“The world’s supposedly greatest (or formerly greatest) democracy has arrived at a horrific new moral nadir,” said one columnist of the plan to livestream the killing by firing squad of Nidal Hasan. As rights advocates across the US expressed horror at the Trump administration’s confirmed plans to publicly broadcast the execution of Nidal Hasan, the […]
Judge Dudley Wooten, a long-time Texas politician and lawyer, moved from that state to Seattle and made visits to Alaska in the early 20th century. In Seattle, he resumed his work as an attorney. Upon one visit to Alaska, Wooten went to the Love-Whitley meat shop and chanced on the various produce grown in the […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON – Alaska Army National Guard aviators with the 1-168th General Support Aviation Battalion rescued two overdue boaters whose vessel became stuck in icy water about 7 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Oct. 6. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center opened a mission in response to a request for assistance from the Alaska […]
Thawing Permafrost Sends Plumes of Rusty, Metal-Rich Water Far Downstream The bright orange plumes of water scientists first noticed billowing across a river in Alaska’s Brooks Range in 2018 were even more acidic and metallic than water leached from metal mines, despite their pristine surroundings. That is according to a new study from the University […]