This Day in Alaska History-January 18th, 1909
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‘Insane’: Trump Threatens 8 Allies With New Tariffs for Opposing Greenland Takeover
“Trump has no legal authority to tariff American allies to bully them into backing his brainless attempt to seize Greenland,”…
Trump Isn’t the First to Be Gifted a Nobel Prize He Didn’t Win—Joseph Goebbels Got One Too
In 1943, the Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun gave his Nobel Prize for Literature to the infamous Nazi criminal. Venezuelan opposition…
Congressman Begich Attends White House Roundtable on Historic Rural Health Investment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friday, Congressman Nick Begich attended “The Great, Historic Investment in Rural Health Roundtable” at the White House, where President…
Free radon test kits available during January
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and a state agency are providing information about radon and free short-term…
Whale hunting began 5,000 years ago in South America, a millennium earlier than previously thought
The hunting of large whales goes back much further in time than previously thought. New research from ICTA-UAB and the…
This Day in Alaska History-January 17th, 1913
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Murkowski Introduces Resolution Affirming U.S. Partnership with Denmark and Greenland
Washington, DC — Thursday, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) introduced a concurrent resolution affirming the United States’…
Devin Wright, of North Pole, Sentenced to 82 Years for Sexual Abuse of a Minor
(Fairbanks, AK) – Wednesday, Fairbanks Superior Court Judge Kirk Schwalm sentenced 34-year-old Devin Wright, Sr. to 82 years imprisonment for…
Fairbanks Man Sentenced to 34 Years for Kidnapping, Assault in the First Degree
(Fairbanks, AK) – On January 13, 2026, Martin Hietala, 42, was sentenced to 34 years for the 2018 kidnapping and assault…