Year: 2018

May 21st, 1932

By VOA on May 21, 2018 This Day in Alaskan and U.S. History

Candidate Filing Deadline Approaching

By Samantha Miller | State of Alaska on May 21, 2018 Events/Notices

JUNEAU – The Alaska Division of Elections (DOE) reminds all Alaskans that the candidate filing deadline for the 2018 Primary and General Elections is 5 p.m. on Friday, June 1, 2018. Election offices in Juneau, Anchorage, Mat-Su, Fairbanks and Nome will be open on June 1 to receive completed applications. Applications will not be accepted […]

Helo-3 Rescues Hiker in Deep Snow from Devil’s Creek Trail

By Alaska Native News on May 21, 2018 Featured, General News, Southcentral

Helo-3 was dispatched on Sunday to rescue a Soldotna hiker from difficult conditions on the Devil’s Creek trail after that hiker called his father requesting assistance, troopers reported on the trooper dispatch. A call went in to the troopers at 8:58 am on Sunday from a Soldotna man reporting that his son, 31-year-old Andrew Jefferson, […]

Pompeo Vows ‘Unprecedented’ US Sanctions Against Iran

By William Gallo | VOA News on May 21, 2018 Featured, National, National/World

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has unveiled a far-reaching list of demands for any new nuclear deal with Iran, and threatened economy-crushing sanctions if Tehran does not change its behavior. The 12-point list of demands came in a Monday speech at the conservative Heritage Foundation that laid out the Trump administration’s strategy […]