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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ANCHORAGE — The fate of one of Alaska’s most historic yet neglected structures could be decided Monday as city officials in Seward weigh whether to demolish a former Methodist boarding school where ...

A drawing contest became a life-changer for 13-year-old Benny Benson. The year was 1927. The Alaska ­American Legion sponsored a ­design-the-Alaska-flag contest for children in the seventh through ...