunity for concerned Alaskans to review on the [...]
The Blood Bank of Alaska says that January is “Donor Appreciation Month”, and asks that you donate at least four times this year and become a donor who gives the gift of life. The blood bank in Fairbanks provided the posters that are hung up around Nenana so that area residents will know that donations [...]
The workers on the Alaska pipeline who are out in the tundra may have the one of the best chances of any Alaskans, barring the smattering of local residents who live in the northernmost regions of Alaska, of seeing one of the Snowy Owls, and of course the “Snowy Owl Research” project people, who are [...]
Meet the newest Vice President of Business Development of the Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC), as of January 3, 2012, Dale Wade. From now on, Mr. Wade will assume the responsibility of handling all business transactions and activities of the ARRC which will include marketing, promotion, sales, pricing, product design and implementation of freight and passenger services [...]
The law offices of McCarthy, Sweeney & Harkaway of Washington D.C. is home to Harold Babb’s personal lawyer, Jeffrey Jacobovitz, in Babb’s case of unlawful kickbacks, conspiracy to commit bribery and wire fraud and aiding and abetting and causing an illlegal act to be done, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Babb was immediately fired [...]
