By a margin of six votes, residents of Barrow have voted to change the name of their city back to its Inupiaq name: Utqiagvik.
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Vigil held in Fairbanks for John Hartman 19 years after his murder
During a vigil held for John Hartman, Fairbanks residents bemoaned the convictions of the now exonerated “Fairbanks Four,” and authorities’ failure to solve Hartman’s murder.
The state plans to clean oil contamination from Alaska Native land
The state is trying to clean up petroleum contamination on lands the federal government ceded to Alaska Native Corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
Jack Greenberg, Civil Rights Icon Who Argued Brown v. Board Of Education, Dies
After Thurgood Marshall left for the federal bench, Greenberg became the Legal Defense Fund’s second director. Greenberg argued some of the biggest civil rights cases in front of the Supreme Court.
‘Hanoi Hannah,’ Whose Broadcasts Taunted And Entertained American GIs, Dies
Trinh Thi Ngo was one of North Vietnam’s most recognizable radio voices, broadcasting propaganda in English to U.S. service members during the Vietnam War.
Museum curator returns to the stage for ‘The Snow Child’ production
Bob Banghart is developing the musical score for the upcoming stage adaptation at Arena Stage in Washington D.C.