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July 01, 2009 at 10:48AM AKST
The Congressional Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, chaired by Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.,
full story »July 01, 2009 at 11:32AM AKST
A state wildlife trooper is headed to the village of Marshall to investigate subsistence fishermen who said they fished during a closed period in an act of civil disobedience.
full story »July 01, 2009 at 10:58AM AKST
Lela Ahgook, 68, is going on her second year running Lela’s Store, a little shop that sells diapers, microwave food, snacks and “every little thing that is needed” in Anaktuvuk Pass.
full story »June 29, 2009 at 12:33PM AKST
In an act of civil disobedience, fishermen in six boats left the village of Marshall on Friday to go subsistence fishing on the Yukon River, though fishing was closed, said one of the protestors.
full story »June 24, 2009 at 3:11PM AKST
Point Hope girls player
At the start of each season, Point Hope girls basketball coach Rex Rock Jr. talks to his team about the possibility of playing beyond high school. College ball isn’t for everybody, he warns them, but if they are willing to put in the work, then he would help make it happen.
June 24, 2009 at 11:44AM AKST
Those GCI ads on TV about snail Internet aren’t so funny in Bush Alaska.
full story »June 24, 2009 at 11:42AM AKST
William Koontz and other officials with the Small Business Administration sensed getting the word out and the work done to help Alaskans hurt by spring flooding could be a little different because of location.
full story »June 24, 2009 at 11:40AM AKST
Acknowledging that a “cultural and communication gap” exists with rural Alaskans, federal managers for North Pacific fisheries have created a committee to take input from Alaska Native communities.
full story »June 22, 2009 at 3:09PM AKST
With requests for help on the rise, a food bank expects to provide thousands of free lunches in rural Alaska this summer.
full story »June 22, 2009 at 8:22AM AKST
“Until further notice.”
full story »June 18, 2009 at 4:27PM AKST
To see first-hand the impacts of climate change on America’s only Arctic state, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich is attracting a number of senators to Alaska this August, a news release says.
full story »June 18, 2009 at 11:26AM AKST
Sharon Thompson, a Fairbanks resident originally from Kaktovik, has started a business shipping everything from meatballs to birthday cakes to the village, much to the delight of those who can’t make it to the city for an important item.
full story »June 18, 2009 at 11:02AM AKST
Mayor pro tem Bob Harcharek was voted mayor of Barrow by special election, leading the group of five candidates with 281 votes.
full story »June 17, 2009 at 2:33PM AKST
Villages that never had running water may have to wait longer for service — a growing gap in federal aid is challenging the state’s ability to provide safe water and wastewater systems.
full story »June 17, 2009 at 11:13AM AKST
For the last decade the And-1 Mixed Tape Tour took the basketball world by storm and put street ball on the map. The exhibition traveling show went town to town featuring players labeled as street ball legends, including Skip 2 My Lou, also known as Rafer Alston of the Orlando Magic.
full story »June 17, 2009 at 11:10AM AKST
The North Slope Borough School Board has announced its three candidates for North Slope Borough School District superintendent. The board is seeking a new superintendent following the resignation of Trent Blankenship, who held the post since 2005.
full story »June 16, 2009 at 4:55PM AKST
Alaska Village Electric Cooperative won’t cut the power in the village of Selawik.
full story »June 16, 2009 at 4:38PM AKST
Millions of dollars worth of free heating fuel, courtesy of the Venezuelan government, is finally headed to Alaska villages.
full story »June 16, 2009 at 4:10PM AKST
A tribal advocacy group wants to create a land base for Alaska tribes, possibly by taking it from village corporations.
full story »June 16, 2009 at 3:16PM AKST
Amid accusations that Western Alaska residents don’t have enough input into federal fishery decisions, the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council has created an advisory committee on Alaska Native and rural issues, according to the council’s latest newsletter.
full story »June 15, 2009 at 2:48PM AKST
The power company for Selawik is threatening to cut off the electricity if the city government there doesn’t cough up $80,000 by the end of today, June 15.
full story »June 09, 2009 at 4:15PM AKST
(Editor’s note: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council, in an effort to reduce the amount of king salmon taken by the pollock fishing fleet, recently approved an incentive-based plan that will allow the fleet to catch up to 60,000 king salmon a year without penalty.
full story »June 09, 2009 at 3:33PM AKST
Fish with strange spots. Sinkholes in the tundra. Crumbling river banks.
full story »June 09, 2009 at 12:45PM AKST
At least $7.2 million will likely be needed to repair the roads, airports and other public facilities damaged by recent flooding in several rural Alaska villages, according to a preliminary report from the state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
full story »June 04, 2009 at 10:30AM AKST
Even in eighth grade, Ryan Rock saw his future. He wrote about it in a speech in which he outlined his plans in basketball and beyond.
full story »June 04, 2009 at 10:08AM AKST
Cathy Tagnak Rexford and Dg Nanouk Okpik are two Inupiaq poets featured in the new anthology “Effigies.” The collection highlights emerging indigenous poets from the Pacific Rim, poets who, according to editor Allison Coke, “unleash beauty upon the ever-tragic world.”
full story »June 02, 2009 at 1:46PM AKST
I traveled to Mountain Village and Emmonak on Saturday to listen to concerns raised by the village community members regarding the upcoming summer fishing season and how restrictions are going to be implemented on the chinook salmon, the stable and food for many families on the Yukon River.
full story »June 01, 2009 at 1:27PM AKST
Fishermen on the lower Yukon River will get the king salmon they need to feed their families, even if it means getting a ticket or going to jail, two Native leaders said.
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