Eielson Air Force Base officials wants to build nine radar sites around the eastern Interior for military pilots to use for training. And they’re asking for public comments on their proposal, which must be submitted by the end of next week.

After years of site surveys and analysis, the Army Corps of Engineers is preparing to begin dismantling a long-mothballed nuclear power plant at Fort Greely this summer.

The Pentagon may move ahead this summer on a proposal to build a small self-contained nuclear power plant on Eielson Air Force Base. A senior Air Force official updated state lawmakers on the project last week.

Workers are putting the final touches on a new child development center at Fort Wainwright. When it opens this summer, it’ll be the Army’s biggest facility for infants, toddlers and preschoolers. And it’ll take some of the pressure off other Fairbanks-area child-care providers.

A team of specialists with the Army Corps of Engineers and a contractor has completed another round of work in preparation for resuming a decommissioning and dismantling project on the old mothballed SM-1A nuclear power plant at Fort Greely.

Chinook winds that exceeded 80 mph Tuesday caused damage in areas around Delta Junction and Denali. The southerly airflow also set or tied some daily high temperature records.

A Delta Junction man was killed Sunday in a wreck near Fort Greely when his SUV slammed into the back of a slow-moving Army Humvee on the Richardson Highway, according to Alaska State Troopers.

More than 10,000 soldiers will converge on the Donnelly Training Area near Fort Greely next week in preparation for the largest military training exercise of its kind. And the 11th Airborne Brigade will begin moving equipment into the area later this week in convoys on the Parks and Richardson highways.

The Army has released a report on its investigation into a mid-air helicopter crash in a remote mountainous area 60 miles south of Fort Wainwright that killed three soldiers last April.

Congress approved an $886 billion defense bill Thursday and sent it to President Biden for his signature. The measure calls for more than $200 million in funding for construction projects at Alaska military installations, and a pay raise for service members.