WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian(NMAI) has announced the five finalists for the design of a National Native American Veterans Memorial, slated to open in Washington in 2020. “The significance of such a memorial on the National Mall is obvious,” said NMAI director Kevin Gover in 2013, shortly after the U.S. Congress […]
A call to Alaska State Troopers in Fairbanks spurred a search and rescue operation along the Fairbanks Creek Trail for a 60-year-old hiker who was in distress. The caller reported that a hiker that was without winter garments and stated to be disoriented and hypothermic at that location. Alaska Wildlife Troopers were able to access the […]
Family members report that former First Lady of Alaska, Ermalee Hickel, the wife of former Governor Walter Hickel, has passed away at the age of 92. Ermalee died on Thursday afternoon with family and friends at her side, she had been suffering from health issues for weeks prior to her passing. Mrs. Hickel became the […]
The man who was a key witness in the “Fairbanks Four” trial has died as a result of a suicide attempt that he carried out on Saturday, the Alaska Department of Corrections has revealed. 40-year-old Arlo Olson, of Kaltag, was incarcerated at the Fairbanks Correctional Center awaiting trial in a multiple assaults and kidnapping case […]