News

The Alaskan wilderness hides many secrets, and Whittier is one of them. Originally known as Camp Sullivan, the hidden military complex was once filled with soldiers ready to fight a Japanese or Soviet ...
The defendants are non-citizens born in American Samoa, the charges say. Some told investigators they thought they were ...
The recent cases put Alaska on the forefront of a national debate about the citizenship status of American Samoans.
Did you know there’s a town where 99% of the town’s residents live under one roof? Have you ever heard of such a thing?
That first case involves a Whittier resident named Tupe ... Can the state of Alaska, in fact, prove that these people born on U.S. soil, who owe permanent allegiance to the United States, who ...
Whittier, Alaska is home to fewer than 200 people in winter, more than half of whom live in a 14-story condominium: Begich Towers, a relic of Alaska's Cold War development. The only road in or out ...
Ten members of an American Samoan family residing in Whittier, Alaska, have been charged with voter misconduct and perjury, ...