Celebrating local artist
Mike Webber, a local artist and fisherman, received the Eileen Panigeo MacLean Education award on the main stage at the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) convention on Oct. 21 at the Dena’ina Convention Center in Anchorage.
Get out and vote to use your voice
As an Alaskan, I’m proud each time I do my civic duty and exercise my right to vote. My power as an American citizen...
Culture Week educates local youth
The Native Village of Eyak hosted Mt Eccles Culture Week: Mending Cultural Connections last month. Throughout the week, students’ grades K-6 enjoyed an array of culturally significant experiences, ranging from dance and language lead by Shyla Krukoff-Olsen to traditional way talks about regional species and uses, hunting, gathering and subsistence.
Unity common theme at Seafood Summit
Working together and unity were common themes at the fourth annual Local Seafood Summit, held at Alyeska Resort in Girdwood earlier this month.
EVOSTC approves merging habitat, research funds
Members of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council have approved the merger of two separate accounts of federal funds for habitat protection and research related to the 1989 disaster in Prince William Sound for fiscal years 2023 through 2026.
PWSRCAC take stand against dispersants
Board members of the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council are taking a firm stand against use of chemical dispersants in an oil...
Project Appleseed returns to Cordova
Project Appleseed, a non-profit organization that teaches rifle marksmanship skills that date back hundreds of years, came to the area for training from Oct....
Behind the scenes with the fire department
Humans created fire between 300,000 to 400,000 years ago. A manmade fire was discovered in a cave in Israel and records trace it back...
NVE welcomes new executive director
Ted Wright recently joined the Native Village of Eyak as executive director. He took on the role last month and has high aspirations for...
A Veteran’s Perspective
I flew to the Great Lakes Training Command in February of 2005 to begin training as a member of the U.S. Navy. I was...
