KTUU: Search continues for respected North Slope scientist who was swept under logjam; Cold case at Forest Fair: the 28th anniversary of Erin Marie Gilbert’s disappearance; Alaska VA Healthcare looking for veteran feedback at upcoming town halls; Nonprofit to return to Alaska, offering umpire training to veterans and families and more ->
 
 
 
 
KTOO: NOAA is looking for 2 humpback whales entangled in fishing gear near Juneau and more ->
 
 
 
 
KYUK: Troopers identify body found on the Yukon River as missing Marshall woman; For around $620,000, Bethel settles 2 lawsuits and avoids a potential third and more ->
 
 
 
 
Alaska Native News: Alaska National Guard rescues 10 during the Independence Day weekend; NASA awards Alaska Satellite Facility five-year, $70 million contract; This Day in Alaskan History-July 6th, 1921, This Day in Alaskan History-July 7th, 1958, This Day in Alaskan History-July 8th, 1937, This Day in Alaskan History-July 9th, 1958 and more ->
 
 
 
 
Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: IRS to auction off plots of land in Southcentral Alaska; Next of kin: how Alaska State Troopers notify family of the deceased; Minto Village Council bookkeeper sentenced for embezzling funds and more ->
 
 
 
 
The Arctic Sounder: Counting in Inupiaq, Alaska students build clocks using Kaktovik numerals; Nuiqsut residents ask for improved services; Some residents criticize smaller jet flying to Kotzebue and more ->
 
 
 
 
KINY: Rural Alaska Honors Institute will celebrate graduates at ceremony and more ->
 
 
 
 
The Seward Journal July 05 to July 11, 2023
 
 
 
 
Resurrection Bay Historical Society

Founders’ Day marks the date a landing party disembarked from the steamship Santa Ana in 1903 to found the community of Seward as the ocean terminus of Alaska Central Railway. RBHS members will host an open house from 11 am – 2 pm Monday, Aug. 28 at the Seward Community Library and Museum. This year is the centennial of the completion of the 470-mile railway from Seward to Fairbanks. Anniversary cake, music on the pump organ, a slide show and free admission to the museum are on the agenda. You’re invited to join in the celebration!

KFSK: Petersburg catholic church burns in ten-hour blaze; Petersburg resident wins Tongass ToughMan triathlon and more ->
 
 
 
 
KUCB: Ounalashka Corp. celebrates 50 years and more ->

Delta Wind: Young Deltans compete in strongman competition and more ->
 
 
 
 
KMXT: Thousands of applicants respond to the village of Karluk’s ad for cost-free living and more ->
 
 
 
 

Science Advances: Elder fish means more microplastics? Alaska pollock microplastic story in the Bering Sea
 
 
 
 
Must Read Alaska: Dunleavy names two to State Board of Education & Early Development
 
 
 
 

KTUU: Troopers see an increase in drowning deaths statewide; DoorDash investigates Anchorage restaurant scam Customers paid for take-out but restaurant never signed up with DoorDash and more ->

 
 
 
 
July 8, 2023
Kindle Freebie
Pearl: You are Cleared to Land Kindle Edition
by Deanna Edens (Author)
Have you ever heard of The Pearl of Alaska? How about The Hillbilly Eskimo? Do you know the name of the woman who received the Wright Brothers’ Master Pilot Award at the age of ninety-seven? Well, her name is Pearl and this is a story about her and her family and friends. To be more precise many of these stories are hers—authentic memories written by an amazing woman.
Pearl Bragg Laska Chamberlain was the first woman to fly her own plane from the Lower 48 up the Alaska Highway to Alaska. She worked as a flight instructor, bush pilot, cryptographer for the Pentagon, flew in five Powder Puff Derbies, and was also a WASP trainee and famous “99er.” Pearl was a member of the UFO’s (United Flying Octogenarians), and the mayor of Fairbanks actually declared a “Pearl Laska Chamberlain Day.” Pretty impressive, eh?
I am very excited to bring you this fabulous collection of “Braggin’ Rights” stories that begin in the early 1900s on Chestnut Mountain in Summers County, West Virginia. Tales about bootleggin’ and learning to fly in the Appalachians are followed by adventures to exotic places. Narratives about living in the polar region and escapades of an aviatrix are accompanied by heartfelt memories of real-life victories and the sorrows of a lifetime. So settle down into the cockpit, buckle your seatbelt and get ready for an astonishing and amazing flight.

