Alaska State Troopers in Soldotna responded to Browns Lake near Sterling on Tuesday afternoon after being notified that there was a body floating in the lake, troopers reported on Wednesday. Troopers arrived at the lake with the assistance of Alaska State Park Rangers and retrieved the remains from the lake. Troopers were able to identify […]
The Alaska Federation of Natives, the state’s largest statewide Native organization, chose for its 2022 Convention keynote speaker Representative Mary Sattler Peltola. After winning the special election and becoming the first Alaska Native and the first woman as the U.S. House of Representative for Alaska, the AFN board and leadership invited Representative Peltola to help honor […]
A memo from the school’s legal department shows how “Republican politicians are already criminalizing abortion, which has extreme consequences—but they won’t stop there,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. New anti-abortion guidance issued to employees at the University of Idaho last week exemplifies how the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade has threatened not only […]
More than 2 million residents in the southeastern U.S. state of Florida have been ordered to evacuate their homes as Hurricane Ian makes its slow but steady approach towards the state’s western Gulf Coast region. Forecasters at the Miami-based National Hurricane Center say Ian is moving across the Gulf of Mexico carrying maximum sustained winds […]