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Sen. Cotton to Secret Service: Tell us about the cocaine in the West Wing

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Sen. Cotton to Secret Service: Tell us about the cocaine in the West Wing

U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas wants the U.S. Secret Service to come clean on the information it has about cocaine found in the West Wing of the White House on Sunday.

Cotton wrote to U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and asked that she release the information about the incident. The drug was discovered on Sunday, according to official reporting from the Secret Service.

“I write regarding the Secret Service’s recent discovery of white powder, reportedly confirmed to be cocaine, inside the White House. According to public reports, the Secret Service has not yet confirmed where in the West Wing the cocaine was found. I urge you to release that information quickly, as the American people deserve to know whether illicit drugs were found in an area where confidential information is exchanged,” Cotton wrote.

“If the White House complex is not secure, Congress needs to know the details, as well as your plan to correct any security flaws. Please answer the following questions as soon as
practicable, but in any event no later than 5:00PM on Friday, July 14. Further, please contact my staff to arrange a briefing on this matter, as well as the provision of any answers that are classified or law enforcement sensitive,” he wrote to Cheatle.

The questions Cotton wanted answered are:

  1. Who has access to the White House complex without passing through any security screening? Please provide a complete list of all such individuals.
  2. Who has access to the White House complex while subject to lesser security screening requirements than the most complete screening required of individuals accessing the West Wing? Please provide a complete list of all such individuals, along with a description of the lesser screening requirements and the reasons such individuals are not subject to complete screening.
  3. The Secret Service’s Annual Report for FY2022 notes that the Secret Service’s Personnel Screening K-9 program screens approximately 10 million “visitors to the exterior of The White House each year.” How many visitors to the interior of the White House are screened by the Secret Service’s K-9s each year? Please provide a description of the circumstances under which the Secret Service chooses not to use K-9 screening for West Wing visitors.
  1. In the past five years, how often has the Secret Service encountered illegal drugs at the White House complex? How often were these drugs detected during security screenings, and how often were these drugs encountered inside secure areas?
  2. Section 3056A of Title 18, U.S. Code, provides members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division with the authority to “make arrests without warrant for any offense against the United States committed in their presence, or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony.” Illegally possessing cocaine is a crime under federal law. If the Secret Service discovers the identity of the individual who brought illicit cocaine into the White House complex, will they make an arrest under this provision?
  3. How often does the Secret Service audit its security procedures for the White House complex and adjust those procedures to correct potential flaws? Please provide details regarding the most recent complete audit, including whether it was conducted by the Secret Service or another entity.

Cotton wrote in his capacity as the ranking minority member of the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice & Counterterrorism. No Democrat in the Senate has made such a public request of the Secret Service or the White House for information on the scandal.

The president’s press secretary refused to answer any questions about the cocaine during her latest press briefing, answering only that she would leave the details to the Secret Service.

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Meeting in Eagle River about property rights impacting entire municipality: Thursday at 6:30 pm

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Meeting in Eagle River about property rights impacting entire municipality: Thursday at 6:30 pm

Assemblyman Kevin Cross has called a community meeting for Thursday, July 6, at 6:30 pm to discuss housing challenges of Chugiak-Eagle River and the entire Anchorage bowl.

The meeting is about rezoning all of Anchorage, including Eagle River as far as the Knik Bridge, to add multifamily housing of all types, as well as tiny homes and trailers on any residential lots. People who live in single-family neighborhoods could find a multi-story apartment going up next to them.

The broad zoning change would wipe all of Title 21, the current residential zoning law, and would create two zones — business and residential that would apply to the entire municipality. Service area and non-service area zones would be the new zones — not residential and commercial. Pot shops could pop up, as well as homeless shelters may come into Eagle River, something the community has fought.

Advocates say that this new zoning will help the homeless. Opponents say this change will impact their property values. Eagle River residents have already been activated with an exit movement to vote on leaving the Anchorage municipality and this ordinance could give that effort an added push.