 
 
 
 
By Beth Sorensen, Oregon Artswatch: Alaskan Native artists explore contemporary issues in ‘Protection: Adaptation & Resistance’

By Francesca Lyman, Cross Cut: More women are casting their net into the salmon fishing industry They used to be considered bad luck onboard, but an increasing number of female crew members are stepping onto boats headed to Alaska.

Jasmine at 14 Mile Farm: Summertime: Fiber Fests and Unexpected Opportunities For Rest
 
 
 
 

The Alaska 100: Alaska Railroad turns 100 | New license plate designs | TikTok business tips and more ->

 
 
 
 
Craig Medred: Saving kings
 
 

Craig Medred: One man’s war

By Michael Fanelli, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage: Anchorage outdoor apparel company Alpine Fit wins small business award
 
 
 
 
Welcome to the Empowered Alaska Report!
Alaska Warrior Partnership™ (AKWP) is a veteran-focused, community-led initiative to proactively connect with the over 65,000 veterans who call Alaska home and ensure access to benefits and opportunities available in collaboration with existing resources. The program aims to cultivate an integrated, resilient, and prosperous veteran community in Alaska by improving veteran quality of life.

Learn more ->
 
 
 
 
Michaal Dexter Hankins: SIGNS “I firmly believe signs are placed out there for various reasons, with a person merely having to slow down and observe them.”
 
 
Michael Dexter Hankins: DISTRACTED DRIVERS
 
 
Michael Dexter Hankins: DISTRACTED DRIVERS – II “My third incident involving a distracted driver was a bit more serious and involved either drugs or alcohol.”
 
 
Michael Dexter Hankins: IDITAROD MYSTERY
We’re still looking for it (read attached story). If not found in my lifetime, hopefully the search continues until it is!
 
 
 
 
Applications for residencies in 2024 are now open and will close on August 31st. Applying for a residency can be an intimidating thing for a writer – but don’t worry, we have a full explanation of the application on Storyknife’s website. You will find the link to the application on the same page.

In 2024, we’ll have two and four week residencies during the months of April through October for writers of varying genres and backgrounds.

Please know that you can email me with any questions. We want to make it possible for you to devote time to your writing. Your story is important!

Take care,
Erin
Storyknife Executive Director

 
 
Reminder about July 4th:
Please check with your Veterinarians for help with Pets and Fireworks.
 
 
 
 
KTUU: Man sentenced for Seward Highway crash that killed 2, injured 6; Municipality of Anchorage cracks down on downtown, Mountain View homeless camps; Environmental authorities warn of oil spill at University Lake Park and more ->
 
 
 
 

KTOO: Smuggling cases point to need for better drug treatment in Alaska prisons, advocates say; Aniak residents shocked by quadrupled power bills and more ->
 
 
 
 

KYUK: Bethel couple accused of abusing toddler plead not guilty and more ->

Alaska Native News: Nathan Benton Convicted Of Sexual Abuse Of A Minor; Passenger Arrested in Alaska for Multiple Crimes Aboard an Aircraft; Cody Stockton Sentenced to 50 Years for Running a Drug Trafficking Organization and 15 Years for Robbery in Two Separate Cases; Jimmy Dale Cates Convicted of Murder, Attempted Sexual Assault, Arson, Tampering with Evidence; This Day in Alaskan History-June 27th, 1940;This Day in Alaskan History-June 28th, 1922 and more ->

The Arctic Sounder: ‘Alaska Weather’ show will halt TV broadcast in July, raising concerns among many rural Alaskans; Everyone is safe after a plane went off the runway in Buckland and more ->
 
