Former Democratic state lawmaker Mary Peltola bested her Republican opponents Sarah Palin and Nick Begich, to become Alaska’s first Alaskan Native to represent Alaska in the U.S. Congress. Peltola, a Yup’ik, took away 91,206 votes, or 51.47%, the majority of the votes after the last ranked choice tally on Wednesday. She gained 15,445 votes from […]
“The Constitution disqualifies from public office any elected officials who aided the insurrection, and we look forward to asking Representative Greene about her involvement under oath.” A federal judge ruled Monday that a lawsuit aiming to disqualify GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from congressional office over her role in the January 6 Capitol insurrection can proceed, […]
Anchorage, AK – Today, Anchorage Baptist Temple will host a public memorial service for Alaska Congressman Don Young from 11AM – 12:30PM. The service will be streamed live by Anchorage Baptist Temple on its website, social media platforms and KCFT Channel 35. In addition, Alaska News Source will live-stream the service on their website, Facebook and through their television affiliate […]
The longest-serving member in the U.S. House of Representatives and Alaska’s only Representative, Don Young, passed away on Concourse B at LAX as he was traveling home to Alaska on Friday. He was 88 years of age. His wife was by his side. Representative Young was born in Meridian, Sutter County, California on June 9th, […]