She noted the stratification of color within the unique presence of the forest environment at Sica Hollow. Additionally, she often visited local industrial sites around West Fargo such as earth moving and reclamation sites, landfills, and the oil storage arrays-considering human consumption of Earth’s resources. LaTocha used Sumi, walnut ink, a variety of powdered inks, water-soluble shellac, local earth and grass on paper and steel belted tire shreds.Īthena explored the natural landscapes at Buffalo River State Park in Minnesota, Sica Hollow and Nicolette Tower near Sisseton, South Dakota. Buffalo Prairie (Slow Burn) is monumental ink wash drawing created by Athena LaTocha during her residency inside the Katherine Kilbourne Burgum Center for Creativity at Plains Art Museum May 2-June 4, 2019. Anchorage, Alaska) is a Hunkpapa Lakota/Keweenaw Bay Ojibwe artist, currently living in New York. A 2015 graduate of Central Michigan University, she's previously worked as a reporter for the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai and the Homer News, and as a digital producer for Alaska's News Source in Anchorage.Athena LaTocha (b. Megan Pacer is a digital audience producer at the Anchorage Daily News. Before joining the ADN in 2019, she was a reporter for the Grand Forks Herald in North Dakota and previously helped cover the Nebraska Legislature for The Associated Press. Tess Williams is a reporter for the Anchorage Daily News, focusing on breaking news and public safety. (Emily Mesner / ADN)Ī plume rises from a fire in East Anchorage. The Anchorage Office of Emergency Management said Thursday night that fully extinguishing the fire and cleaning up hot spots would take an estimated three to four days.Ī large plume of smoke is visible from Tudor Road. “With the weekend weather forecast, it’s only going to escalate the fire risk,” he said, urging people to be careful. Harrel said this fire had the potential to be more serious if not for the strong response by multiple agencies. Hot, dry conditions in Anchorage increased fire danger on Thursday, and a burn ban was implemented throughout the city. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the fire, which burned near the site of a human-caused fire in 2019 that prompted evacuations of area homes. People watch from the roof of a parking garage along Tudor Road as smoke from a wildfire is visible near Campbell Park in Anchorage on Thursday. “This is an all hands on deck operation,” Young said.Ī helicopter drops water on a wildland fire in East Anchorage on Thursday afternoon. (Marc Lester / ADN)īoyd had asked people to stay away from the area so crews can work to contain the fire. The fire burned approximately 4 acres in East Anchorage near Dowling Road and Elmore. (Bill Roth / ADN)Ĭorey Allen Young, a spokesman for the mayor providing information about the fire on behalf of the emergency management office, said resources from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson were on scene Thursday as well.įirefighters leave the area of the fire for a staging area on Dowling Road. The fire is near Dowling Road and Elmore. The hotshot crew was working to put water hoses around the fire Thursday evening, according to the division.Ī fire burns in East Anchorage Thursday afternoon. In a Thursday evening update, the forestry division said the fire had been “boxed in” by the retardant-dropping aircraft, which were released in order to be available to respond to other fires in the state. “The effort’s pretty strong right now,” he said.Ī third helicopter was also sent from Nenana to aid in firefighting efforts, Harrel said. The Pioneer Peak Interagency Hotshot Crew also responded from Palmer, Harrel said. Sam Harrel, acting statewide information officer for the Division of Forestry, said Thursday evening that the division had two helicopters dropping water on the blaze, as well as two retardant tankers and firefighters on the ground. (Bill Roth / ADN)Ī helicopter drops water on a wildland fire north of Dowling Road in Anchorage on Thursday, June 23, 2022. (Emily Mesner / ADN)įirefighters battled a wildland fire north of Dowling Road in Anchorage on Thursday, June 23, 2022. Downtown Anchorage is visible through the haze in the background. Smoke lingers in a forested area of East Anchorage as crews and a helicopter work to extinguish flames on Thursday. Twenty units from the Anchorage Fire Department were on scene Thursday afternoon, and resources from the Division of Forestry, including two engines, were also sent to the area. A number of homes and municipal buildings are nearby. No structures were immediately threatened by the blaze, he said. 2/2 #ElmoreFire #DowlingFire- Anchorage OEM June 24, 2022 Roads will be opening to local traffic, but please continue to allow space for crews to work safely. Responders estimate it will be 3-4 days to fully extinguish the fire including hot spot clean up.
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