JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard rescued five people Thursday from a fishing vessel taking on water near Umnak Island, Alaska. No injuries were reported. The fishing vessel remains aground on the northern shoreline of Umnak Island. At approximately 4:45 a.m. Thursday, watchstanders at the Coast Guard Arctic District Command Center in Juneau received […]
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A Fort Wainwright soldier was sentenced Friday to 32 years in prison for possessing thousands of images of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and for producing CSAM. According to court documents, on Sept. 11, 2024, the Fort Eustis Resident Unit of the Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division (Army CID) […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Following two and a half years of extensive refitting at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, the World War II era aircraft carrier USS Midway was recommissioned in 1957 with an angled flight deck and steam catapults. Though it was technically the same ship, the extensive modifications transitioned the ship from propeller-driven […]
On April 6th, 1933, after two decades, non-natives in Alaska could drink liquor. Two weeks earlier, Governor George Parks repealed Alaska’s Bone Dry Law that had been in effect since January 1st, 1918. But, before 1918, there had been multiple attempts to outlaw alcohol in the territory. Shortly after the purchase of Alaska from […]