Alaska officially became a state 92 years after the transaction, in January 1959, making it the 49th state. Hawaii became the ...

The Reindeer Learning Gardens at the University of Alaska Fairbanks teaches students and community members how to ...

An iconic Alaskan reindeer so beloved is fighting for his life after mysteriously falling ill after someone tampered with his pen. AP Star lives in a fenced-in pen attached to Whitehead’s house ...

Star, a pet reindeer, is shown in the backyard of his owner Albert Whitehead in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen) ASSOCIATED PRESS ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An iconic reindeer so beloved that he has been in parades, featured on reality TV shows and visited by schoolchildren on field trips in Alaska’s largest city is ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An iconic reindeer so beloved that he has been in parades, featured on reality TV shows and visited by schoolchildren on field trips in Alaska’s largest city is fighting ...

By Mark Thiessen, Associated Press | Posted - March 13, 2025 at 8:01 p.m. Albert Whitehead spends time with Star, his pet reindeer, in Whitehead's backyard in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on Wednesday.