Alaska House Majority Coalition

This week I had the opportunity to join Alaska’s Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs on a tour of the joint operations at JBER – the Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson. Highlights included visiting the barracks of the 22-week Alaska Military Youth Academy, climbing in a helicopter with the National Guard, and watching the Homeland Security and Emergency Management teams in action responding to the 7.0 earthquake.

The snow has finally arrived! Roads are icy, so please remember to drive slow and take a few extra seconds at the stop light for oncoming traffic.

Since November 30, we’ve heard many stories about how members of the Anchorage and surrounding community fared during the recent earthquake, and we know many friends and neighbors may be in need of assistance. If you or someone you know suffered loss as a result of the earthquake and needs assistance, please let us know and we can try our best to help out.

I hope you are well after a week of very unwelcome house and building shakes. I haven't been a big fan of them, but now I know where my flashlights are! I'm very happy about how well our neighbors, teachers, public safety personnel, health care workers (zero hospital patient injuries that I've heard of!) and others have handled a stressful earthquake.