Pilot project puts wildfire sensors on Anchorage Hillside [Video]

The Department of Defense (DoD) has released a new Arctic Strategy set to include more collaboration with new NATO allies.

Following the death of Lima Company’s 22 Marines and one Navy Corpsman during a deployment to Iraq in 2005, artist Anita Miller chose to bring attention to those who served.

A pilot project with Chugach Electric is putting wildfire monitors on more than two dozen utility poles on the Anchorage Hillside. Plus, former Mayor Dave Bronson’s transition report reveals some sobering details surrounding the municipality’s challenges with increasing public safety and reducing homelessness.

Though most of Southcentral is starting off Tuesday with clouds, the region will see some sunshine develop by the afternoon and evening hours. Temperatures across the Interior will reach the upper 80s along with mostly sunny skies.