AVTEC gets first woman director
Alaska’s post-secondary vocational education school in Seward has a new director, Cathy LeCompte, the first woman to serve in that post since the school...
Tribal delegates gather for Native education summit
By RACHEL D’OROThe Associated PressANCHORAGE — At age 5, Bernadette Yaayuk Alvanna-Stimpfle knew only her Native Inupiaq language when she entered school in the...
ASMI seeks new communications director
The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, within the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, is seeking candidates for the position of communications director.The...
Linnell named to Board of Game
Karen Linnell, executive director of the Copper River-Ahtna Inter-Tribal Resource Conservation District, has been appointed to the Alaska Board of Game,“Linnell’s experience working with...
Alaskans travel to Standing Rock in opposition to pipeline
By Amanda FrankKUAC - FairbanksA delegation, made up of indigenous women from across Alaska, is at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota...
Rep. Don Young wins 23rd term in Congress
BY MARK THIESSENThe Associated PressANCHORAGE — Alaska voters have given the longest serving Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives more years in office.Rep....
Murkowski fends off crowded field in Senate race
BY BECKY BOHRERThe Associated Press ANCHORAGE — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski won her bid for re-election, fending off a crowded field of challengers that included...
Walker says he has prostate cancer
Gov. Bill Walker says he has been diagnosed with a treatable form of prostate cancer, and that he will have surgery in December to...
Disaster network would offer animal care training
Disaster preparedness to aid wildlife in the event of oil spills and natural disasters has been in the forefront of Alaska SeaLife Center efforts...
EPA settles with Shoreside Petroleum for clean air violations
Shoreside Petroleum Inc. has paid $89,000 in penalties for violating federal clean air rules, designed to prevent toxic air pollution at the company’s fuel...
