Alaska News December 09-14, 2024

KTUU: Trailblazer: Alaska’s Charitie Ropati named to Forbes 30 Under 30 for empowering Alaska Native girls in STEM; ‘Chronic absenteeism’ in Alaska: Education commissioner gives thoughts on connection to e-learning and more ->
 
 
 
 

KTOO: Juneau’s Planned Parenthood Health Center is closed permanently and more ->
 
 
 
 

KYUK: Former Bethel police officers, City of Bethel named in civil suit for alleged assault of man in 2023 and more ->

 
 
 
 

Alaska Native News: Stephany Bilecki Sentenced to 130 Years for Murdering Her Two Infants Years Apart; Ryan Edwin Found Guilty in 2018 Murder and Robbery; Palmer man sentenced to 25 years for attempted production of child pornography; Alaska continues to change, fast; Arctic Report Card spotlights caribou, seals and carbon; This Day in Alaska History-December 9th, 1916; This Day In Alaska History-December 10th, 1910; This Day in Alaska History-December 11th, 1938; This Day In Alaska History-December 11th, 2008; This Day in Alaska History-December 12th, 1920; This Day in Alaska History-December 13th, 1916; This Day in Alaska History-December 14th, 1989 and more ->
 
 
 
 

Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: Fort Wainwright soldier charged with possession of child pornography and more ->
 
 
 
 

The Arctic Sounder: Iñupiaq and Yup’ik educators discuss teaching children in immersion settings and gaining fluency as adults; Several Northwest Alaska communities should have internet speeds as fast as in Anchorage; Assembly votes for North Slope Borough to pay for officials’ family to join them on business trips and more ->
 
 
 
 

KINY: Settlement requires corrective actions at two Alaska plants formerly operated by Peter Pan Seafood and more ->
 
 
 
 

KFSK: NBA veteran talks substance use at the Petersburg School District; Volunteer accidentally fires handgun in radio station; Tlingit brothers kill aggressive sea lions in subsistence hunt and more ->
 
 
 
 

KRBD: Ketchikan School Board hears community frustrations as they consider cost-cutting measures and more ->

 
 
 
 

KUCB: Aleutians see growth as Alaska’s overall population is expected to decline and more ->
 
 
 
 

Delta Wind: 14-year-old entrepreneur breathes new life in little red building and more ->

 
 
 
 

KMXT: Kodiak teen indicted on felony charges related to White Sands explosion

 
 
 
 
By Hannah Hickey, UW: Surveys show full scale of massive die-off of common murres following the ‘warm blob’ in the Pacific Ocean

 
 
 
 

The Hamilton Spectator: What are your thoughts on a 30-km trail along the Alaska Highway? YG wants to know Yukon residents have until January 5, 2025 to respond to YG’s survey about plans to construct a long trail running right through Whitehorse and beyond.
 
 
 
 

JDSupra: Alaska Court Grants Intervenors Entry in Public Lands Rule Case
 
 
 
 

ADN: First woman to serve as Anchorage Assembly chair reacts to historic milestone for women on state’s highest court
 
 
 
 

By David James, ADN: Author details cultural and economic significance of Tlingit beadwork
 
 
 
 

The Hamilton Spectator: Descendant of last native leader of Alaska island demands Japanese reparations for 1942 invasion

 
 
 
 
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