Print article The Army’s Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks will close the base’s shoppette two hours earlier each night starting Monday with an aim to decrease drunken driving and other “harmful acts.” The FWA Shoppette at the base will close at 10 p.m. instead of midnight, though the gas pumps will remain open 24 hours a day, said Lt. Col. Catina Barnes, a spokeswoman for U.S. Army Alaska. The earlier closing time comes a week after Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage banned the sale of alcohol on the installation from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. A spokesman for the joint base told Military.com last week that banning late-night sales was an “effective strategy” at reducing the risk of suicide, among other possible harms.