Plentiful wind, wood and water hold keys to cheaper energy
July 03, 2008 at 2:12PM AKST
A group of Dillingham fishermen hoping to reduce gas costs for the Bristol Bay fleet are sketching plans to turn salmon waste into fuel.
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Exxon decision like a bad dream
July 03, 2008 at 2:07PM AKST
Reaction among Alaska Natives to the Supreme Court’s decision to slash damages in the Exxon Valdez case to $507.5 million ranged from bitter disappointment to relief — however bittersweet — that it’s over.
full story »‘There’s nothing I can do. We’re helpless.’
July 03, 2008 at 2:09PM AKST
Ross Mullins did everything a man could do.
full story »$700,000 gift to produce more Native PhDs
June 27, 2008 at 3:35PM AKST
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has pledged $700,000 to the University of Alaska Fairbanks over the next five years to provide financial support to students in the dissertation writing phase of their doctoral programs. The aim of this gift is to increase the number of Native students earning doctoral degrees.
full story »Retirement won’t slow superintendent
June 26, 2008 at 2:11PM AKST
Bill Ferguson is going to wake up a few days from now and get to work on the list — a lengthy line-up of “honey do’s” and chores he’s been compiling for a while now.
full story »New scanner improves hospital’s X-ray services
June 26, 2008 at 2:08PM AKST
In a matter of minutes, a training session turned into a true test for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Regional Hospital’s new addition. It passed with honors and managed to put a smile on the face of a 13-year-old boy stricken with stomach pain.
full story »Rural communities, including Bethel, chase cheaper fuel
June 26, 2008 at 2:01PM AKST
A group of Dillingham fishermen hoping to reduce gas costs for the Bristol Bay fleet are sketching plans to turn salmon waste into fuel.
full story »Home improvement loans available in rural Alaska
June 26, 2008 at 1:48PM AKST
The United State Department of Agriculture Rural Development announced earlier this month it wants rural Alaska homeowners to apply through its agency for low-interest loans to make home improvements.
full story »In Yup’ik, it’s the carbon ‘measurer’
June 26, 2008 at 10:33AM AKST
The way Anna Davidson sees it, global warming threatens the Alaska Native lifestyle.
full story »The 14-year battle ends
June 26, 2008 at 9:48AM AKST
Shortly after 6 a.m. Alaska time on Wednesday the U.S. Supreme Court brought down the curtain on a 14-year battle to collect punitive damages for the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
full story »Murkowski bill could help fuel-socked fishermen
June 26, 2008 at 9:06AM AKST
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Thursday introduced legislation that would provide commercial fishermen a temporary income tax credit to help them offset the high cost of fuel.
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Cordova rocked by news
June 25, 2008 at 5:33PM AKST
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the Exxon Valdez case was far below the Cordova plaintiffs’ expectations.
full story »State wants plan to turn waste fish into oil
June 24, 2008 at 3:31PM AKST
To help lower energy costs where possible, state officials plan to give close to $200,000 to the person with the best idea for a portable machine that turns fish waste into fuel.
full story »$5 million awarded for alternative energy
June 24, 2008 at 2:34PM AKST
The Denali Commission and Alaska Energy Authority (AEA) will award $5 million for alternative/renewable energy projects, the groups announced Tuesday.
full story »‘Explosion of money’ sparks training rush
June 20, 2008 at 5:46PM AKST
A gusher of money approved by the state Legislature to improve the energy efficiency of homes across Alaska has left housing officials scrambling to catch up.
full story »University program seeks to create Native biologists
June 19, 2008 at 10:28AM AKST
Janelle Johnson squeezed the trigger on a .12-gauge shotgun.
full story »Susie's AlaskaMen magazine looking for some real Alaska men
June 19, 2008 at 10:19AM AKST
Susie’s AlaskaMen magazine, a homegrown publication that’s won worldwide renown with single girls who have a thing for the rugged type, is calling out for more men from rural Alaska to feature in its 2009 issue.
full story »Fitness challenge ends with event in Anchorage
June 17, 2008 at 4:04PM AKST
Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation is currently hosting Nation of Wellness, a 30-day health challenge that ends with a family run-walk in Anchorage on June 28.