The meeting is in Room 170 at the Eagle River Library at Town Center on 12001 Business Loop Blvd, near the Eagle River Chamber of Commerce.

Downing: ‘Seattle is Dying’ documentary was prophetic

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Downing: ‘Seattle is Dying’ documentary was prophetic

By SUZANNE DOWNING

In 2019, the Seattle news channel KOMO produced “Seattle is Dying,” a documentary by Eric Johnson that has been seen by more than 15 million people on YouTube. 

The homeless industrial complex and liberal apologists lost their minds, and said the production was irresponsible and inaccurate “propaganda.” 

“‘Seattle is Dying’ is something else. It’s propaganda stuffed with overblown and florid rhetoric designed to propose simple answers to complex problems while simultaneously generating fear and pointing fingers,” wrote one liberal-leaning columnist out of Oregon, in a column that did not age well.

It wasn’t propaganda, however. “Seattle is Dying” was prophetic, not just for Seattle, but for cities up and down the West Coast.

Once known as the Emerald City, Washington’s biggest city was, when the documentary was made in 2019 and is today facing a crisis of confidence, as rising crime and a deteriorating quality of life leave residents frustrated and contemplating the exits. 

Some are, in fact, leaving. King County, home to Seattle, saw a net domestic outmigration of -16,035 in 2022, on top of outmigration of net -37,655 in 2021.

Eric Johnson didn’t make up the terrible conditions in the city; he simply pulled back the curtain and called it like he saw it.

Now, a recent poll conducted by Suffolk University for the Seattle Times shows that fully one-third of Seattle residents are considering abandoning the community they once loved. The downtown streets are overrun with lawless vagrants and addicts, leading to a reversal in the city’s reputation as a thriving metropolis.

“Freattle,” as it’s become known by some, is a place where deadbeats and druggies can exploit the city’s generosity.

Yet, the city is not as liberal as many might think. Pew Research Center report reveals that 41 percent of Seattleites lean Republican, while 42 percent lean Democrat, and 17 percent remain undecided. Despite the political diversity, the people elect liberal, and even socialist officials. Between public policy and the homeless industrial complex, families are being driven away. The Seattle Times poll shows that over 50% of the Republicans polled in King County are contemplating leaving.

Among those who are looking for another community than Seattle, 34 percent cite increasing crime as the primary reason. It doesn’t help that Gov. Jay Inslee and the liberal legislature have also created a statewide environment that is unfriendly to families and accommodating to petty thieves, drug pushers, and hardened felons.

The situation in Seattle is also found in Portland, Ore. The most recent U.S. Census reveals that after 15 years of continuous growth, Portland’s population started to decline as people left during the pandemic and working families never came back.

Oregon Population Growth 2022

Further down the coast, the Bay Area has seen population decline across all its counties. Some attribute this decline to the trend of those in the Bay Area choosing not to have children, coupled with insufficient in-migration.

The shrinkage in the Bay Area gained momentum in 2020, partially due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which allowed people to work remotely. With the freedom to choose, many decided to leave for places like Bend, Ore., where the population has been growing at an annual rate of 2.54 percent. Meanwhile, the Bay Area lost 93,000 residents between April 2020 and January 2021.

In 2022, Los Angeles County experienced the largest population decline in the entire state of California, with a decrease of 90,704 residents, continuing its downward trajectory.

Between 2021 and 2022, the county shedded 271,098 residents. That’s equivalent to the population of Anchorage, Alaska.

Even red-state Alaska’s largest city, Anchorage, is not immune to the exodus from liberal-run cities.

Anchorage’s population fell below 290,000 during the last U.S. Census, as people who can afford to move are seeking refuge in the conservative Mat-Su Valley. 

While Anchorage’s assembly and school board have become hotbeds of socialist policymaking, further alienating middle-class families, the Mat-Su Valley, home offers more abundant housing options, fewer burdensome housing regulations, superior schools, and a sense of safety. 

People vote in the politicians who promulgate the policies. And when those policies turn out to make communities into dystopian nightmares, people vote with their feet. Sometimes, those fleeing the ruins end up packing up their liberal leanings and bringing them along, without realizing they’ve created the very problems they are leaving.

