On September 27, 2011, an experimental tactical communication satellite was launched at the Kodiak Launch Complex in memory of the 30 United States service members who died in a helicopter shotdown in Afghanistan on August 6, 2011. This event (TacSat -4 mission) was headed by the Department of Defense, Office of Operationally Responsive Space. “There may [...]
Fairbanks Itinerant Public Health Nurse, Rachelle Hill, is scheduled to visit Healy, Cantwell and Anderson in the first weeks of October 2011. Ms. Hill’s visit will be focused on TB testing and immunizations in local schools but will also cover several nursing tasks and services for the people of Fairbanks. “I’ll be focused on getting [...]
Alaska is known as home of some of the world’s rarest and wildest creatures. A pair of Trumpeter Swans are seen each summer in Nenana, Alaska in Alaska’s great Interior. Nenana is located just 54 miles southwest of Fairbanks, Alaska on the George C. Parks Highway. Many Alaskans are starting to notice the increase of [...]
Alaskans can now enjoy a high quality copy of the film “Survive” after FilmWorks Entertainment made it available on DVD and VOD on September 20, 2011. Directed by American filmmaker, Ronald Jerry, “Survive” is a movie about surviving the treacherous Alaskan wilderness and infamous weather. Watch the trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUR6ouItCFY “At the end of a [...]
On September 1, 2011, Alaskan Brewing Co. partnered with 6 other Wisconsin-based brewing companies to spread the great taste of Alaskan beers to the state. This year the Juneau-based Alaskan Brew Crew celebrates their 25th year of handcrafting award-winning beers brewed with the historic recipes and local ingredients of the Last Frontier. “Customers have been [...]
Let’s start October with a blast as two of the best rollergirls teams in Alaska compete at the 4th Season of Rage City Rollergirls tournament. If you’ve missed the other seasons, be sure not to miss the battle between the brave Sockeye Sallys and the tough Fairbanks Rollergirls at the Dena’ina Center on October 1, [...]
Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is one of the 32 US senators who sent a joint letter to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV) and Ranking Member Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) regarding the mark up of Pilot’s Bill of Rights or S. 1335. This bill grants US aviators greater transparency in their [...]
Road signs are being added to all four main highways in Alaska. After the recent death of a Girdwood man along Seward Highway, Alaska now has an official record of 41 deaths resulting from 37 fatal crashes on the road. The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities identified 4 reasons behind it: Engineering, Education, Enforcement, and [...]
Three new college interns will start training in Senator Lisa Murkowski’s Washington office this fall. In an announcement made by Murkowski herself, she named her newest interns as Sarah Boger from Fairbank, Angela Fricilone, of Fairbanks, and Tamara Teller from Chugiak. “It’s one thing to learn theory and models of political science or international affairs [...]
Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, was chosen as the leader of the Senate Oceans Caucus (SOC), a bipartisan caucus dedicated in addressing issues related to the nation’s latest in ocean research and policy. This position has been given to Murkowski a day before SOC’s first meeting where the remaining co-chairpersons will be named. “It’s an honor [...]