 
 
 

KINY: US commits more lawyers to address Native American disappearances and killings and more ->
 
 
 
 

The Seward Journal: June 28 to July 04, 2023
 
 
 
 
Resurrection Bay Historical Society: Founder’s Day

Founders’ Day marks the date a landing party disembarked from the steamship Santa Ana in 1903 to found the community of Seward as the ocean terminus of Alaska Central Railway. RBHS members will host an open house from 11 am – 2 pm Monday, Aug. 28 at the Seward Community Library and Museum. This year is the centennial of the completion of the 470-mile railway from Seward to Fairbanks. Anniversary cake, music on the pump organ, a slide show and free admission to the museum are on the agenda. You’re invited to join in the celebration!

What’s New

KRBD: Council votes to keep controversial library book in place and more ->
 
 
 
 

KUCB: OptimERA drops internet prices to compete in new era of broadband and more ->
 
 
 
 

Delta Wind: Pound for pound, Alaska mosquitoes pack punch and more ->
 
 
 
 
KMXT: Talk of the Rock: Kodiak trails, search and rescue and more ->

Adelyn at KTOO: Meet three of Juneau’s newest residents, all the way from Ukraine

Annie Bartholomew: Klondike Gold Rush Songs: Sisters of White Chapel
 
 
 
 

Jennifer Mulson, The Gazette: Pikes Pick: Hilary Swank’s ‘Alaska Daily’ focuses on Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women

 
 
 
 
KINY: ‘We didn’t forget’ Women’s march in downtown Juneau marks one year since Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade

KTUU: New Juneau exhibit features the works of 56 Alaska Native women artists

 
 
 
 
Craig Medred: Plummeting value

CutterLight: The Promise of Flowers and a Plot Twist
 
 
 
 

Beth Ann Matthews: Deep Waters A Memoir of Loss, Alaska Adventure, and Love Rekindled
When Beth Mathews’ very healthy and adventurous 56-year-old husband was suddenly felled by an unusual type of stroke while doing routine home maintenance in 2008, the author’s world turned upside down. Her new memoir — her first book — tells the story of her husband’s recovery while also reaching beyond that framework story into deeper waters concerning health and disability, risk versus safety and security, and life choices.
 
 
 
 
Phil Norris: How to travel around Alaska without breaking the bank, The best things to do in Alaska with kids

 
 
 
 
Publisher’s Weekly: Polar Exposure: An All-Women’s Expedition to the North Pole Felicity Aston. Imagine, $24.99 (240p) ISBN 978-1-62354-553-6

By Ashlyn O’Hara, Peninsula Clarion: Off the Shelf: Take a walk on the wolf side “The Wanderer: An Alaska Wolf’s Final Journey,” is the latest book from Alaska writer and photographer Tom Walker
 
 
 
 

CutterLight: The Hike to Heney Ridge, Chugach National Forest
 
 
 
 
Craig Medred: Worse than ever
 
 
Craig Medred: The narrative
 
 
Craig Medred: 100 dead bears
 
 
Craig Medred: Lucky us
 
 
Craig Medred:Call for Anchorage leash law rising again

Summer has come to Alaska’s largest city; local trails are busy with Anchoragites; and dogs are once again rivaling the now Portlandesque problem of the homeless as the argument of the day.

Some people think their dogs no different than children and prefer to let them run wild. Some people fear dogs too much and cower at the sight of them. And sometimes, dogs being dogs, the animals can make themselves a problem for everyone no matter the human opinion of canines.

Two years ago – amid horror stories about dogs attacking people and dogs attacking other dogs – the Anchorage Municipal Assembly considered an ordinance that would have required all dogs be on a leash when in public places in the city.

Anchorage Animal Control officials at the time said they were getting 50 calls a week complaining about loose dogs, many of them aggressive animals.

