A KOTZEBUE dad diagnosed with prostate cancer says his ‘life has been saved’ thanks to state-of-the-art treatment. Mitch Lewis, a state trooper, flew 4350 miles from his home to Prague, Czech Republic for proton beam therapy. Mitch, 55, who featured on the TV show ‘Alaska State Troopers’, has a family history of prostate cancer and his […]
CAIRO — Iran has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency it will resume testing of a new generation of nuclear centrifuges Wednesday. Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran’s nuclear energy agency, said Tehran would remain within the framework of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, nuclear deal reached with the five permanent members […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump’s claim that the Federal Bureau of Investigation planted a “spy” in his 2016 campaign. Trump has been calling the FBI’s use of an informant who passed on details of his conversations with three Trump campaign associates “Spygate.” The Republican president claimed the FBI […]
Native Americans have been largely absent from the corridors of power in Washington, D.C. But that could soon change. Deb Haaland, a member of the Pueblo of Laguna, won the Democratic nomination for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District, and if predictions are correct, could become the first Native American woman in Congress. “Tonight, we made history,” […]