The Latest: Alaska city unveils memorial to fallen Guardsmen
This photo provided by Kenneth Ayers Jr. shows his father, Kenneth Ayers Sr. in his Air Force graduation photo in 1956.
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Alaska city honors Guardsmen killed in crash after ’64 quake
In this photo provided by the Office of Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, he is shown delivering remarks at a plaque dedication ceremony Saturday, June 23, 2018, in Valdez, Alaska. The memorial plaque honors four Alaska National Guard members killed in April 1964 while conducting a humanitarian mission after the second most powerful earthquake ever destroyed the town.
Party infighting shadows House 9 race
In the wild, when musk ox are threatened, adults circle around the young calves, horns facing outward to meet danger head on. Head-on collision could be a metaphor for the so-called Musk Ox Coalition, a group of House Republican majority legislators which broke from majority leaders last year when they voted against using Permanent Fund earnings reserves to balance the state budget.