Read more ->
 
 
 
 

FYI: Helen Hegener, The Archives A Wealth of Alaskan History
 
 
Helen Hegener Jun 14 · Northern Light Media The Hope ’91 Sled Dog Race book is now in print and available at Amazon, details here:
 
 

KTUU: Police investigating fatal Dimond shooting; Midtown businessman aims to aid, share resources with homeless neighbors and more ->
 
 
 
 

KTOO: Alaska cancer treatment centers struggle with shortage of common chemo drugs and more ->
 
 
 
 
KYUK: After a year of avian influenza outbreak, scientists want to know more about how the virus persists in Alaska; Bethel’s courthouse goes to ‘analog methods’ to work around GCI network issues and more ->
 
 
 
 

Alaska Native News: 2023 Alaska Artistic License Plate Competition: Semi-finalists and Youth Awardees; This Day in Alaskan History-June 15th, 1921 and more ->
 
 
 
 
Fairbnaks News Webcenter 11: Free Flight Home program for Alaska service members; Alaska Behavioral Health starts Mobile Outreach for Children and Families and more ->

KINY: AFN responds to the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act; SNAP Online Purchasing now available to Alaskans at Target.com and more ->
 
 
 
 
KRBD: Team ‘We Brake For Whales’ earns its name and $10,000 with first-place Race to Alaska finish and more ->
 
 
 
 

KUCB: Small boat harbor to get long-awaited upgrade; Karie Wilson retires after 16 years with Eagle’s View Elementary Achigaalux̂; Sharon O’Malley retires after nearly three decades with UCSD and more ->
 
 
 
 

KTUU: In depth: Pallet shelters’ feasibility in Anchorage; Hiker describes encounter with sow, cubs along South Fork Eagle River Trail; Boys & Girls Club learns pertinent life-saving CPR skills and more ->

KTOO: Biologists are still catching invasive baby possums in Homer; Downtown Juneau street to be renamed Heritage Way and more ->
 
 
 
 

Alaska Native News: Kattie Wilmarth Sentenced for DUI Crash that Killed Alex Duny; Domestic Disturbance Call Results in Two Burglary Cases Solved in Sutton; This Day in Alaskan History-June 14th, 1944 and more ->
 
 
 
 

Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: BLM fire restrictions aim to protect people and property in high risk areas and more ->
 
 
 
 

KINY: Why did Alaskans statewide get an Amber Alert on Tuesday?; Ten educators recognized for distinguished service in schools, communities and more ->

The Seward Journal June 14 to June 20, 2023
 
 
 
 

KFSK: Conservation group preparing to file Endangered Species Act petition for several Alaska king salmon populations and more ->

KRBD: American Legion holds Flag Day ceremony; Transboundary Indigenous group declares salmon emergency and more ->
 
 
 
 

KUCB: Japan’s maritime self-defense force stops in Unalaska for the third time since World War II and more ->
 
 
 
 
KMXT: Midday Report June 14, 2023 and more ->
 
 
 
 

“Ask the Animals” by Co-Authors Renee Copeland and Roxanne Jacobs was Exhibited at the 2023 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Delve into an anthology of biblical stories told from the perspective of the animals that witnessed what happened.
 
 
 
 
Helen Hegener, Northern Light Media: New Website Posts Books and Reviews and More
 
 
 
 

Remedies for Sorrow: An Extraordinary Child, a Secret Kept from Pregnant Women, and a Mother’s Pursuit of the Truth Hardcover – April 18, 2023
By Megan Nix (Author)
A story of a mother’s fierce love for her exceptional child and her courageous journey to break the silence about a hidden risk to pregnant women: “both a beautiful family story and an urgent call to action… [A] moving, potentially life-altering book” (Robert Kolker, author of #1 New York Times bestseller Hidden Valley Road).

After a seemingly uneventful pregnancy, Megan Nix’s second daughter, Anna, was born very small and profoundly deaf. Megan and her husband, Luke, learned that Anna could have lifelong delays due to an infection from a virus they had never heard of: cytomegalovirus, or CMV, which Megan had unwittingly contracted from her toddler during pregnancy.

