Judge Dudley Wooten, a long-time Texas politician and lawyer, moved from that state to Seattle and made visits to Alaska in the early 20th century. In Seattle, he resumed his work as an attorney. Upon...

“The world’s supposedly greatest (or formerly greatest) democracy has arrived at a horrific new moral nadir,” said one columnist of the plan to livestream the killing by firing squad of Nidal Hasan. A...

“No one outside the administration knows what a ‘Midterm Surprise’ means, but nothing this administration has done so far has come out of nowhere,” one expert told Common Dreams. With the 2026 midterm...

“He’s helping fund Russia’s war machine, while our allies pay the price,” said one congressional Democrat. Democrats in Congress and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday swiftly condemned...

(Juneau, AK) – Acting Alaska Attorney General Cori Mills has joined a coalition of 45 states and territories seeking court approval of three settlements with Ascend Laboratories, Citron Pharma and May...

Beginning fall 2027, all UAA students will be eligible for in-state tuition rates thanks to the Alaska Unlocked initiative. At current tuition levels, the Alaska residency rate amounts to savings of o...

The original motor vessel Kennicott, while on its return from it's maiden voyage to Alaska on October 9th. 1923, struck the rocks at Hunters Point on Frederick Island, which is part of the Queen Charl...

“This is a sick man who thinks it’s a joke to push over a million Texans into poverty by stealing their hard-earned benefits.” Ken Paxton, the Republican Party’s nominee for the US Senate in Texas, ex...

“JD is the most irritating of Trump’s acolytes because he spouts absurd MAGA bullshit, knowing full well how stupid it is,” said one critic. As Republicans struggle to convince Americans to vote for t...

Students who have read, watched or performed any of the works of William Shakespeare know how frequently death factors into the plot. Tragedies like Romeo and Juliet, Othello and Hamlet end with death...

Thawing Permafrost Sends Plumes of Rusty, Metal-Rich Water Far Downstream The bright orange plumes of water scientists first noticed billowing across a river in Alaska’s Brooks Range in 2018 were even...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON  –  Alaska Army National Guard aviators with the 1-168th General Support Aviation Battalion rescued two overdue boaters whose vessel became stuck in icy water about 7 m...

William Egan was born in Valdez to a mining family on October 8th, 1914. From his meager beginnings in Valdez, he would become one of Alaska's most famous people. By age 10, Bill worked in a local can...

“With each passing election since the Citizens United decision, billionaires have systematically bought up our democracy.” An analysis released Wednesday shows that 172 billionaire families in the Uni...

JUNEAU  –  The U.S. Coast Guard and the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing conducted a complex, long-range medevac of a 58-year-old man from a container ship approximately 58 miles south of Adak, ...

Note: At the start of every walk, my dogs try to sneak away to “fox town,” a fox den on the other side of the pond near my cabin, and we often see the adult foxes trotting through the neighborhood. He...

A new and interactive tsunami hazards tool created by the Alaska Earthquake Center brings evacuation information, hazard maps and other community-specific resources into a single online location. Alas...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A former Anchorage defense attorney was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison for possessing fentanyl and methamphetamine with the intent to distribute the drugs in Alaska. Acc...

Despite food shortages during World War One, the consumption of whale meat never took hold in America, Following the government's lead, the Douglas Island News attempted to convince the general popula...

“The role of a president is to protect the country, not to actively threaten it and encourage attacks on American lives,” said the mayor of Los Angeles. “Keep our city out of your reckless war talk,” ...

(Fairbanks, Alaska) – The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) ended regular maintenance on the Denali Highway on October 1 and will resume maintenance operations on May ...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska  –  After traveling hundreds of miles Aug. 8, 2025, on an Alaska Air National Guard HC-130J Combat King II to the Pacific Ocean south of the Aleutian Islands, f...

(Fairbanks, AK) – On Oct. 2, a Fairbanks jury found Donald Dittman, 58, guilty of two counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree for the sexual abuse of a family member. The conduct occurr...

(Anchorage, AK) – On Oct. 2, Anchorage Superior Court Judge McKenna sentenced Mario Jackson, 37, to a maximum composite sentence of 198 years to serve. This sentence follows Jackson’s convictions at t...

