KUCB: Troopers investigate death of former Alaska Wildlife Trooper Alex Arduser and more ->
 
 
 
 
Webcenter 11 Faribanks: Army suspends air operations for non-critical aviators until training is completed and more ->
 
 
 
 
KTUU: Anchorage man acquitted in 2018 death of boater on Flat Lake; 3 soldiers dead, 1 injured after 2 Army helicopters from Fort Wainwright crash near Healy; Sullivan Arena clients gear up with camping supplies as shelter’s closure nears and more ->
 
 
 
 
KTOO: As mariculture in Alaska grows, industry leaders look abroad for inspiration; Teacher retention bonus bill moves forward in Alaska House and more ->
 
 
 
 
Alaska Native News: Governor Dunleavy to Welcome Global Leaders to Anchorage for the Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference May 22-25; This Day in Alaska History-April 28th, 1898 and more ->
 
 
 
 
KINY: New principal chosen for Juneau Community Charter School and more ->
 
 
 
 
RBHS Membership Meeting Thursday, May 25 at 7 pm in the Seward Museum.

Historical society members Phyllis Shoemaker and Carol Hatch will be featured presenters at the “Thursdays: Our History” program starting at 7 pm May 18 in the Library & Museum community room. They will delve into works of literature either produced by Seward authors or pertaining to the community of Seward. They’ll take a close look at the poetry of Ralph Andrews who owned and operated Andrews Store for four decades. It should be interesting!

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KFSK: Sitka raptors visit Petersburg schools and more ->
 
 
 
 
Delta Wind: Delta Elementary Citizens of the Month for April and more ->

 
 
 
 
By Craig Medred: Yesterday’s heroes
 
 
By Craig Medred: The magic solution
 
 
 
 
Snow Brains: Travis Rice and Zoi Sadowski-Synnott Crowned 2023 Natural Selection Tour Champions
 
 
 
 
The Car Doctor, Anchorage, AK
 
 

 
 
 
 
South Anchorage Farmers’ Market

APRIL 29, 2023

LAST Saturday indoors at Bells’ Nursery until next fall
HOURS: 10am-3pm
 
 
 
 

Alaska Run for Women June 10, 2023

Register Online Here!

Registration is open, and many of you have already signed up to join us for either the in-person event or the virtual race. The course starts and ends on the UAA Campus. All of our pre- and post-race party activities will be held at the UAA Cuddy Quad. Following the drawing for all the fabulous raffle prizes, there will be a drawing for two special door prizes. Your race bib has a tear-away entry form for a chance to win a trip for two anywhere Alaska Airlines flies or a 90-day Gold Family Membership to The Alaska Club. This will happen at the awards ceremony, and you must be present to win!

Form a Team!

Team captains create a team online and share the team name with friends, family, co-workers, etc.! There are different categories for Large Business, Small Business, Health & Wellness and Family & Friends.

Once a team is created, each teammate registers individually and joins/chooses the team when registering.

Five or more women make a team – the more the merrier!

Read more “Helpful Team Tips” here.

Check out the interactive team leaderboard and see how your team ranks to others in your team category. New this year!

Volunteers Needed!
It takes a village to put on an event of this size, and we can’t do it without our amazing team of volunteers. We are in need of individuals or groups to help with pre-race as well as race day activities.

If you are looking for a fun volunteer opportunity experience, please sign up here for a specific time or job that suits your schedule!

KTUU: Emmonak lockdown ends with arrest of armed suspect; JBER Air National Guard member indicted on multiple child pornography charges; Anchorage School District takes action after overdoses involving fentanyl and more ->
 
 
 
 
KTOO: The truth about teens, social media and the mental health crisis; To avoid spending from savings, Alaska Senate ponders smaller dividend, shrunken school increase and more ->
 
 
 
 
KYUK: Woman Murdered, Husband Charged; Department of Interior Officials are tight-lipped on Y-K Delta visit; Watch: Teaching tradition through grass and more ->

 
 
 
 
Alaska Native News: Legislation Creating an Address Confidentiality Program to Protect Survivors of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Passes Senate; This Day in Alaskan History-April 24th, 1913, This Day in Alaskan History-April 25th, 1919, This Day in Alaskan History-April 26th, 1920 and more ->
 