Megan was electrified by this knowledge. She had been warned, while pregnant, about the risks of saunas, sushi, and unpasteurized cheese, a lack of folic acid, and an excess of kitty litter. She knew to fear a slew of genetic syndromes she could do little to prevent. But she had not been told that CMV is contagious in the saliva of one out of three toddlers, spread through a kiss, a shared cup, a bite of unfinished toast. She had not been told that the stakes were high, that congenital CMV causes more birth defects and childhood disabilities—including blindness, deafness, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and autism—than any infectious disease. Or that some of these disabilities are evident at birth, but others appear suddenly at age two or three and are never traced back to congenital CMV.

Remedies for Sorrow unfolds across the dramatic landscape of Sitka, Alaska, where Luke makes his living as a salmon fisherman. There, Megan struggles to meet Anna’s needs and dives deeper into the mystery of why no one—not her OBGYN, not her toddler’s pediatrician—had mentioned CMV, despite the staggering cost of this silence to families and children like Anna. From this rugged and beautiful place comes a memoir about the boundless capacity of mothers, the extraordinary child that is Anna, and the lifesaving power of truth.

KTUU: Anchorage Summer Solstice Festival celebrates 20 years; 94 brown bears eliminated in government predator control measure; Assembly committee establishes criteria for new homeless shelter and more ->

KTOO: Internet is out for much of Western Alaska, and repairs could take weeks; Invasive pike can use Cook Inlet to travel between freshwater systems, research finds; A shortage of heat pump installers is slowing climate action in Southeast Alaska and more ->
 
 
 
 

Alaska Native News: Alaska National Guard unveils newest domestic operations capability; A New Teenager and her Unusual Bird; This Day in Alaskan History-June 11th, 1913; This Day in Alaskan History-June 12th, 1916; This Day in Alaskan History-June 13th, 1994 and more ->
 
 
 
 
KINY: Attorney General Taylor Announces Settlement with Simple Save Protection; Indigenous higher education consortium meeting registration opens and more ->

KSTK: Coastal communities like Wrangell face costly sewage treatment upgrades in coming years and more ->
 
 
 
 
KRBD: Man dies in custody at Ketchikan Correctional Center, one day after arrest; Researchers look for more ancient evidence of Indigenous life near Prince of Wales Island; Summer Solstice Mini-Drive and more ->

KMXT: Midday Report June 13, 2023 and more ->

 
 
 
 
Eat Your Words from Edible Alaska: #53: Fish on!

Simple Living Alaska: Liked videos • 16 / 5000 All hands on deck All hands on deck 0:02 / 34:10 Supply Run to the Old Cabin | Hatching Eggs & Planting Potatoes
 
 
 
 

Craig Medred: Killers on the road
And the foolishness of toothless regulation

Fueled by good intentions, a trio of politicians in Alaska’s largest city has drafted a new ordinance to protect “vulnerable road users” that is so bad as to be laughable, but sure to make them heroes to those who think regulations in and of themselves solve problems.

Anchorage lawyer Marc Grober, a long-time advocate for road safety, said he can see nothing in the proposed ordinance that would do anything to reduce the carnage in Anchorage where 75 percent of all Alaska collisions between motor vehicles and bicyclists take place and where the state’s greatest number of pedestrians die.

 
 
 
 
By Megan McDonald, Only In Your State Alaska: On Your Way To The Beach, Enjoy A Meal At This Hidden Gem In Alaska

KTUU: Future of Port of Alaska discussed at work session and more ->
 
 
 
 

KTOO: Rear Admiral Megan Dean takes the helm of the Coast Guard in Alaska and more ->
 
 
 
 

Alaska Native News: This Day in Alaskan History-June 10th, 1914 and more ->

Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: “101 Ways to Explore Fairbanks” urges residents to discover their community this summer and more ->
 
 
 
 

KFSK: Petersburg Search and Rescue Team assists sick man across Blind River Rapids; New phone app looks to Alaskans to help log migratory fish and more ->

KUCB: Deepwater mapping reveals gas seeps in Aleutian Trench and more ->

Trapper Creek, AK
Troopers Seek Information on Trapper Creek Murder

On May 24, 2023, 30-year-old Fairbanks resident Sunday Powers was reported missing to the Alaska State Troopers. Sunday’s disappearance was deemed suspicious due to a 911 call made by Sunday before she was reported missing. The Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Bureau of Investigation immediately began searching for Sunday along the Parks Highway corridor where she was believed to be traveling.