“Federal law prohibits officeholders from controlling a super PAC or directing its spending,” noted one campaign finance expert. Facing widespread backlash, President Donald Trump said late Monday tha...

“In several cases, AI recommended banning books that were banned elsewhere, creating a snowball effect for frequently banned books while the expertise of librarians and the communities they serve are ...

Condemning the “illegal campaign of extrajudicial killings” as “murder at sea,” Amnesty International USA asked, “Where is Congress to stop the horror?” President Donald Trump’s boat-bombing spree con...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska  –  Alaska Air National Guard rescue personnel of the 176th Wing rescued a downed pilot following a plane crash Oct. 1. On the night of Oct. 1, the Alaska Rescu...

The Wellesley and the Northland arrived in Anchorage on October 5th, 1915.  The two steamers sailed from the Lower 48 for the Alaska Engineering Commission, carrying 1.5 million feet of lumber. The lu...

“Either they’ll do something very proper and smart, or they won’t be around very long,” Trump said of Iran’s government. The Pentagon is preparing to dramatically expand the American military presence...

(Soldotna) — In late September, the Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) moved nine Sitka black-tailed deer, seven does and two bucks, from Kodiak to the southern Kenai Peninsula. This is the seco...

For decades, Alaska Sea Grant has trained people to enter the commercial fishing workforce. Now the organization will also help people take the proper steps to get out.  Clearing the Deck: Strengtheni...

(Anchorage, AK) – On Sept. 29, 2026, The Office of Special Prosecutions completed its review of an officer involved shooting incident from July 7, 2026, involving Alaska State Troopers Sgt. Brent Hatc...

Sea Mammal Haulout Rock — Ugwik Wiinaq ugwigmi et'uq. – The sea lion is on the haulout rock. The literal translation of the Alutiiq word ugwik is ‘a place to climb on top of.’ Speakers use this term t...

As  World War II was beginning, the United States Army began construction of a base in a remote bay in Southcentral Alaska for troops and supplies to enter the territory. The secret base in Prince Wil...

“This event is the worst we’ve seen and unlike any other botched execution in the modern era,” said Robin Maher, the executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center. “There is no precedent....

“A board loaded with defense contractors and one draft-dodging war hawk will decide the future of the US military,” said one observer. “What could possibly go wrong?” US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth...

ANCHORAGE — The U.S. Coast Guard and the Alaska Air National Guard conducted a complex, long-range medevac of a 58-year-old man from a container ship approximately 58 miles south of Adak, Wednesday. C...

Washington, DC—The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) during a business meeting Thursday reported three bills championed by U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). The measures would s...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) joined Senators Angus King (I-ME) and John Curtis (R-UT) in introducing bipartisan legislation to increase affordable housing across the United St...

A day after President Taft received the request from Alaska to be granted territory status, which he did not reply to, the president went before an audience at the AYP Amphitheatre in Seattle. When he...

“Tonight, 47 senators supported my resolution to get accountability for the nine Americans killed on the West Bank and for Palestinians who face injustices daily,” said Sen. Chris Van Hollen. Democrat...

“Self-regulation?” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. “That’s a recipe for disaster.” As details from US President Donald Trump’s White House meeting with Big Tech executives emerged on Tuesday, including a ...

Washington, DC—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and U.S. Congressman Nick Begich (all R-Alaska) today welcomed Senate passage of their Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act. During fl...

KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard rescued a man Monday after his boat reportedly sank near Murder Cove.  The survivor was reported to be in stable condition.  Coast Guard Sector Southeast Alaska watchs...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Dillingham man and former employee of Curyung Tribal Council, a federally recognized Tribe, was sentenced on April 17, 2026, to two years and a day in prison for stealing his co-...

Every newspaper in the District of Alaska, except the Juneau Record, every mayor in every town, and Delegate Wickersham signed a cablegram to President Taft while he was in Seattle. The September 30th...

One Palestinian from Gaza said the imagery “shows you the Israeli barbarism and terrorism that the world lets happen.” Updated Google satellite imagery shared Monday on social media provides a new per...