High on the broken pyramid of Iliamna Volcano, rotten rock held in place by volcano-warmed ice sometimes loses its grip. Several times over the years, rock-and-ice avalanches have blasted down Iliamna at 150 miles per hour. Left behind on the mountain’s face is a dirty, five-mile scar, in the same place as the last one. […]
Alaskans have been through it all: earthquakes, fires, floods, and landslides. For the past year, our communities, businesses, families, and friends have weathered the everyday challenges of living in the Last Frontier while simultaneously managing a global pandemic. On all fronts, we worked together. We showed the nation how to manage a pandemic while still […]
Alaska State Troopers state that the investigation into a fatal ATV accident in the community of Gustavus. At 5:29 pm on Friday evening, Juneau resident, 33-year-old Theodore Kennedy impacted a concrete culvert while riding on an ATV. He did not survive the impact and was pronounced deceased at the scene by Gustavus EMS. He was […]
Washington, D.C. – Monday, Alaska Congressman Don Young, Co-Chair of the Congressional Mongolia Caucus, received the Mongolian Friendship Medal today at the Mongolian Embassy in Washington, D.C. The medal was awarded by Yondon Otgonbayar, Mongolian Ambassador to the United States. “It was my great honor to have been awarded the Mongolian Friendship Medal today by […]