Learn more ->

Alert sent on 06/09/2023 at 12:03PM AKDT

Case: AK23050460 –

Contact

(907) 352-5401

https://www.tip411.com/alerts/85523

 
 
 
 
KTUU: Proposal limits team options for transgender student-athletes; New abatement policy in the works from Bronson administration; Boarding school commission bill passed by Committee of Indian Affairs, will go to Senate floor and more ->
 
 
 
 
KTOO: Nome brothers take home $500k for winning ‘Race to Survive: Alaska’; Proposed policy aims to streamline Alaska’s food stamp application process and more ->
 
 
 
 

KYUK: Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation issues notification of a data security incident and more ->

Alaska Native News: 177th Fighter Wing Leads 108th Wing and 111th Attack Wing During Scruffy Devil Exercise in Alaska; This Day in Alaskan History-June 9th, 1912 and more ->

Fairbas News Webcenter 11: UAF highlights active community members in live interview series; Dalton Highway to see closures while Dietrich Quarry conducts blast operations and more ->
 
 
 
 

The Arctic Sounder: ‘You can never give up’: A longtime Point Hope whaling captain lands his first bowhead and more ->
 
 
 
 

KINY: Dr. Richard McGrath to serve two years for sexual assault in the third Degree; Ketchikan Grand Jury indicts Dwight “Chris” John on 17 counts of sexual abuse of a minor and more ->
 
 
 
 

KFSK: Volunteers prepare Petersburg’s cemetery for Memorial Day and more ->

KRBD: Ketchikan church leader facing felony charges of sexual abuse of a minor and more ->
 
 
 
 

Suzanne Downing, Must Read Alaska:Heist: Former armored transport guard skimmed $579,400 from Juneau banks over two years
 
 
 
 
By Mark Thiessen The Associated Press: Utah man sues Alaska troopers, says his job offer was yanked after revealing HIV status

 
 
 
 
Event by Military Women’s Memorial
Public · Anyone on or off Facebook
Join via livestream to Celebrate Women Veterans Recognition Day with us at the Military Women’s Memorial! We promise, you will NOT want to miss this.
Celebrated each year on June 12 at the Military Women’s Memorial in recognition of the anniversary of the 1948 Women’s Armed Services Integration Act signing, 2023 is particularly significant as it is the 75TH ANNIVERSARY of that groundbreaking legislation for America’s military women, granting women a permanent place and an opportunity for a career in the nation’s military. On this special day designated to honor America’s military women, join us virtually for this special program that includes music, presentations, special remarks, and even some surprise guests.
Women Veterans Recognition Day, June 12, is synonymous with the Military Women’s Memorial – the place to be to honor and celebrate America’s military women on this historic day.
Learn more ->

 
 
 
 
Event by Black Birch Books
Black Birch Books
Duration: 6 hr
Public · Anyone on or off Facebook
Join us every Saturday morning for coffee with a veteran! All are welcome.
☕️The coffee is FREE and the veterans are bitter. ???????? We’re never quiet and full of stories. The event ends when we feel like it.
*Black Birch Books is owned by a female disabled veteran. We exclusive hire homeless youth from this community and we’re the only bookbinder in the state.*
All events are scheduled by request. Please let us know if you’d like us to host something!
BBB is a female disabled vet owned biz who hires homeless youth. We are the only bookbinder in Alaska
2901 E. Bogard Rd. #104, Wasilla, AK, United States, Alaska
(907) 373-2677
blackbirchbooks@gmail.com