Fort-Richardson News

MCPL. Jeff Baitman with the Canadian forces in Alaska, stands Wednesday by wreathes during a Canadian Remembrance Day ceremony at the Fort Richardson National Cemetery in Anchorage.

Brig. Gen. Thomas Katkus, the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, will be on hand for the Wednesday morning ceremony.

Jolene Twohy, 27, is a combat medic in the Army and has served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Pioneer Homes and VA Near Agreement on Free Meds Dave Donaldson, APRN a ' Juneau The Pioneer Homes, the statea TMs assisted living facilities, and the Veteransa TM Administration are close to a permanent agreement that will provide free prescribed medicine to veterans who live in the facilities.

An Alaska-based paratrooper from West Virginia has been killed in Afghanistan. Army officials on Friday identified the soldier at 25-year-old Spec.

Under the bright lights inside Buckner Physical Fitness Center on Fort Richardson Army Post Oct.

Police have identified the body of a man found in the woods of Muldoon near Fort Richardson as that of 45-year-old Jefferson Otei, who was reported missing Fri., Oct.

An Anchorage social worker who works with children on Elmendorf Air Force Base has been arrested on a charge of possessing child pornography after police say they found graphic images of child abuse in his possession.

The 4th Brigade Combat Team from Fort Richardson is seven months into a one-year deployment in Afghanistan.

Commander Col. Michael Howard said in a Friday teleconference with reporters that the brigade has made progress in protecting civilians from insurgents, has built 240 miles of roads and restored 29 schools, five medical facilities and three courthouses.

Army officials say the process of combining Elmendorf Air Force Base and Fort Richardson into one joint operation will begin early next year.

A Fort Richardson-based soldier is scheduled to receive the Purple Heart for combat injuries suffered in Iraq in 2004.

Senior Airman Matt Coleman-Foste / Senior Airman Matt Coleman-Foster / U.S. Air Force An Army Citation-560 aircraft was forced to perform a gear-up landing at the Elmendorf airfield at 3:24 p.m. Oct.

State, gas suppliers, politicians, ratepayers tell RCA company shouldn't be able to recover $5.7 million The battle continues over who should bear the burden of Enstar Natural Gas Co.'s $5.7 million overbilling of the U.S. Department of Defense for natural gas deliveries.

TESTIMONY: Company's request to continue passing cost of mistake on to consumers raises public ire.

State regulators are preparing for a hearing from 5 to 7 p.m. today to hear from the public on a proposal by Enstar Natural Gas Co.

I chair the Legislature's Military and Veteran's Affair Committee. As chair, I promised to attend to the greatest degree possible all local military deployments, all welcome homes, all funerals and memorials, and other events including Military Appreciation Day.

The 150 soldiers of Fort Richardson's 62nd Transportation Company are scheduled to arrive home Sunday from 15 months duty in Iraq, the Army said.

APD officers stopped Ronald Anthony Anderson Jr., 29, of Anchorage at the Fort Richardson gate after he was observed driving erratically on the Glenn Highway at 12:24 a.m. Sept.

Soldiers from the U.S. Army's 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment , based at Fort Richardson, Alaska, fire a 120mm mortar during a fire mission at the combat outpost Zerok in East Paktika province in Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept.