Coast Guard's Newest Icebreaker to Honor Storis, the Historic Cutter Known for 6 Decades of Service An amateur photographer and ship buff took photos of the commercial icebreaker Aiviq last week sporting a coat of Coast Guard...
Descendant of Last Native Leader of Alaska Island Demands Japanese Reparations for 1942 Invasion The great-granddaughter of the last Alaska Native chief of a remote island in the Bering Sea believes Japan should pay more...
The Coast Guard Suspends Its Search for the Crew of a Capsized Fishing Boat in the Gulf of Alaska The Coast Guard has suspended its search for five crew members of a fishing boat that reportedly capsized in southeast Alaska...
US Navy Apologizes for the 1882 Obliteration of a Tlingit Village in Alaska The attack was one of a series of conflicts between the American military and Alaska Natives in the years after the U.S...
Soldier's Child Porn Charges Come as Feds Pursue Cases in Which Artificial Intelligence Was Used to Make Images A U.S. soldier in Alaska is facing federal charges after prosecutors say that he used artificial intelligence to create...
Coast Guard Announces Newest Icebreaker Will Head to Juneau as Healy Suffers Major Fire While the Coast Guard previously had said it favored Juneau as the ship's home station, officials said as recently as June...
Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer Honored for Saving 3 Imperiled Sailors in Alaska As a result of quick thinking and extreme bravery, three mariners survived the capsizing of their boat in 35-degree water.
Air Force Colonel in Alaskan Command Was Killed when Civilian Airplane Crashed into Alaska Lake "The news has been devastating for all of us here at Alaskan Command, and the loss of Tyson is being felt throughout our...
Alaska Is Still Waiting to Get its First State-Run Veterans Cemetery. A Backlog Stands in its Way. Veterans make up nearly 10% of Alaska's population, according to the U.S. Census, and yet it has been repeatedly passed over...
New Arctic Pay for Troops Was Passed by Congress a Year Ago. But the Pentagon Waved It Off. More than a year after it was passed in the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, the Pentagon has not enacted a new...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