The common thread in these dying cities is the liberal value of making life “painless.” The compassionate Left believes that legalizing painkillers makes life more painless. That’s why the Left also pushes universal basic income, universal health care, and SNAP benefits. 

Pain has always been a warning signal and the right to a pain-free life allows people to escape the feedback on their behaviors. Rather than allowing people to get the warning signals to stop whatever it is they are doing, cities are making entire industries that are codependent on enabling and growing bad behaviors. 

In 2019, one brave reporter – KOMO’s Eric Johnson – was right all along. Even though he was pilloried by many of the news pundits and the defenders of big government, Seattle is still dying. And so are Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Anchorage.

Suzanne Downing is publisher of Must Read Alaska.

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Irony alert: Alaskans for ‘Better’ Elections complains that Alaskans for ‘Honest’ Elections is dishonest

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Irony alert: Alaskans for ‘Better’ Elections complains that Alaskans for ‘Honest’ Elections is dishonest

Alaskans for Better Elections, the dark-money group that convinced Alaskans to approve open primaries and ranked choice voting, lodged a formal complaint with the Alaska Public Offices Commission Wednesday, accusing four organizations and two individuals of committing over two dozen violations of campaign finance laws.

The alleged infractions pertain to the groups who are trying to repeal Alaska’s open primary and ranked choice voting system.

The complaint was made against Alaskans for Honest Elections, Alaskans for Honest Government, Ranked Choice Education Association, Wellspring Ministries, Phillip Izon, and Art Mathias. The violations cited in the complaint include:

  1. Wellspring Ministries, an Anchorage church, providing financial support to the campaign activities of the Ranked Choice Education Association without disclosing such assistance.
  2. The Ranked Choice Education Association, recently established as a “church” in the State of Washington, purportedly engaging in activities resembling a ballot group, while concealing donor identities and potentially obtaining illegal tax deductions.
  3. Alaskans for Honest Elections allegedly channeling funds through the Ranked Choice Education Association while failing to disclose their donors and expenditures.
  4. Alaskans for Honest Government operating as an unregistered ballot group, violating the requirements set forth by election regulations.
  5. Philip Izon reportedly reporting fictitious contributions totaling over $200,000, potentially undermining the transparency of campaign finance records.
  6. Multiple instances of failing to properly register with APOC, disclose donors, and report expenditures.

The complaint, filed by election attorney Scott Kendall, comes at a time when Alaskans for Honest Elections appears to have gotten more than half of the signatures the group needs to get the repeal on the ballot next year. However, legal hurdles are ahead, because if the group does get all the signatures, Kendall and Alaskans for Better Elections will surely tie the ballot language up in court. The Alaskans for Better Elections group, once it was successful at the ballot in 2020, formed up as a permanent organization to defend the open primary and ranked choice voting method that statewide elections now fall under.

The ballot measure was sold to voters as a way to get dark money out of politics, but the dark money rules don’t apply to the organization itself.

In fact, Alaskans for Better Elections is funded by Outside dark money associated with hard-leftist causes. According to OpenSecrets.org, as of May 2023, Alaskans for Better Elections received $300,000 from Unite America, a political action committee based in Denver that supports electoral reform efforts to the benefit of left-wing candidates. Unite America is active in other states to replicate what it did in Alaska with the help of Alaskans for Better Elections, which is a pro-Sen. Lisa Murkowski group.

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In the 2020 election cycle, when Alaskans for Better Elections was able to rewrite Alaska’s election laws through the ballot measure it pushed, Unite America gave the group almost $2.9 million, with an another $500,000 from the Unite America Reform Fund.

Alaskans for Honest Elections is funded primarily from individual Alaska donors. It registered with APOC in January to try for a ballot initiative to undo much of what Alaskans for Better Elections has accomplished. But Alaskans for Honest Elections is up against a group with nearly unlimited access to cash and aggressive legal counsel. Alaskans for Honest Elections could now see its bank account drained by having to defend itself.