 
 
 

Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: Alaska teacher named 2023 National Teacher of the Year Finalist; UPDATED: Victim identified in Sunday morning homicide; “Three old guys” snowmachine from Grand Rapids, MN. to Fairbanks, AK. And more ->
 
 
 
 

KINY: Homer man indicted for illegal transportation of black bears and making false records, Lacey Act violations; Sitka Tribe, local students, Forest Service complete sixth consecutive planting for Tlingit potato garden and more ->
 
 
 
 

KSTK: KSTK wins Alaska Press Club awards and more ->
 
 
 
 

The Seward Journal April 26 to May 02, 2023
 
 
 
 

KFSK: Petersburg Assembly moves forward with plans for a new hospital; Petersburg School District Finance Director Karen Morrison resigns Petersburg School District Finance Director Karen Morrison resigns and more ->
 
 
 
 
KUCB: City of Unalaska weighs $32 million budget proposal, projected to run up a deficit of nearly $7 million and more ->
 
 
 
 

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media: Alaska writer Don Rearden finds AI has his number, and it freaks him out
 
 
 
 

Digital Journal: Marcia Taigo, Multimedia and Telecommunications Industry Executive, Co-Authors a New Article
 
 
 
 

Craig Medred: More fair!
 
 
 
 

By Marin Sardy: The Edge of Every Day: Sketches of Schizophrenia

The debut of an important new literary voice: Marin Sardy’s extraordinarily affecting, fiercely intelligent memoir unflinchingly traces the path of the schizophrenia that runs in her family.

Against the starkly beautiful backdrop of Anchorage, Alaska, where the author grew up, Marin Sardy weaves a fearless account of the shapeless thief—the schizophrenia—that kept her mother immersed in a world of private delusion and later manifested in her brother, ultimately claiming his life.

Composed of exquisite, self-contained chapters that take us through three generations of this adventurous, artistic, and often haunted family, The Edge of Every Day draws in topics from neuroscience and evolution to the mythology and art rock to shape its brilliant inquiry into how the mind works. In the process, Sardy casts new light on the treatment of the mentally ill in our society. Through it all runs her blazing compassion and relentless curiosity, as her meditations takes us to the very edge of love and loss—and invite us to look at what comes after.

Please note this book is available through the Loussac and other local Libraries.
 
 
 
 
By Clarise Larson, The Juneau Empire: Resolution passed to raise totem pole honoring missing and murdered Indigenous women and people Delegates voted unanimously for it on the last day of Tribal Assembly.

 
 
 
 
Vivian Faith Prescott: Yay! 3rd Place Alaska Press Club Award for BEST FOOD REPORTING for my article about making Furikake seasoning from local seaweed! Alaska Press Club
 
 
 
 

KTUU: Last Frontier Honor Flight arrives in Washington, D.C.; Forest Park Trailer Court residents speak out for their homes; Moose fills up on popcorn in Kenai theater and more ->
 
 
 
 

KTOO: Marijuana charges are leaving CourtView. A new bill would pull them from background checks, too; USDA announces first-ever grants for Indigenous meat processing; Will heavy snow cover dampen Alaska’s fire season? Experts say don’t count on it and more ->

KYUK: “Kid’s Day” at Bethel Fire Station meant to celebrate children and connect them to resources; Yup’ik and Inupiaq spelling bee inspires students to learn; A community call to discuss breakup on the Kuskokwim River and more ->
 
 
 
 

Alaska Native News: E-Bike Legislation Heads to Senate with Bipartisan Support; Leaders formalize Agreement between UAF, Fort Wainwright; This Day in Alaska History-April 20th, 1888; This Day in Alaskan History-April 21st, 1913; This Day in Alaskan History-April 23rd, 1869 and more ->
 
 
 
 

Faribanks News Webcenter 11: Alaska House votes to designate June 9 as Don Young Day; Fairbanks North Star Borough prepares for Senior Recognition Day and more ->
 
 
 
 

The Arctic Sounder: North Slope’s only tribal school has its first graduates; Students showcase their creations at Iñupiaq Fine Arts Festival and more ->
 
 
 
 

KINY: Five schools earn designation of Alaska Purple Star School; ‘People are suffering’: Food stamp woes worsen Alaska hunger; New federal program targets abandoned crab, lobster traps and more ->

KSTK: Alaska Airlines’ flying salmon travels the Inside Passage a final time; Wrangell’s Fourth of July is epic, and expensive. Organizers are implementing some fees to stay afloat. And more ->
 
 
 
 

The Seward Journal April 19 to April 25, 2023

 
 
 
 
RBHS Membership Meeting Thursday, April 27 at 7 pm in the Seward Museum.
Historical society members Phyllis Shoemaker and Carol Hatch will be featured presenters at the “Thursdays: Our History” program starting at 7 pm May 18 in the Library & Museum community room. They will delve into works of literature either produced by Seward authors or dealing with the community of Seward. It should be interesting!
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KFSK: Petersburg’s Humane Society tends its flocks; Petersburg Principal Ambler Moss resigns and more ->
 
 
 
 

Craig Medred: Ukrainian fallout

KRBD: Former Ketchikan Indian Community president steps down from Tribal Council; ‘We just kept playing and kept playing’: Ketchikan trio Dude Mtn recaps four-show Folk Fest tour of Juneau ad more ->

KUCB: ‘When you tie in a cultural aspect to healthy habits, you’re engaged more’: APIA’s Unalaska Health Fair Starts Friday; UCSD fills all vacant teaching positions ahead of next school year, changes coordinator roles from hourly to salaried positions and more->
 
 
 
 

Delta Wind: Fundraiser scheduled for local teen injured in accident and more ->
 
 
 
 

FDIC and FRB-SF Host Virtual Small Business Forum in Alaska
 
 
 
 

Simple Living Alaska: Working Around the Property | Burn Barrel, Burgers & Bone Broth
 
 

Craig Medred: Post-truth journalism
 
 
 
 
By DeAnna Taylor, Ebony: Wanderlust: Adventure Traveler Noami Grevemberg Shows Us How to Explore Alaska via the Van Life

KTUU: 1 injured in homeless camp fire; Anchorage man sentenced to 50 years in prison for sexual assaults of 10 women; Anchorage Assembly members to vote on facial recognition ordinance at special meeting Tuesday; Spiral in the sky amazes Alaskans But just what was that strange swirl? And more ->
 
 
 
 
KTOO: Eaglecrest general manager says this season’s labor shortage was most challenging to date; Judge throws out lawsuit accusing Alaska of mismanaging Yukon, Kuskokwim salmon fisheries and more ->

Alaska Native News: Investigating the Interactions Between Sea Otters and Oyster Farms; Earth Day Activities at UAS-April 18-22; This Day in Alaskan History-April 14th, 1950; This Day in Alaskan History-April 15th, 1929; This Day in Alaskan History-April 16th 1959 and more ->
 
 
 
 
Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: Polaris Building demolition begins A ceremony marked the official beginning to the demolition of the Polaris Building and more ->

 
 
 
 
KINY: The Alaska Native Heritage Center announces inaugural Community Recognition awards and more ->
 
 
 
 
KSTK: ADF&G predicts weak pink salmon harvest, tightens Chinook harvest restrictions and more ->
 
 
 
 

KFSK: Petersburg elementary school adopting new English/ language arts curriculum and more ->
 
 
 
 

KRBD: In Ketchikan’s live action role-playing group Iron Sky, you can be anything you want to be; Ketchikan’s Borough Assembly to vote on vacation rental permitting and more ->
 
 
 
 
KUCB: GCI begins setting up for fiber internet in King Cove and Sand Point; UCSD inks contract for fiber internet for next school year and more ->

By Michael R Dougherty, Anchorage Memories: Anchorage Pioneers Do you remember Wolfe’s Department Store? You’re about to meet Anchorage Pioneer, Ray Wolfe.
 
