Dried salmon savored by rural Alaska Natives as part of a subsistence way of life won’t be found among the Spanish tapas, Brazilian steaks, or Southern barbecue served in the restaurants of Jacksonville, Florida. Indeed, the differences between Jacksonville (pop. 821,700) and, say, the Yukon River village of Grayling (pop. 213) couldn’t be more profound. […]
WHITE HOUSE — President Donald Trump appears to have endorsed three inflammatory anti-Muslim videos posted on Twitter by a far-right British politician, re-tweeting them on his @realdonaldtrump account. The re-tweets appeared Wednesday morning and White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders did not immediately respond to a VOA request to verify their authenticity. The messages were […]
An Anchorage man died near mile to 80 of the park Highway on Monday evening after stepping out of his vehicle and being hit by a tanker truck, troopers reported on Tuesday. 22-year-old Anchorage resident Sylvester Smith stepped out of his vehicle at that location to assist a person on a snowmachine alongside the road […]
Responding to the Trump administration’s decision to issue exploratory oil drilling permits for the Beaufort Sea to Italy-based Eni, the Center for Biological Diversity had this reaction: “Drilling for oil in the Arctic is an accident waiting to happen. The Trump administration is risking a major oil spill by letting this foreign corporation drill in […]