Rachel DOro, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

In this Monday, March 18, 2019 photo, family members of brothers Mark Jacobs Jr. and Harvey Jacobs observe a moment of silence during a ceremony honoring Tlingit code talkers in Juneau, Alaska. Five long-deceased Alaska Native servicemen are being hailed by the state of Alaska for their life-saving efforts during World War II. Alaska lawmakers this month passed a formal citation honoring the Tlingit men for using their Native language to help the military outsmart the Japanese with...

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Tlingit Code Talkers feted in Alaska for WWII role

by Rachel DOro Associated PressMarch 28, 2019

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Army veteran Richard Bean Sr. took his wartime secret to the grave, dying a hero without anyone knowing about it for decades.Now Bean and four other long-deceased Alaska Natives are being hailed in their home state this month for…

A tow truck holds a car pulled from an off-ramp that collapsed during a earthquake Friday in Anchorage.

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Back-to-back earthquakes shatter Anchorage, Alaska

by Rachel DOro Associated Press, and Dan Joling Associated PressDecember 1, 2018

In this photo on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, in Anchorage, Alaska, Britt'Nee Brower shows an Inupiat coloring book she published and she talks about the new Inupiat Eskimo language option now available for Facebook bookmarks, action buttons. Alaskans made the option a reality through the social media giant's community translation tool. (AP Photo/Rachel D'Oro)

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Facebook adds Inupiaq as language option

by Rachel DOro Associated PressSeptember 3, 2018

FILE - In this March 15, 2016, file photo, Dallas Seavey poses with his lead dogs Reef, left, and Tide after finishing the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome, Alaska. Seavey won his third straight Iditarod, for his fourth overall title in the last five years. Four-time Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey denies he administered banned drugs to his dogs in this year's race, and has withdrawn from the 2018 race in protest. The Iditarod Trail Committee on Monday identified Seavey as the musher who had four dogs test positive for a banned opioid pain reliever after finishing the race last March in Nome. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Iditarod sled dog race is engulfed in dog-doping scandal

by Rachel DOro Associated Press, and Mark Thiessen Associated PressOctober 24, 2017