Murkowski: “I support voter ID — but oppose the SAVE America Act”

Murkowski: “I support voter ID — but oppose the SAVE America Act”

  Washington, DC—In an opinion piece published in the Anchorage Daily News Monday, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) expressed her support for voter ID but explained why she will not support the SAVE America Act. Senator Murkowski outlined why the bill would be difficult to implement in states like Alaska—especially in time for elections this year. […]

NORAD and U.S. Northern Command to conduct Arctic Edge 2026

NORAD and U.S. Northern Command to conduct Arctic Edge 2026

  PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. – North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) will conduct ARCTIC EDGE 2026 (AE26), a joint and combined multi-domain Field Training Exercise (FTX) in various locations throughout Alaska and Greenland from Feb. 23 – March 13, 2026. All training activities in Greenland are conducted in full […]

Anchorage man arrested in Juneau, charged with sex trafficking and other child exploitation offenses

Anchorage man arrested in Juneau, charged with sex trafficking and other child exploitation offenses

  The FBI is seeking additional information. According to public court documents, Craig Scott Valdez, 36, used the popular social media application Snapchat to identify, groom and entice juvenile females in Alaska for the purposes of sexual exploitation. The indictment charges this conduct in relation to one minor victim from an incident occurring in October […]

UN Leaders Warn Rule of Law Being Replaced by ‘Rule of Force’

UN Leaders Warn Rule of Law Being Replaced by ‘Rule of Force’

  “We are living in a world where mass suffering is excused away… where humans are used as bargaining chips… where international law is treated as a mere inconvenience,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres. The secretary-general of the United Nations and the body’s top human rights official did not call out world leaders by name as they warned that […]