WASHINGTON — Simmering grievances, political divides, a steady proliferation of online neo-Nazi propaganda, and the approach of the 2024 presidential election are keeping the United States stuck in a “heightened threat environment,” according to the latest warning from U.S. homeland security officials. The Department of Homeland Security reissued a National Terrorism Advisory System bulletin Wednesday, saying […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, led passage of a Senate Resolution recognizing November 2022 as National Native American Heritage Month. “In November we celebrate Native American Heritage Month to recognize American Indian, Alaska Native, and […]
The Chugach National Forest, second largest in Alaska, was penned into being on July 23, 1907 by President Theodore Roosevelt. Originally 23 million acres, it has shrank in size through the years, but, the temperate rain forest still spans the Chugach mountain range surrounding Prince William Sound to the eastern Kenai Peninsula and also includes […]
Two recent polls whose release bracketed an Independence Day celebration shattered by yet another mass shooting show a United States in which trust in major institutions has fallen to all-time lows. Fewer citizens report being extremely proud of their country than at any time in the past 20 years. Together, these two surveys — both […]