Cancer survival handbook aims at Alaska Natives
May 09, 2008 at 11:20AM AKST
The best defensive weapon of choice for Alaska Native cancer survivors is a return to traditional subsistence food.
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Pentathlon team learns academic, life lessons during trip to Anchorage
May 09, 2008 at 11:21AM AKST
Once a year for the last four years, Chief Ivan Blunka School teacher Danielle Riha and her students have swapped their New Stuyahok classroom for a much larger learning area '97 the city of Anchorage.
full story »Dillingham’s Wassily carries off win at Native Youth Olympics
May 02, 2008 at 10:12AM AKST
In the aftermath of his record-setting performance from the 2008 Native Youth Olympics’ opening day, Dillingham High sophomore Michael Wassily chose not to dwell on the past.
full story »Twenty years of the Alaska Volcano Observatory
May 02, 2008 at 10:12AM AKST
Twenty summers ago, earthquakes rocked the town of King Cove on the Alaska Peninsula. Some people were so worried that the nearby volcano, Mount Dutton, was going to erupt that they caught flights out of town. Others called in the cavalry – members of the fledgling Alaska Volcano Observatory.
full story »Alaska Army National Guard returns from Iraq
May 02, 2008 at 10:12AM AKST
Families welcomed home soldiers of the 297th Support Battalion at the Alaska National Guard Armory on Fort Richardson upon their return from Iraq on April 24.
full story »BBEDC offers fishing-permit loan program
April 25, 2008 at 10:34AM AKST
Bristol Bay residents who applied for fishing permit loans through the Alaska Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank but were denied may have a second chance to get started in commercial fishing.
full story »Naknek hoopster elevates into Sports Illustrated’s ‘Faces’ feature
April 25, 2008 at 10:32AM AKST
Let this be a lesson for basketball players all over Alaska: If you make big shots, you to could wind up on the pages of Sports Illustrated.
full story »Brothers market Alaska seafood to Boulder
April 18, 2008 at 10:10AM AKST
Ben and Daniel Blakey started their fish business in this year in Colorado.
full story »Alcohol task force asks for more community involvement
April 18, 2008 at 10:10AM AKST
For villages that elect to ban the sale, possession or importation of alcohol, it’s not enough to simply cast a vote and expect to see alcohol disappear.
full story »State takes first step to build new Shishmaref
April 18, 2008 at 9:57AM AKST
Efforts are under way to build a gravel road that could help an imperiled Western Alaska village move to higher ground.
full story »Palin signs ‘Silver Hand’ bill
April 18, 2008 at 9:56AM AKST
A bill was signed last week.
full story »Bishop to take leave of absence
April 17, 2008 at 1:39PM AKST
Bishop Nikolai Soraich, head of the Russian Orthodox Diocese in Alaska, has agreed to take a voluntary leave of absence, according to a statement posted on the Orthodox Church of America Web site.
full story »Woody and Wilcox suspended without pay
April 15, 2008 at 2:00PM AKST
Woody and Wilcox are off the air for “an indefinite period of time" for making innappropriate comments about Native women, according to a statement posted Tuesday on the Web site of 100.5 KBFX The Fox, a classic rock radio station in Anchorage.
full story »Radio show comment about Native women fires outrage
April 15, 2008 at 9:19AM AKST
The state House of Representatives agreed Sunday to condemn an "abhorrent" reference to Alaska Native women made by a host on a morning radio show in Anchorage, according to Rep. Mary Nelson, D-Bethel.
full story »Local teens put together dog team for first race
April 11, 2008 at 11:19AM AKST
Dog mushing is a sport that requires hard work, dedication and above all else patience. But for 17-year-old Keenan Hermann of Dillingham and his sister, Libby, 15, raising and training their first dog team was well worth it.
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