Former Anchorage Mayor Z. J. Loussac ran for a Territorial House of Representatives seat in 1952 but forgot to fill out a citizenship document before departing on a four-month vacation.

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...

Alaska historian and Distinguished Professor Emeritus Stephen Haycox walks through the honor aisle after receiving the Meritorious Service Award during the University of Alaska Anchorage's 2025 Spring ...

Alaska’s Latino community has roots stretching back long before statehood. In fact, according to Gabriela Olmos Rosas, a doctoral student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska’s Latino roots ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — On the third floor of the Rasmuson Library, just past the periodicals, is Room 334, a little-known office with an important purpose. Brightly lit with a litany of cameras, ...

In his recent book “Black History in the Last Frontier,” University of Alaska Anchorage history professor Ian Hartman sheds light on the contributions Black people have made in Alaska before and after ...

The oil riches of Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay were very nearly never discovered at all, writes Kathrine Schmidt. After a string of expensive and disappointing dry holes on what is now known as the North ...