The town where everyone lives in the same building!
In Whittier, Alaska, nearly all 200 residents live in a single 14-story building called Begich Towers, which houses a post ...
Why this small town celebrates Christmas 365 days a year
North Pole, Alaska, is a festive town where Christmas celebrations last all year with streets named after Santa, candy cane ...
Juneau Empire on MSN2d
Juneau shows up for democracy at empty-chair town hall
Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) was the target of questions and concerns at an empty-chair town hall Thursday evening at the ...
TheTravel on MSN1d
Popular Alaska Town To Hold Election On Limiting Cruise Tourism
Visiting this popular Alaska cruise town may soon become more difficult as citizens consider limiting tourist numbers.
Protests draw hundreds as Alaska congressional delegation diverges in response to Trump policies
In events across the state in recent days, crowds of Alaskans have demanded that U.S. Rep. Nick Begich III and U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan do more to hear from constituents and oppose actions by President ...
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Constituents hold a 'town hall' for Sullivan, without Sullivan
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan said he wasn't able to make a town hall arranged to hear from him during Congress's spring break.
Chasing the Iditarod Through the Wilds of Alaska
This year, the Iditarod saw both a historic anniversary and the marked impact of climate change. Writer Lale Arikoglu follows ...
Juneau Empire on MSN1d
Sullivan generates warmth and heat with energy filled speech to Alaska Legislature
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) holds up President Donald Trump’s executive order “Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential” during his annual address to the Alaska Legislature on March ...
Shields Gazette on MSN1d
From Alaska to Shields: One man's epic adventure in 1965
In 1965, a man from the last frontier had moseyed into South Shields to pay a visit on his sister. James Porter, 42, was in ...
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In Rural Alaska, A Powerful Documentary Flips the Script for Child Care Funding
Social worker and filmmaker Laura Norton-Cruz remembers vividly finding out that she was pregnant and feeling like she’d just been “thrown to the ...