APOC, an independent regulatory agency responsible for overseeing campaign financing and lobbying activities in Alaska, will investigate the alleged violations. If the allegations are substantiated, the organizations and individuals involved could face financial penalties. If the complaints are found to be without merit, Alaskans for Honest Elections has no recourse for collecting attorney fees and other expenditures from Alaskans for Better Elections.

The complaint in full:

2023.07.05-ABE-APOC-ComplaintDownload
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As Air Force obsesses over diversity, equity, it’s hurting recruitment

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As Air Force obsesses over diversity, equity, it’s hurting recruitment

By CASEY HARPER | THE CENTER SQUARE

The U.S. Air Force has become increasingly focused on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts, and critics say it is hurting recruitment.

Chief of Staff of the Air Force Charles Q. Brown has been a major backer of the DEI efforts. Brown said in the fall of 2020 that DEI was a key focal point of recruiting and a factor in promotions. The Air Force launched a Diversity and Inclusion Task Force in September 2020.

The Air Force is not alone in that transition, though, as the Pentagon and other branches take similar steps to varying degrees.

“Shortly after assuming office, President Joe Biden signed three separate executive orders directing all federal agencies to commit extensive time and resources towards Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts,” Thomas Spoehr, a Heritage expert and retired lieutenant general who served more than 36 years in the U.S. Army, told The Center Square.

Brown helped open the Air Force’s DEI office. Now, the Air Force website includes a litany of materials on the issue cautioning against racism and “unconscious bias.”

An Independent Racial Disparity Review published in December 2020 on the same site includes a “Magnitude of the Problem” section in which the taxpayer-funded office reported that “black Airmen are more likely to face formal disciplinary action than their white peers.”

“Specifically, black service members were 74% more likely to receive Article 15s and 60% more likely to face courts-martial than white service members,” the report said. “The primary offenses where the difference could be seen were: willful dereliction, failure to go to/leaving from appointed place of duty, making a false official statement, and drug-related offenses. Data alone cannot provide insight on the cause of the racial disparity in Air Force discipline, and further analysis is required.”

The site also includes guidance on “Promoting and protecting the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons around the world” and an “In-Service Transition Guide for Transgender Service Members.”

Those materials include guidance on pronouns, gender identity and the Department of Defense’s new focus on ending “homophobia” and “transphobia” around the world.

The Air Force has implemented racial quota goals for officers that roughly line up with the representation those groups have in the general U.S. population.

“It is imperative that the composition of our military services better reflect our nation’s highly talented, diverse, and eligible population,” Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said in a memo with other top officials last year. “This goal continues our progress toward achieving a force more representative of our nation, while leveraging that diversity to enhance the Air and Space Force’s ability to deter, and if necessary, deny our nation’s competitors.”

Meanwhile, the Air Force faces major recruiting issues. Kendall said in a speech in March of this year that Active-duty Air Force is expected to fall short of its 2023 recruiting goal by 10%.

“We are swimming upstream against a reduced propensity to serve nationally across the board and a limited percentage of qualified candidates,” he said.

Spoehr argues that this shift in emphasis to DEI is hurting recruitment.

“Now in 2023 we are seeing some of the results of that push with American citizens and veterans reacting negatively to these political efforts,” Spoehr said. “Military recruitment is having its worst year ever and national polls reflect a loss of confidence by Americans in the military.”

As The Center Square previously reported, these instances are just a few of many across the U.S. military. A recent DOD Comptroller report includes $86.5 million for “dedicated diversity and inclusion activities.”

“The Department will lead with our values – building diversity, equity, and inclusion into everything we do,” the report said.

Congressional Republicans released a report last year detailing many of these examples, including one case where a slide show presentation for the Air Force Academy called “Diversity & Inclusion: What it is, why we care, & what we can do.” That training cautions cadets against using gendered language, such as words like “mom” and “dad.”

“These efforts have had a particularly deleterious impact on the Department of Defense which for decades has prided itself on its tradition of meritocracy where individuals can achieve their highest potential based on their aptitude and hard work, versus their race, sex, and ethnicity,” Spoehr said.

