Alaska’s fight for gay rights didn’t start with in 1998, when marriage was defined as only between a man and a woman. It began over half a lifetime ago.
History
70 years after WWII, two nations’ militaries jump side by side
As part of the Alaskan Command’s Red Flag exercises this summer, two dozen Japanese paratroopers are training with Army soldiers based at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
On 40th anniversary, Southeast’s smallest city remains defiant
Most people in Petersburg don’t give much thought to the handful of houses which sit on the other shore of the Wrangell Narrows. But to the people who live there it’s a place they are proud to call home.
Vatican team travels to Bethel to trace history of Yup’ik masks
There is next to no documentation for the seven masks besides a note that says “from Holy Cross.” The Yukon village was the location of a Jesuit orphanage and mission.
Frances Kelsey, FDA Officer Who Blocked Thalidomide, Dies At 101
The physician and pharmacologist worked at the government agency in the early 1960s, when she uncovered a link between the drug and severe birth defects.
Kodiak’s Alutiiq Museum Releases Book About Karluk Archaelogical Site
The nearly 400-page volume focuses on archeological discoveries near the community of Karluk and delves into the site’s lasting effects on those involved.