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Villagers Seek Removal of Old Military Containers
Channel 2 NewsThe village of Anaktuvuk Pass has asked the National Park Service for permission to remove rusty fuel drums left behind by the Department of Defense more than 50 years ago. Most of the debris is located on Native allotments or Arctic Slope Regional...Tags: National Parks
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Sequestration Slashes JBER Civilian Employees' Hours
Channel 2 NewsThe federal sequestration crisis has made its way to Alaska, with military civilian employees in Anchorage already bracing for forced days off that will affect their pay. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson held four town hall meetings Thursday to inform...Tags: Washington, DC, Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Career and Workplace
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Parnell: Washington, D.C. is 'Broken'
Channel 2 NewsFresh off his trip to Washington D.C. for the National Governors Association winter meeting, Governor Sean Parnell is expressing pessimism about the looming federal fiscal crisis due to automatic budget cuts set to take effect Friday. "We've got the...Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Sean Parnell, Government, Government Debt, Budgets and Budgeting
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Pentagon Inspectors Target Report on Fatal Alaska F-22 Crash
Channel 2 NewsA recent report from the Pentagon’s inspector general is taking aim at findings on the fatal 2010 crash of an F-22 Raptor from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson near Talkeetna, which the Air Force blamed on the stealth fighter’s pilot. Capt....Tags: Transportation Accidents, Military Justice, Air and Space Accidents
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APD Arrests Person of Interest, Finds Pickup Truck in JBER Gate-Crashing
Channel 2 NewsJoint Base Elmendorf-Richardson officials say Anchorage police have arrested a person of interest and located the pickup truck used in Saturday morning's gate-crashing incident, which was driven onto the base by a white male and subsequently fired on by...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Defense, Firearms
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Anchorage Firm Wins Bid for Umiat Cleanup
Channel 2 NewsAn Anchorage corporation has won a $15 million contract to clean up soil fron an old test well drilled decades ago. Marsh Creek LLC won the contract from the U.S. Army to clean the soil at test well No. 9. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that was...Tags: U.S. Army
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Reporter's Notebook: Newtok, Village on the Edge
Channel 2 NewsOver the years, Channel 2 has sent me to a number of villages. And of course, there’s my time covering Yup’ik villages in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta for KYUK, the public television and radio station in Bethel. I’ve been lucky to travel to...Tags: Mining, Students, Metal and Mineral, Diabetes, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Pentagon May Take Legal Action Against Former SEAL Author
The Associated PressThe Pentagon's top lawyer has informed the former Navy SEAL who authored a forthcoming book describing details of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden that he violated agreements to not divulge military secrets and that as a result the Pentagon is...Tags: The Pentagon
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Stryker Private Dies in Afghanistan
The Defense Department says a 19-year-old soldier from New York who was based at Alaska's Fort Wainwright has died in Afghanistan.
The military said Tuesday that Pvt. Danny Chen died Monday in Kandahar province. No details of his death were provided....Tags: Armed Forces, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Defense
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Schools Offer Multitude of Services for Military Families
Chugiak-Eagle River StarBeing the new kid in school is hard. But Eagle River High School tries to do all it can to make that transition a little easier. And it’s working. Just ask Meagan Loveland. As someone who’s lived in the Netherlands, New Mexico and most...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Students, Human Interest, Substance Abuse, Health
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Strategic Importance of Alaska Means Major Economic Impacts
Alaska Journal of CommerceLong before there was an oil boom in Alaska, the U.S. military was the main driver of the state economy and while its impact has lessened from Cold War peaks, it remains an indispensable part of life in the Last Frontier. Eighteen months before Pearl...Tags: U.S. Military, World War II (1939-1945), Armed Forces, Personal Income, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Kodiak Missile Defense Funding Issues
Channel 2 NewsA Defense Department decision to extend Boeing Corp.'s contract for the country's ground-based missile defense system means Alaska's aerospace corporation has lost a possible income source. The Alaska Aerospace Corp. partnered with Lockheed Martin to...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Alaska Legislature, Weaponry, Boeing Co., Manufacturing and Engineering
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