FILE - This undated file photo shows a building that remains at the site of the Jesse Lee Home in Seward, Alaska, where the territorial flag, which later became the Alaska state flag, was first ...

Officials in Seward, Alaska, will decide Monday whether to demolish a neglected historical boarding school where the state flag was first flown nearly a century ago and where its Alaska Native ...

If you grew up in Alaska, at one point or another you have learned about Benny Benson and the creation of the Alaska state flag. If you are like me, the details of the story became a little faded over ...

JUNEAU -- Ever wonder the correct way to display the Alaska flag? Or how to fold it? Or properly retire it? A bill in the state Legislature prescribes flag etiquette. The measure arose after cadets in ...

A state of Alaska flag flies outside the Atwood Building in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, March 11, 2022. The state has issued a corrected birth certificate for Benny Benson, the teenager who ...

Gov. Bill Walker on Thursday ordered Alaska flags to be lowered to half-staff in honor of former Israeli President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres, who died of a stroke this week. The order was ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska ...

TALKEETNA, Alaska — There is a little train in Alaska that stops for hitchhikers. It’s the Alaska Railroad’s Hurricane Turn and it’s said to be America’s last flag-stop train. The Hurricane Turn runs ...

ANCHORAGE — A neglected site where the Alaska territorial flag was designed, sewn and first flown will be demolished despite last-minute efforts by Alaskans and a preservation group to save it. The ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska has issued a corrected birth certificate for the teenage designer of the Alaska flag, after researchers who were looking into his heritage found records ...