Fort Wainwright News

More than nine months after his Stryker combat vehicle was blown up in Iraq, Army Spc.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following men and women are being recognized for their enlistment, promotion, retirement or duty change within various branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Soldiers in Iraq are breathing bad air, according to an Alaska researcher who for almost two years has monitored air quality in two camps in Baghdad.

The Obama administration has taken credit for canceling or modifying more than 170 proposed projects to prevent waste in the $787 billion stimulus program, yet government records show projects similar to those rejected have received millions in stimulus funds.

A North Pole couple accused of abusing the woman's 2-year-old daughter considered bringing another child to authorities to cover up the abuse, court documents allege.

Fairbanks police are searching for a man accused of threatening to kill his estranged wife.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District will expand academic, career training and social support programs for children of military families using a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defensea s school division.

Mark Begich says he has nothing to hide about budget considerations during his time at Anchorage mayor.

Fort Wainwrighta s Task Force 49 is now known as the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade.

Sgt. Ricardo Montoya poses for a photograph after discussing how he pushed a medic out of the way of an insurgent grenade Friday afternoon, October 16, 2009, at Base Camp Eatery.

Walking past the onion-domed St. Michael's Cathedral in Sitka this Alaska Day weekend, I was struck by the kaleidoscope of costumes.

U.S.i3 4 Army Col. Burdett K. Thompson, a former Franklin County resident, was presented the 2009 Ferrum College Distinguished Alumni Award during a recent meeting of the association.

Now that the troops are back home, some formal ceremonies are in order, including a round of Battalion Balls beginning in early November.

It's a cool Wednesday morning in September in Fairbanks, the type of fall morning on which you might see soldiers at nearby Fort Wainwright out for a run.

Location counts - whether you're buying a home or setting up a joint training range.

An occasional series featuring stories of military men and women far from home and their loved ones here.

Below are the names of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry, and support soldiers who died in support of the brigade's recent mission in Iraq.

Army Spc. Michael S. Cote Michael Cote wasn't supposed to focused on romance during basic training.

Maj. Anthony Meador is near the end of his third tour in Iraq as an Army aviator.

A truck tumbled down a steep Parks Highway embankment Friday morning near Ester, bursting into flames and resulting in serious burns for the man who was apparently driving the vehicle.