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Yahoo
6 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
2 Men Still Missing After Memorial Day Boat Tragedy
Two men are still missing after their boat sank on May 26 off the coast of Western Alaska, according to a press release from the Alaska State Troopers (AST). Albert Williams, 65, and Samuel Shavings, 72, were riding on a 10-foot Ocean Pro vessel along with Williams's 19-year-old son in an area located near an island off the Bering Sea. Around 9 p.m. local time on Monday, authorities received a call that the boat had sunk amidst harsh 19-year-old passenger, whose name has not been publicly disclosed, was able to swim from the wreckage to shore, where he was transported to a medical clinic for treatment. At first, the AST reported that a second passenger had been extricated from the water. However, on May 27, the AST 'corrected' that report and confirmed that the older men are still missing. Williams's daughter, Dallas, told Alaska News Source that her father and brother had gone out to hunt for seals. 'They were looking—my dad hadn't gotten a seal yet this spring—so they went to go look for seals,' Dallas explained. 'It's a seasonal thing every spring.'Dallas continued, detailing how the boat reportedly sank: 'My brother says that [the sea] was getting really rough and they were taking water in from the motor side. And it just filled up with too much water. We have a whole bunch of family coming over to be with my mom so that we're not alone. A lot of people have been bringing food, so we haven't been alone at all since.' From Monday night into Tuesday morning, two local boats and a U.S. Coast Guard vessel searched for Williams and Shaver to no avail. On Tuesday, the Rescue Coordination Center launched a C-130 plane to aid in recovery efforts. A representative from the Alaska State Troopers did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Men's Journal.2 Men Still Missing After Memorial Day Boat Tragedy first appeared on Men's Journal on May 29, 2025
Yahoo
27-01-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump says McKinley, but Denali forever is a popular sentiment
A common sentiment in Alaska is that while President Donald Trump has ordered the name of North America's tallest peak to be changed from Denali to McKinley, Alaskans will call it what they want. And popular consensus seems to favor Denali. Jeff King, a four-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, whose kennel operates just outside Denali National Park and Preserve, told the Associated Press: 'I don't know a single person that likes the idea, and we're pretty vocal about it,' King said. 'Denali respects the Indigenous people that have been here and around Denali for tens of thousands of years.' The 20,310-foot peak had been known as Denali until 1896, when a gold prospector unofficially named the peak after William McKinley in support of the then-presidential candidate. Even though McKinley had never been to the mountain and had no special connection to Alaska, the peak was officially named in the late Republican president's honor in 1917. (McKinley served as president from 1987 until his assassination in 1901.) The name was officially changed to Denali, as a symbolic gesture to the Koyukon people, by the Obama administration in 2015. On Monday, two resolutions were introduced by Democratic Reps. to register the Alaska Legislature's opposition to the change back to McKinley. One resolution quotes Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski: 'It is called Denali, which means the great one. So I would just suggest to President Trump, who wants to make everything great, they already have a great name for it.' Last week, Alaska News Source asked residents via social media what they thought of the name change. The responses were mostly favored Denali over McKinley. Th top comment reads: 'It's Denali. I don't know why we are fighting so hard to name it after a President that didn't even go to AK let alone trying to erase its original and indigenous name.' A comment in favor of the change: 'Mt. McKinley, as it was before Obama.' –Image showing Mt. Denali in September 2020 courtesy of ©Jay Christensen This article originally appeared on For The Win: Trump says McKinley, but Denali forever is a popular sentiment
USA Today
27-01-2025
- Politics
- USA Today
Trump says McKinley, but Denali forever is a popular sentiment
A common sentiment in Alaska is that while President Donald Trump has ordered the name of North America's tallest peak to be changed from Denali to McKinley, Alaskans will call it what they want. And popular consensus seems to favor Denali. Jeff King, a four-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, whose kennel operates just outside Denali National Park and Preserve, told the Associated Press: 'I don't know a single person that likes the idea, and we're pretty vocal about it,' King said. 'Denali respects the Indigenous people that have been here and around Denali for tens of thousands of years.' The 20,310-foot peak had been known as Denali until 1896, when a gold prospector unofficially named the peak after William McKinley in support of the then-presidential candidate. Even though McKinley had never been to the mountain and had no special connection to Alaska, the peak was officially named in the late Republican president's honor in 1917. (McKinley served as president from 1987 until his assassination in 1901.) The name was officially changed to Denali, as a symbolic gesture to the Koyukon people, by the Obama administration in 2015. On Monday, two resolutions were introduced by Democratic Reps. to register the Alaska Legislature's opposition to the change back to McKinley. One resolution quotes Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski: 'It is called Denali, which means the great one. So I would just suggest to President Trump, who wants to make everything great, they already have a great name for it.' Last week, Alaska News Source asked residents via social media what they thought of the name change. The responses were mostly favored Denali over McKinley. Th top comment reads: 'It's Denali. I don't know why we are fighting so hard to name it after a President that didn't even go to AK let alone trying to erase its original and indigenous name.' A comment in favor of the change: 'Mt. McKinley, as it was before Obama.' –Image showing Mt. Denali in September 2020 courtesy of ©Jay Christensen
