On July 30th, 1921, the postal service expanded in the territory of Alaska with the assistance of dog teams. While dog sled teams had been hauling first class mail by dogsled since the late 1800s to various parts of Alaska, the postal service would begin service from Hot Springs to Rampart going through Eureka once […]
A man was found dead along the bank of the Nenana River beneath Windy Bridge near Mile 243 of the Parks Highway on July 26, according to the Alaska State Troopers. Troopers said they received a report at about 4:52 p.m. of an adult male lying on the riverbank. Emergency responders located the man and […]
SALCHA, Alaska — Before the first shovel entered the ground, Forrest Powell, deputy director of the Alaska Office of Veterans Affairs, asked attendees to reflect on one of the military’s most solemn traditions. He described the moment during a military funeral when the American flag is lifted from a veteran’s casket, held before family […]
I walked around outside our Two Rivers home early one morning, as I sometimes do. It was mid-May and we — that’s my wife, Julie, and me — were about ready to head to work. The birds had recently returned. While waiting to get in the car, I heard American robins, black-capped chickadees, a […]