WASHINGTON — Last month, Native Alaskans on Little Diomede Island awoke to see their city office collapsing into the community school next door. For the Ingalikmiut people [Inupiat] in the Bering Strait, halfway between Siberia and the Alaska mainland, this was the latest crushing evidence of the impact of climate change in the Arctic. “Looking at […]
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—Earlier last week, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) recognized the Miller Family, longtime owners and operators of the Santa Claus House in North Pole, Alaska, on the Senate floor. The Santa Claus House, opened by Con and Nellie Miller more than 70 years ago, is a staple for tourism in Interior Alaska, and […]
At 5:45 pm on Thursday evening Alaska State Troopers were alerted to a multiple gunfire incident at a Wasilla residence and responded to the scene. Upon arrival, troopers would find to men, 50-year-old Patrick Kammermeyer and 57-year-old William Nunley, both of Wasilla fatally shot. They were both declared deceased at the scene. A preliminary investigation […]