• Meeting addresses environmental concerns

    After random soil testing in base housing, during the Boyer-Hill Military Housing renovations here, polychlorinated biphenyls, also known as PCBs, were discovered in a section of Area F housing, north of 6th Street on the southwest side of base, Feb. 8. As of Tuesday, the soil outside of three

  • Airmen need commander approval before eye surgery

    Advancements in laser eye surgeries have made it possible for those with vision problems to get rid of their eye glasses and contact lenses. Before military members talk to their doctor, they need to talk to their commander. "Because it is so easy to do, they don't think of it as a surgery," said

  • Salvia banned at Hill Air Force Base

    An alarming new trend, popular among many young Americans, has now been made illegal to all military members at Hill. Salvia Divinorum, commonly called Salvia, is often advertised as a 'legal high' because it is not currently considered a controlled substance. It can be purchased legally over the

  • Sticker shock: eliminating decals saves Hill a million

    It's hard to believe that a four inch sticker could cost more than a million dollars a year, but that is the estimated savings of the pioneering Air Force Smart Operations initiative that eliminated vehicle decals at Hill last June. "The material costs were $37,000 a year," said Dr. Chalon Keller,

  • Services competes for Hennessy Award

    This week, the entire scope of Hill's food service program will be scrutinized and evaluated, yet those who manage the program have done nothing different to prepare. "We are ready because we do not only prepare for evaluations, we are prepared everyday," said Mike McCoy, Hill food service officer.

  • Co-workers team up to communicate better

    When a co-worker has a special need, employees often team together to help them out. In the case of the 524th Electronics Maintenance Squadron, more than a dozen workers are willingly taking an early-morning class to help improve one co-worker's quality of life. The 524th employees meet weekdays at