 
 
 
Book review: A mountain misadventure grounds a larger story about climbing culture and risk-taking By Nancy Lord “Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong”
 
 
 
 

Simple Living Alaska: Settling Into Our New Home with All the Critters | Running Water & Canned Food Storage
 
 
 
 
Alaska Granny: Cheap Foods Stock Up Buy Now Alaska Prices
 
 
Alaska Granny: Lend Me $100…Who Can You Count On SHTF

KTUU: Gas leak forces evacuations of Lake Otis business district; Service High principal placed on administrative leave; Has Anchorage’s plastic bag ban worked?; Alaska Senate approves bill to spur housing development, levy taxes on unsafe buildings and more ->
 
 
 
 

KTOO: Juneau teachers limit their work to paid hours during contract negotiations and more ->

KYUK: Watch: A return to Cama-i ; Bethel Friends of Canines wins award for helping people keep their pets; 22-year-old Russian Mission man faces more than 100 years in prison due to accomplice liability and more ->
 
 
 
 

Alaska Native News: This Day in Alaskan History-April 13th, 1913 and more ->

 
 
 
 
KINY: New hangar will make Nenana a base for drone cargo testing; Alaska Senate bill proposes more legal aid for domestic violence victims, others seeking help; UAS Faculty Forest Haven successfully defends dissertation on subsistence and settler colonialism in Alaska and more ->
 
 
 
 

KFSK: Forest Service asks Southeast Alaskans to help make 10-year Tongass National Forest plan and more ->
 
 
 
 

KRBD: Advisory board votes to keep book on relationships and sexuality in teen section of Ketchikan Public Library; Arrival of large cruise ships to Prince of Wales Island pushed to 2024 as Klawock port delays opening and more ->
 
 
 
 

KUCB: Some Thursday flights delayed, canceled in the Aleutian region following Kamchatka eruption and more ->
 
 
 
 

Delta Wind: Deltana Community Corporation conducts Facebook poll to determine community funding priorities and more ->
 
 
 
 

Fashion Pact: Adopt-A-Cat Shelter

 
 
 
 
PR Newswire: Wild Alaska Pollock to Be Named Official Whitefish of Climate Pledge Arena and the Seattle Kraken

 
 
 
 
Craig Martelle: Spring has sprung, Alaska style
 
 

Alaska Native News: Kenai Judge Sentences David Casey for Manslaughter in Death of Samuel Helmuth; One-thousand miles of Iditarod trail by bike; This Day in Alaskan History-April 12th, 1794 and more ->
 
 
 
 

Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: Month of the Military Child event to recognize the sacrifices of military families in Interior Alaska;
 
 
 
 

The Arctic Sounder: Jessie Holmes wins Kobuk 440: ‘It made the Iditarod seem a little bit more like a vacation to me.’ And more ->
 
 
 
 

KINY: Pet arrives home, dog-tired, after Alaskan sea-ice odyssey; Hearing pushed back for Alaska illustrator on threat charge and more ->
 
 
 
 

The Seward Journal: April 12 to April 18, 2023
 
 
 
 

Resurrection Bay Historial Society: Local historian Lee Poleske will be featured presenter of the “Thursdays: Our History” program starting at 7 pm April 20 in the Library & Museum community room. He will will tell us more about the incredible Iditarod Trail in his program “Iditarod Facts and One Fable.”

KRBD: Ketchikan athletes bring home medals, set personal records at 2023 Traditional Games in Juneau; Ketchikan Public Library Advisory Board to take input on request to remove book on teen sexuality and more ->
 
 
 
 

Delta Wind: Taylor Highway open to Eagle
 
 
 
 
By Nancy Lord, Book review: In ‘Compass Lines,’ a restless young man finds his way to home in Alaska

Senate Passes Murkowski, Schatz Resolution Recognizing Contributions of Native Women Bipartisan Senate Resolution Celebrates Native Women During National Women’s History Month
 
 
 
 

By Maria Galvez, JBER Public Affairs: A tale of two generations of women in combat aviation

 
 
 
 
Simple Living Alaska: Clearing the Path at the New Cabin | We Move In!
 
 

KTUU: Family of woman stabbed to death in 2018 reacts to killer accepting plea deal Cheri Ingram’s family spoke out after news of a plea agreement being reached in the murder case surrounding her 2018 stabbing death
 
 
 
 

Craig Medred: Deadly playground

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Travel: This teenager cycled from Alaska to Argentina
 
 
 
 

By Alaska Division of Forestry: New 349 acre fuel break provides fire crews safe holding line west of Delta Junction
 
 
 
 

#50: Spicing it up…

Hey there,

We’ve been thinking about spices. Beyond musings about growing our own saffron a few weeks ago, we’ve been thinking about the idea that for the most part, no matter where you might be in North America, many or most of the spices you use in your cooking come from elsewhere.
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Spring into…
Right this moment, there are six women writers in residency at Storyknife. Six women bringing words into the world from the quiet and safety of their own cabins. We can’t wait to read what they are creating!

To kick off the residency season, Founder Dana Stabenow is issuing a challenge to match the fellowship and travel scholarship funds that she donates each year. Storyknife fellowships are $5000 to support one writer while in residency. Dana also offers a $1000 scholarship to support the travel of one resident. If you’d like to read more about the other fellowships currently being offered you can check them out on Storyknife’s website.

If you’d like to sponsor a fellowship, please let me know at ehollowell@storyknife.org. Sponsors of a fellowship are encouraged to specify what kind of writer they’d like to support, name the fellowship, and when possible meet with their fellows. It’s a wonderful way to know that you’re making a difference in a woman writer’s life.

This April, Dana is challenging us to raise $6,000 to match her annual donation. A donation in April not only honors Storyknife’s Founder and her continued support but ALSO will support a woman writer putting her heart on the page.

If you’d like to dedicate your donation to Dana, or to anyone else who has positively impacted your life, please let us know on the donation form.

We’re very excited to kick off the year, planting the seeds of good writing that will undoubtedly blossom into good reading for all of us and a more joyful and hopeful world.
Support Women Writers in our April Fellowship Challenge
If you prefer to donate by check, please send your donation to Storyknife, PO BOX 75, Homer, AK 99603.

take care and stay safe,
Erin

 
 
 
 
Simple Living Alaska: Road Trippin’ 5,885 Miles For a New Tractor | Driving the Alaska Highway
 
 

Alaska Native News: Palmer Woman Shot in Face, Assailant Shot in Leg in Self Defense by Third Person Wednesday Evening; New Method of Monitoring Shore Ice Could Improve Public Safety and more->

The Arctic Sounder: North Slope villages will have new affordable housing and more ->
 
 
 
 

KINY: Official News of The North Retraction regarding SEACC and SEACC United and more ->

KSTK: Wrangell health fair to return after 3-year hiatus and more ->
 
 
 
 

The Seward Journal March 29 to April 04, 2023

 
 
 
 
KRBD: Ketchikan PD investigates possible arson fire and more ->

KUCB: State investment and energy authorities show interest in Makushin Geothermal Project; A glimpse inside Unalaska’s new library: Valisa Higman’s artwork puts a local spin on classic fairy tales; Spring Festival debuts Saturday at Unalaska’s community center and more ->
 
 
 
 

Delta Wind: DES special education team is tops and more ->

April 1st, 1974

Residents of Sitka, Alaska were alarmed when the long-dormant volcano neighboring them, Mount Edgecumbe, suddenly began to belch out billows of black smoke. People spilled out of their homes onto the streets to gaze up at the volcano, terrified that it was active again and might soon erupt. Luckily it turned out that man, not nature, was responsible for the smoke. A local practical joker named Porky Bickar had flown hundreds of old tires into the volcano’s crater and then lit them on fire, all in a (successful) attempt to fool the city dwellers into believing that the volcano was stirring to life.

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By Megan McDonald, Only In Your State Alaska: Enjoy A Farm-To-Glass Brewing Experience At This Unique Brewery In Alaska
 
 
 
 

Craig Medred: Overlooked killers
 
 
 
 

South Anchorage Farmers’ Market APRIL 1, 2023

We promise no fools or tricks Saturday at Bells’ Nursery: Just the beauty of plants and the warmth of Bells Nursery
HOURS: 10am-3pm