Public Safety
DANGER-Valdez Glacier Lake
DEC asks, “Don’t poo in the blue!”
ANCHORAGE, AK – With the summer boating season underway, Department of Environmental Commissioner Jason Brune reminds recreational and commercial boaters that it is illegal to discharge untreated sewage anywhere in the State’s freshwaters or the marine waters within three miles of Alaska’s shores. This includes dumping buckets, leaning over the […]
Taylor Highway, Denali Highway and McCarthy Road Openings
The Taylor Highway is Open to EagleDrivers are encouraged to check road conditions at 511.alaska.gov before traveling. (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – The Taylor Highway is now open from the Alaska Highway to the city of Eagle. Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) Maintenance and Operations crews started removing snow and ice […]
Sourdough Campground Temporarily Closed
U.S. Marshal Calls are a SCAM-KCHU Audio
Alaskans all over the state are reporting getting calls from the U.S. Marshals Service threatening to charge or arrest people unless they hand over money. The U.S. Marshals office says it’s a scam.
BLM Virtual Meeting 5/25/21
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Bureau of Land Management will hold a virtual Alaska Resource Advisory Council (RAC) meeting on May 25, 2021. The public is welcome to attend.
Alaska SB121-Drinking Water Protection
5.7 17 Miles from Cantwell Sways the Area 9:10am 4/8/21
Preliminary information from the United States Geological Survey state that the 5.7 magnitude earthquake was 27 km southeast of Cantwell, which is 323 miles from Valdez, at 9:10:18 this morning at a depth of 77.7 km.