The Army Corps of Engineers and its contractors have demolished the building that housed an old nuclear power plant on Fort Greely as part of the decommissioning process for the facility. They’re now preparing to remove highly radioactive materials from the site.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold two meetings next week to present a progress report on the demolition and decommissioning of an old nuclear power plant on Fort Greely.

Even though soldiers are still getting paid, nonprofit groups that serve military members around the state say they’re seeing increased need for essentials and assistance with bills.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a $16.7 million dollar grant to begin construction of the first veterans cemetery in the Interior.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, dispatched U.S. aircraft Wednesday to intercept four Russian military planes flying in international airspace off Alaska.

The route would be a two-way corridor for ships to travel between the northern edge of the Bering Strait and the US-Canada maritime border.

An F-35 fighter jet crashed at Eielson Air Force Base back in January because water-contaminated hydraulic fluid caused an ice buildup in the plane’s landing gear. That’s the conclusion of a panel of experts who compiled a report on the crash that was issued Tuesday by Eielson’s higher headquarters, the Pacific Air Forces.

UPDATE: The North American Air Defense Command, or NORAD, detected and tracked Russian military surveillance planes on Wednesday and Thursday that were flying through international airspace off the coast of Alaska.

Thousands of U.S. and allied servicemembers, along with aircraft, naval vessels and other equipment, began a large military training exercise Thursday around Alaska and in areas offshore. Northern Edge 2025 is one of two exercises now under way in Alaska.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command says it detected and tracked Russian warplanes flying in international airspace Tuesday off the coast of Alaska.