Bob Penney dead at 90

Originally called Decoration Day, Memorial Day has been a federal holiday since 1971. In this edition of Telling Alaska's Story, Alaska's News Source attended a ceremony for an Unalaska man killed in action and nearly forgotten.

Nearly 400 Operation Desert Storm veterans walked side by side in the National Memorial Day Parade in the United States capital on Monday. Almost every veteran carried a patch with the name of one of the 375 military members who lost their lives during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm. An Alaska man, David Douthit, was one of them.

FastCast digital headlines for Tuesday, May 30, 2023.

With no mass shelter or a sanctioned campground, its a question, that for the past month, members of the cities Sanctioned Campground Community Taskforce have been trying to answer. A possible solution, the Municipality of Anchorage owned, former National Archive sit located on 40th and Denali.

The special broadcast featured multiple stories by anchors Ben and Katie Kaplan and reporter Savannah Kelley who were all aboard Honor Flight Tallahassee on April 29. The newscast documented the experiences of multiple veterans as they were whisked away on a free, whirlwind trip to Washington, D.C. to visit the nation’s military monuments and memorials.

A brief look at the day's headlines for this Memorial Day.