A state appeals court will decide whether to dismiss felony voter misconduct charges against an Alaska resident born in ...

Members of Alaska’s Court of Appeals appeared skeptical Thursday about Alaska prosecutors’ claim that a Whittier resident ...

Like other U.S. nationals who are not full U.S. citizens, Tupe Smith of Whittier thought she could vote in local elections ...

A state appeals court will decide whether to dismiss felony voter misconduct charges against an Alaska resident born in American Samoa, one of numerous cases that has put ...

Voting American Samoans FILE - Michael Pese and his wife Tupe Smith pose for a photo with their son Maximus and daughter Cataleya in Whittier, Alaska, May 13, 2025 ...

Eleven American Samoans in Whittier, Alaska, face up to 10 years in jail simply for being told they could vote.

WHITTIER — Squeezed between glacier-packed mountains and Prince William Sound, the cruise-ship stop of Whittier is isolated enough that it’s reachable by just a single road, through a long, one-lane ...

WHITTIER, Alaska — They were born on U.S. soil, are entitled to U.S. passports and allowed to serve in the U.S. military, but 11 people in a small Alaska town are facing criminal charges after they ...