FAIRBANKS, Alaska – The Bureau of Land Management Eastern Interior Field Office will open the Fortymile caribou federal subsistence hunt in Units 20E, 25C and a portion of 20F in August. This hunt is limited to federally qualified rural residents hunting on federal public lands only, including federal public lands accessible from the Steese and Taylor highways. This year’s hunt establishes different opening dates by Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) State Fortymile Caribou […]
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 […]
