(Anchorage, AK) – Wednesday Governor Mike Dunleavy appointed Thomas Baker to the vacant House District 40 (HD 40) seat in the Alaska House of Representatives. District 40 is the northernmost state house district in the United States, stretching from the Kotzebue area east to the Canadian border. The seat was vacated last month after Josiah […]
“We demand our leaders speak up: Call for a cease-fire, a release of all hostages, and an immediate de-escalation now.” More than 100 U.S. congressional staffers walked off the job Wednesday afternoon to hold a vigil for the more than 10,000 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces over the past month and to demand their bosses […]
“We cannot address climate catastrophe without tackling its root cause: fossil fuel dependence,” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said. Twenty petrostates responsible for 84% of carbon dioxide emissions in 2021 plan to produce about 110% more oil, gas, and coal through 2030 than is compatible with limiting global heating to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels, a United […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Monday afternoon, a jury returned guilty verdicts in the case of State of Alaska v. Anthony Pisano, 3AN-17-07343CR. Pisano, 49, was found guilty for the triple homicide that occurred in the Bullion Brothers store on Spenard Road in Anchorage on Sept. 12, 2017. The jury issued verdicts on ten separate counts, covering the […]