full story »Emergency regulations stop rural airport rent increases
June 17, 2008 at 1:30PM AKST
The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities issued an emergency regulation halting rural airport rent increases implemented earlier this year. Increases to rural lease rates were adopted in March.
full story »Emergency youth shelter doors to stay open, for now
June 17, 2008 at 11:05AM AKST
Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation and the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services have agreed that YKHC will keep its youth emergency shelter and short-term treatment services open in Bethel until Sept. 30.
full story »State’s search for young drowning victim ends
June 16, 2008 at 11:14AM AKST
Officials with the Alaska State Troopers said the state ended its effort Thursday to find the body of a 2-year old boy who earlier this month fell into the Kanektok River.
full story »University seeks to create Native biologists
June 16, 2008 at 10:33AM AKST
Janelle Johnson squeezed the trigger on a .12-gauge shotgun.
full story »The three little bears: An Alaska fairy tale
June 12, 2008 at 10:48AM AKST
This is an Alaska fairy tale about three little orphaned bear cubs. It is a story filled with happiness, inevitable partings and lots of smelly salmon treats.
full story »State of Alaska turning the big five-oh soon
June 12, 2008 at 10:36AM AKST
Alaska’s 50th anniversary of statehood is coming up.
full story »Peltola to serve as Yukon Delta wildlife refuge manager
June 12, 2008 at 10:32AM AKST
A son of Bethel will return home to become the state’s only Alaska Native refuge manager.
full story »Practice now pays off later for teams at camp
June 12, 2008 at 10:13AM AKST
The bleachers inside the aging East Anchorage High School gymnasium are stacked against the wall, appropriate because no fans are in attendance to watch the Kotzebue girls’ basketball team take on Dimond.
full story »Ambler Air president pleads guilty to importing alcohol
June 11, 2008 at 2:57PM AKST
Ambler Air Service Inc. president, David L. Rue, today pleaded guilty to the charge of liquor importation into a dry village, according to the state’s Office of Special Prosecutions.
full story »Search for boy’s body continues
June 09, 2008 at 3:10PM AKST
The search for the body of a 2-year old boy who earlier this month fell into the Kanektok River about four miles north of Quinhagak continued into its ninth day Monday, Alaska State Troopers said.“Right now, it’s a body recovery and not a search and rescue,” Trooper Sgt. Teague Widmier said. “If nothing is found, the status will be that of a missing person, and a decision will have to be made to when the state of Alaska withdraws from the recovery.”
full story »Pioneers of Yup’ik immersion students leave district
June 05, 2008 at 3:48PM AKST
When a sandy-haired, fair-skinned teenager gave a greeting speech at Bethel Regional High School’s graduation ceremony last month, tears streamed down Agatha John-Shields’ cheeks.
full story »Rural leaders seek solutions at climate change conference
June 05, 2008 at 9:29AM AKST
Rural Alaskans know firsthand about nearly every aspect of climate change.
full story »Triumph comes out of the ashes of personal tragedy
June 05, 2008 at 9:15AM AKST
Ten years ago, while Barb Franks’ husband lay in a coma, dying of cancer in a Juneau hospital, her son committed suicide.
full story »The Aniak Anchor
June 05, 2008 at 9:11AM AKST
When Aniak’s Andrea Gusty looks squarely into the television camera and tells her stories, she delights in knowing Alaska Natives like her are watching and taking pride in the work.
full story »Contest gives students chance to design aircraft decor
June 05, 2008 at 9:00AM AKST
Artistic youth have all summer to gather inspiration for an Alaska-sized painting — well, an Alaska Airlines-sized painting anyway.
full story »Leading rural power company declares emergency
June 05, 2008 at 8:39AM AKST
The largest utility in rural Alaska can’t afford to buy next year’s fuel and is asking the state for millions of dollars in help.
full story »Kuskokwim 300 plans to stay in the running
May 29, 2008 at 11:26AM AKST
Acting Kuskokwim 300 race manager Myron Angstman remains confident the famed sled dog race will survive, despite a flurry of financial problems that included allegations of theft last week against a former race manager.
full story »Tuntutuliak fun run remembers teacher
May 29, 2008 at 11:21AM AKST
Tuntutuliak has a fun run every year because of David Townsend.
