Daren Herman, grandson of Alaska flag designer Benny Benson, was in the state for the first time to accept an honorary degree ...

The Alaska Legislature passed a joint resolution ... and would increase “reliance on state-funded assistance programs and emergency medical services.” It says that would strain the state ...

The Alaska State Troopers and Fairbanks Police Officers who discharged their firearms during the May 12th shooting are now identified. Officer Chris Conrad, 1 year on the force Officer Nathan Jackson, ...

Massachusetts’s current state seal, featuring an indigenous man underneath a sword-holding arm, may be on its way out. After a couple efforts over the past few years, officials are once again ...

The current Massachusetts state seal features a Native American man on a blue shield with a star in the corner and a disembodied arm holding a sword above. Those in support of changing the state ...

Update, May 14: Alaska State Troopers identified the trooper who fired his weapon as Kody Haley, an 8-month veteran of the agency. The woman injured in the May 9 incident remains hospitalized ...

Dan Seavey, who helped organize the first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and whose son and grandson have each won the famous Alaska race multiple times, has died. He was 87. The Minnesota native ...

If you need assistance, see the phone numbers at the end of the article. State legislation currently under consideration seeks to prevent suicides on New York’s bridges by mandating barriers to ...