The Army Guard's 3rd Battalion, 297th Infantry Headquarters, located in Anchorage since the early 90s, saw its flag moved back to Juneau in a ceremony last Friday. The first National Guard Unit in Alaska, formed in 1939, the 297th Infantry was located in Juneau until the early part of this decade. A reorganization of the Alaska Army Guard moved the headquarters to Anchorage. It's only appropriate that our Capital City has a Battalion Headquarters. Smart Start' Shows Progress in Fairbanks.
Administrators expect to fill the two remaining positions soon.
The Fairbanks Division of Family and Youth Services has recently made significant progress toward the state's goal of answering every legitimate report of harm to Alaska's children. In the fiscal year ending June 30, the Fairbanks office investigated nearly 700 more reports of harm than it did the previous year, and reduced by 20 percent the number of previously uninvestigated reports. Back to the Governor's Home Page Please give us feedback on this web page.