full story »Native graduation rate low
May 29, 2008 at 11:01AM AKST
A University of Alaska Anchorage study hoping to understand why few Alaska Natives graduate found that the university doesn’t do enough to prepare and help students.
full story »Begich makes rural outreach part of campaign for Senate
May 29, 2008 at 9:21AM AKST
Mark Begich hosted the first of what he says will be several teleconferences with rural Alaska newspapers on Thursday, May 22, as the Anchorage mayor revved up his U.S. Senate campaign’s outreach to the Bush.
full story »Postage increase drives up food prices at the AC
May 29, 2008 at 9:08AM AKST
The squeeze on rural villages has gotten 9.5 percent tighter now that the Alaska Commercial Co. has raised food prices in all of its outlets in response to the May 12 postage increase. The AC is the sole grocery store in many rural communities.
full story »Police arrest former K300 race director
May 21, 2008 at 12:37PM AKST
The former race manager of the Kuskowkim 300 sled dog race was arrested Tuesday and charged with stealing money from the race committee, according to a written statement from the Bethel Police Department.
full story »District honors Bethel teacher
May 20, 2008 at 12:05PM AKST
The Lower Kuskokwim School District selected Ms. Amanda O'Boyle as 2007-2008 Teacher of the Year.
full story »Bering Sea hunters on lookout for bearded seal
May 15, 2008 at 11:28AM AKST
On a 40-foot-wide chunk of sea ice in the Bering Sea, Stewart Olrun was preparing to skin the bearded seal he’d shot, when he saw the head of another break the ocean’s surface 20 yards away.
full story »Destroyer Chafee visits Seward en route to training
May 15, 2008 at 10:36AM AKST
With the increased price of fuel, it’s common to get weak in the knees as your vehicle tank fills and the pump register spins out of control.
full story »Students required to behave before they can play
May 15, 2008 at 10:30AM AKST
The Alaska School Activities Association’s new citizenship policy — rules and penalties regarding drug, alcohol and tobacco use by students involved in extracurricular activities — won’t change the games too much, according to a sampling of the state’s coaches and school officials.
full story »Rural residents call for help on energy prices
May 15, 2008 at 10:26AM AKST
Rural leaders want legislators to pass a bill providing energy cost relief for the Bush — and they want Gov. Sarah Palin to declare an energy disaster.
full story »Alaska Army National Guard returns from Iraq
May 09, 2008 at 11:27AM AKST
Families participated in an official welcome-home ceremony on May 1 for soldiers of the 297th Support Battalion at the Alaska National Guard Armory at Fort Richardson.
full story »Hooper Bay to construct modern townhouse project
May 09, 2008 at 11:27AM AKST
A multi-family housing project, the first of its kind for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, has been funded in Hooper Bay by the Alaska Housing Finance Corp.
full story »Nelson condemns radio remark, meets apologetic hosts
May 02, 2008 at 10:13AM AKST
The chair of the House Bush Caucus is glad Woody and Wilcox made the racial slur they did.
full story »‘Stage presence’
April 25, 2008 at 11:31AM AKST
It’s not that the five dancers on the Dazzling Northern Lightz Dance Troupe weren’t nervous before they stepped into the spotlight of national competition. They were.
full story »Bishop may step down permanently, official says
April 25, 2008 at 11:31AM AKST
A Russian Orthodox official said on Monday, April 21, that Bishop Nikolai Soraich, the embattled head of the Alaska diocese, will likely step down.
full story »Calista to pay dividend, first since '85
April 21, 2008 at 10:58AM AKST
A Native corporation serving one of the country’s poorest regions will award its first dividend in more than two decades.
full story »Calista to pay shareholders dividend
April 18, 2008 at 11:22AM AKST
Calista Corp. on Friday announced plans to award its first dividend to shareholders in more than two decades.
full story »American Legion popular stop for Bethel veterans
April 18, 2008 at 10:31AM AKST
Even as veterans’ organizations have lost members nationally, a fledgling post in Bethel is growing so quickly that it leads the statewide organization in new members for 2008. Bethel’s George H. Hohman Jr. American Legion Post 10 has grown to 58 members since it reorganized 3-1/2 years ago.
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.
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