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Quintillion provides update on repairs to Arctic undersea fiber optic cable

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Quintillion provides update on repairs to Arctic undersea fiber optic cable

Quintillion, a provider of undersea fiber optics cable that stretch under the Arctic Ocean and all the way down the Bering Straits to the Aleutians, is gearing up to address a mid-June cable break that has disrupted communication in the region.

Quintillion’s cable broke as “a result of an ice scouring event,” at about 55 km north of Oliktok Point. Ice scouring happens when floating ice drifts into shallower areas and grinds the seabed, damaging the cable infrastructure

The outage affected communities of Nome, Kotzebue, Point Hope, Wainwright, and Utqiagvik, Bethel, and others in between, forcing them to search for satellite alternatives.

The company said last week that all necessary resources, tools, and equipment are now in place to begin repairs, and workers are waiting for the abatement of ice on the Arctic Ocean at the site of the break.

The initial stage of mobilizing repair vessels has been completed, setting the stage for the subsequent phase of repairs. However, due to logistical challenges associated with the icy conditions, future updates may contain fewer details as a result of transit and waiting time for ice abatement, the company said.

To maintain transparency and keep stakeholders informed, Quintillion has provided regular updates on the progress of repair operations.

While no change in the estimated time for repair has been reported, Quintillion is exploring options to expedite the work, evaluating various approaches based on risk profile, probability of success, and safety considerations. Additionally, Quintillion is monitoring ice-free estimates and forecasts.

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Independence Day ruling says Biden cannot pressure social media to remove conservative content

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Independence Day ruling says Biden cannot pressure social media to remove conservative content

REP. MARY PELTOLA VOTED FOR GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP IN MARCH

“If the allegations made by plaintiffs are true, the present case arguably involves the most massive attack against free speech in United States’ history.” 

~ US District Judge Terry A. Doughty

On Independence Day, Louisiana U.S. District Court Judge Terry Doughty declared that the Biden Administration and its multiple agencies have been violating the First Amendment and are forbidden from contacting social media companies to discourage or remove free speech.

The judge concluded that the Biden Administration censored conservative perspectives on social media during the Covid pandemic. In 2022, President Joe Biden hired a “disinformation czar” to crack down on speech that was deemed inaccurate, and Department of Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced that his agency would creating a “Disinformation Governance Board.”

Nina Jankowicz was named the head of the new board. She worked for the National Democratic Institute, which is heavily funded by the National Endowment for Democracy, a left-leaning group. The disinformation board was quickly scrapped due to the controversy around it and the impending lawsuit.

The Tuesday ruling stems from a case filed by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt in May 2022.

“Today, we won an historic injunction against the Biden Administration, preventing it from censoring the core political speech of ordinary Americans on social media,” said Attorney General Landry. “The evidence in our case is shocking and offensive with senior federal officials deciding that they could dictate what Americans can and cannot say on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other platforms about COVID-19, elections, criticism of the government, and more.”

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The court order blocks the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the United States Census Bureau, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Department of Justice, members of the Executive Office of the President of the United States – including the White House Press Secretary, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the United States Department of Homeland Security, and the United States Department of State.

“Today’s historic ruling is a big step in the continued fight to prohibit our government from unconstitutional censorship,” concluded Attorney General Landry. “We look forward to continuing to litigate the case and will vigorously defend the injunction on appeal.”

The topics suppressed on social media allegedly encompassed conservative perspectives on COVID-19, elections, government criticism, and more.

Judge Doughty in his 155-page ruling drew parallels between the case and George Orwell’s dystopian novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” noting that the suppression of conservative viewpoints resembled the works of the “Ministry of Truth.”

He emphasized that all the censored topics on social media related to conservative perspectives, including opposition to COVID vaccines, lockdowns, masking, criticism of the president’s policies, questions regarding the 2020 election, and the Hunter Biden laptop controversy.

