This Day in Alaska History-August 18th 1903
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Sitka Superior Court Judge Sentences Beth Lang to Seven Years for Driving Assault on Pedestrian
(Sitka, AK) – Tuesday, Sitka Superior Court Judge Amanda Browning sentenced 47-year-old Beth Lang to seven years and six months of incarceration for severely injuring a pedestrian with her vehicle. On Aug. 20, 2024, a Sitka jury found Lang guilty of Assault in the First Degree, Assault in the Second Degree, Assault in the Third […]
This Day in Alaska History-July 31st, 1869
Almost a year and a half after the purchase of Alaska from Russia, the man responsible for Alaska becoming a part of the United States, former Secretary of State William H. Seward under President Lincoln and Johnson, visited the results of what he considered his greatest achievement. Seward stepped off of the steam ship “Active” […]
First Bowhead Whale Sighting in Southeast Alaska
Second reported sighting in eastern North Pacific waters south of the Aleutian Island chain. A new scientific paper discusses the first NOAA Fisheries record of a bowhead whale in Southeast Alaska. It is only the second documented sighting of this Arctic species in the eastern North Pacific, south of the Aleutian Islands. The whale was observed by […]