Alaska Dispatch News9h
How the final shots of the Civil War came to be fired off the shores of Alaska
Two months after the war ended, Confederate soldiers destroyed a fleet of Yankee ships, which were harvesting bowhead whales ...
Smithsonian Magazine16h
‘Volcanic Unrest’ at Alaska’s Mount Spurr Suggests 50-50 Chance an Eruption Could Be Coming
Volcanologists are closely monitoring the 11,070-foot-tall stratovolcano, located roughly 75 miles from Anchorage, after a recent uptick in earthquakes ...
Alaska Dispatch News19h
Think sled-dog racing is fading? In Alaska’s mushing-crazy Kuskokwim Delta, it’s booming
High-school boys in Akiachak can “forget the muscle cars,” said Barron Sample, principal of the village’s school. “You get ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner23h
Chief justice vows speedier trials after investigative journalists find problems
In her first address to the Alaska Legislature since becoming head of the Alaska Supreme Court, Chief Justice Susan Carney told lawmakers that the court system is failing to deliver ...