Alaska National Guard Turns Over Rural Armories for Public Use
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The Alaska Army National Guard is handing over ownership of over 60 armories in rural communities, mostly to municipalities.
U.S. Military Brings Free ‘Arctic Care’ to Northwest Arctic Communities
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In “Operation Arctic Care,” around 100 U.S. and Canadian armed forces reservists deploy to 12 Northwest Arctic communities to provide free health care services.
Elder Voices: Steven Agloinga
![White Mountain's oil drum storage area is one contaminated site out of 338 sites on ANCSA land that is still in the clean-up process,. Photo: Laura Kraegel/KNOM.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2015-07-30-laura-k-travels-003-2432px-1200x900.jpg)
Steven Agloinga was born in White Mountain in 1926. Steven shares his story in a rebroadcast of Elder Voices from a 2004 interview with KNOM. Join KNOM every Wednesday at 11am and again at 6pm, for a rebroadcast of the beloved series Elder Voices.
June 1968: Making a dormitory
June 18, 1968 Br. John Huck, SJ and volunteer carpenter Tom Karlin are tearing into an old World War II Army refrigeration building to convert it into a 5-room volunteer dormitory.