SOLDOTNA – Earlier last week, members of the Alaska Legislature sent a letter to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names expressing their support for renaming North and South Suicide Peaks to North and South Yuyanq’ Ch’ex. Today, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names unanimously passed the name change. In the letter, Legislators said that changing […]
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska—Clear Air Force Station, a remote military installation about 75 miles southwest of Fairbanks, was officially renamed to Clear Space Force Station during a ceremony June 15. The renaming was part of ongoing efforts to develop the Space Force, the United States’ sixth military branch, while identifying those Air Force […]
