James Wickersham, on September 28th, 1908, tendered his resignation as Judge for the Third Judicial District in the Interior of Alaska. He had been appointed to that position by President William McKinley in 1900. That year, he ran for the delegate position for the District of Alaska and won the election and began serving in […]
Washington, DC—U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) has joined a series of bipartisan efforts this week to protect Ukrainians who sought refuge in the United States following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The measures include legislation to provide a pathway to permanent residency, as well as a push for the administration to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) […]
Previously burned areas have played a major role in limiting the spread of wildfires across Alaska’s boreal forest, according to new research led by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist Ben Gaglioti. Gaglioti, a researcher with the Water and Environmental Research Center at the UAF Institute of Northern Engineering, and his collaborators examined 568 instances between […]
Carlson’s account of his conversation with the president days before the US and Israel attacked Iran was “extremely disturbing,” said one journalist. New revelations from right-wing political commentator Tucker Carlson about President Donald Trump’s push to wage war on Iran earlier this year prompted the latest calls for Cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment […]