On August 14th, 1906, the territory of Alaska would conduct their very first official election. The election was held to elect two delegates to the U.S. Congress. Frank Waskey, of Lake City, Minnesota, had moved to Alaska 1898. He settled in Nome as a miner. He was also the director of a bank and a […]
(Palmer) – The 2026 Eklutna Tailrace Coho Salmon Youth-Only Fishery will take place from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 15, 2026. The Eklutna Tailrace Youth-Only Fishery allows anglers 15 years and younger to fish from the confluence with the Knik River upstream to the pedestrian bridge. The Eklutna Tailrace is located at mile […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On Friday, an Anchorage jury convicted Martin Victor IV, 52, of two counts of Attempted Murder in the First Degree and two counts of Assault in the First Degree. The same jury also found that the following special circumstances existed at the time of the offenses: that Victor was Guilty but Mentally Ill, […]
More than a month after the summer solstice, Fairbanks is still the land of the midnight sun. Joggers are out getting in their late-night runs along Farmers Loop, and we still don’t need our headlights after another evening ice cream at Hot Licks. For many of us, the energy boost from summer days is real. […]