Fairbanks Daily New-Miner: Olga Katherine Torkelsen Alexander “Katie” Hurley
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Susan I. Strunka 1941 – 2021
KTUU Alaska’s News Source: Sidelined Fairbanks police detective says he’s a victim of workplace retaliation; ‘My goals right now are to just listen’: Valerie Nurr’araaluk Davidson begins interim leadership role at Alaska’s largest tribal health organization and more ->
KTOO Public Media: Attorney General Taylor says ending Alaska’s leading status in sex crimes is priority; ‘Let’s end this charade,’ Wasilla lawmaker says before removing his mask on the House floor; Bartlett Regional Hospital cited for infection control issues and more ->
KYUK Public Media for Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta: Under New Guidelines, Fully Vaccinated People May Gather Maskless In Groups Of 10 and more ->
Alaska Native News: Troopers Investigating Circumstances of North Pole Burn Victim; This Day In Alaska History March 16th, 1915 and more ->
Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: Fairbanks man arrested during drug bust
By Jeff Chen, Alaska Public Media: New report shines light on Alaska’s missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
By Lori Townsend, Alaska Public Media: Sexual assault survivors advocate for change in Nome and statewide | Alaska Insight
Sexual assault survivor resources:
National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673
Standing Together Against Rape (STAR): 276-7273
Abused Women’s Aid In Crisis (AWAIC): 272-0100
Crisis Text: 741 741
RAINN live chat: www.rainn.org
David James, ADN: The true stories of 12 notorious Alaska murder cases makes for a chilling, but gripping read
By James ‘Dr. Fermento’ Roberts, Press: Sarah Perez’s ‘Pink Boots Society’ chapter shapes the women’s beer scene in Alaska
By Matt Preprost, Alaska Higway News: Spark women’s conference set for May
Matt Goff Sitka Nature: Gulls and a New Year Bird
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Some pictures look more 1940’s…
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States. The timing of the Great Depression varied across the world; in most countries, it started in 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s.
By Casea Peterson, Only In Your State Alaska: 10 Rare Photos Taken In Alaska During The Great Depression