Survivors of federal Indian boarding schools testify on severe abuse
Survivors of the days of the federal Indian boarding school program spoke at length Sunday about the physical, sexual, and psychological brutality suffered as...
DOT allocates $747M to Alaska for 2024
On Oct. 5 the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration announced that it has assigned $747 million to Alaska in Fiscal Year 2024...
Cooperative Extension offers online food safety course
Registration is open for a five-week online course on methods of safely preserving food. The course will be offered by the University of Alaska...
AFN calls for rural priority for subsistence fishing
Delegates to the annual convention of the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) in Anchorage are urging Congress to permanently protect the right of Alaska Native...
Wilderness Society backs repatriation of human remains
The Wilderness Society is expressing its remorse and working to repatriate human remains taken in 1936 from a cave on Kagamil, an island in...
Registration opens for 2023 Young Fisherman’s Summit
Registration is now open for the 10th Alaska Young Fishermen’s Summit, set for Dec. 5-7 at the Anchorage Marriot Downtown in Anchorage, and will...
Alaska’s congressional delegation voices support for Israel
Alaska’s congressional delegation has voiced its support of Israel in the wake of a surprise attack by Hamas, an Islamist militant movement, that stunned...
Brief: October declared Pedestrian Safety Month
With diminished sunlight as winter nears, the state of Alaska has declared October as Pedestrian Safety Month in an effort to decrease the number...
Donlin gold mine challenged by Southwest Alaska tribal entities
Two Southwest Alaska tribal entities represented by Earthjustice, the Orutsaramiut Native Council and the Native Village of Eek, have appealed in the Alaska Supreme...
Alaska SeaLife Center CEO stepping down
Board members of the Alaska SeaLife Center announced on Sunday that Tara Riemer will step down after 20 years at the Center, the last...
