JUNEAU – The Alaska State Legislature today passed House Joint Resolution 4 by a vote of 19-0 in the Senate and 31-8 in the House. Urging the federal government to maintain “Denali” as the official name of North America’s tallest peak, the resolution comes in response to recent federal efforts to rename the mountain. “Denali […]
UPDATE: USCG is reporting that the wreckage of the Bering Air Caravan has been located 34 miles out of Nome. In the wreckage the remains of three were found, thers have yet to be found. ORIGINAL:The search continues today for the Bering Air Caravan that went missing after leaving the Unalakleet airstrip at 2:37 pm […]
Will it be a “long and lustrous winter,” as Phil Connors, the main character in the 1993 movie Groundhog Day said? Or will spring make an early appearance? This morning in Gobbler’s Knob, Pennsylvania, the nation’s favorite groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, attempted to answer that question. Phil saw his shadow — meaning six more weeks of winter, according […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Friday, 25-year-old Mickee Bobby Marcel Thompson of Anchorage was sentenced by Anchorage Superior Court Judge Peter Ramgren for the murder of Sosia Finau on April 12, 2018. Thompson was convicted of First-Degree Murder by an Anchorage jury in February 2024. At trial, the evidence showed that Thompson and Robert Smith showed up […]