“The Plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits in establishing that the Government has used its power to silence the opposition. Opposition to COVID-19 vaccines; opposition to COVID-19 masking and lockdowns; opposition to the lab-leak theory of COVID-19; opposition to the validity of the 2020 election; opposition to President Biden’s policies; statements that the Hunter Biden laptop story was true; and opposition to policies of the government officials in power. All were suppressed. It is quite telling that each example or category of suppressed speech was conservative in nature. This targeted suppression of conservative ideas is a perfect example of viewpoint discrimination of political speech. American citizens have the right to engage in free debate about the significant issues affecting the country,” Doughty wrote.

The judge’s order prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Census Bureau, FBI, U.S. Department of Justice, and members of the president’s executive office from engaging in any discussions with social media companies that involve encouraging, pressuring, or inducing the removal, deletion, suppression, or reduction of content containing protected free speech.

The Biden Administration had argued that the injunction would hinder the federal government’s ability to combat foreign influence on campaigns, prosecute crimes, protect national security, and provide accurate information to the public on matters of grave public concern, such as healthcare and election integrity.

In March, Rep. Mary Peltola voted against a congressional resolution that would bar federal employees from using their official power or influence to promote censorship or to advocate for a third party, such as Twitter or Facebook, to censor Americans or suppress their points of view. Federal employees found to violate the prohibition would be subject to civil penalties. Peltola was on the wrong side of the bill, which passed without Democrat support

The Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act was sponsored by Rep. James Comer of Kentucky. It was supported by the Republican majority in the House, and opposed by Democrats. Peltola and the Democrats also voted on a motion to recommit the bill back to the committee it came from, the House Oversight Committee, but the motion was opposed by the majority.

The free speech case brought by Louisiana is expected to reach the Supreme Court.

Russian MiG-31 jets operating off Alaska, one crashes into Pacific near Kamchatka Peninsula

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Russian MiG-31 jets operating off Alaska, one crashes into Pacific near Kamchatka Peninsula

A Russian MiG-31 fighter jet has crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia announced Tuesday. Kamchatka is directly across from the Aleutian Chain in Alaska.

A day earlier, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said that it had detected four Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone. It’s unclear if the two incidents are related.

Pravda, a pro-government news site in Russia, says the fate of the crew is unknown but other reports say the two onboard perished in the crash. The Russian state news agency TASS has issued no statement.

The Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone is regularly breached by Russian military jets, but NORAD says they are not a threat, just require monitoring.

“NORAD employs a layered defense network of satellites, ground-based and airborne radars and fighter aircraft to tract aircraft and inform appropriate actions,” NORAD said in a press release on July 4.

In April, a Russian MiG-31 fighter jet caught fire and spectacularly crashed near the city of Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, near Finland. The two crew-members ejected before the plane hit the ground.

Whittier fuel dock burns, two injured

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Whittier fuel dock burns, two injured

The fuel dock at the Whittier harbor burned on Tuesday. Responding to the fire were units from the Whittier police and emergency services, as well as Girdwood’s fire and rescue department. Two people were evacuated by air from Whittier for medical care in Anchorage. The tunnel to Whittier was closed for several hours to give emergency responders clear access in and out of Whittier.

People in the area reported hearing a loud noise and then seeing the flames. Firefighters had the fire under control by about 2:40.

At noon, Girdwood Fire and Rescue reported that Girdwood Rescue 41, Utility 41, Medic 41, C41, and Tender 41 were responding. Two LifeMed helicopters assisted with transporting the two injured patients.

The Whittier harbor had a fire that impacted one of the floats earlier this year, and longer term solutions are still being worked on. On June 16, the City of Whittier reported that “fire-damaged floats were replaced Monday night through Tuesday this week, and staff made them fully functional for your weekend adventure.”

All three fuel pumps operated at the Shoreside Petroleum fuel dock are destroyed, and the boat in which the fire originated sank while tied to the dock. There will be no fuel available at Whittier for the near future, which means both recreational and commercial vessels will have to find fuel elsewhere, a logistical problem for all, and a financial setback for many.

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