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
The Seward Journal: April 12 to April 18, 2023
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
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!
Craig Medred: Deadly playground
By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Travel: This teenager cycled from Alaska to Argentina
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
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 ->
Delta Wind: DES special education team is tops and more ->
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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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
Craig Medred: Alaska B4UDie
UC San Diego: Study: Endometrial Cancer Treatment Has Significant Results The combination of immunotherapy and chemotherapy showed a significant reduction in disease growth in patients with advanced endometrial cancer
Also participating are Alaska’s: Joanie Mayer Hope, Alaska Women’s Cancer are and Providence Alaska Cancer Center and more ->
JBER: Celebrating National Women’s History Month in the 3rd WingBy Maria Galvez 673rd ABW/PA
KBBI: ‘Ladies’ Fight Club:’ Homer Police Department teaches jiu-jitsu, situational awareness during women’s self-defense series and more ->
By Megan McDonald, Only In Your State Alaska: The Adults-Only Island In Alaska Where You Can Enjoy Some Much-Needed Peace And Quiet
Simple Living Alaska: From Winter to Spring | Preserving Garlic & Canning Spuds | Digging out the Bees
The Arctic Sounder: Tikigaq girls repeat as 2A state basketball champs and more ->
The Seward Journal March 15 to March 21, 2023
KUCB: New convenience store lets Unalaskans pick up snacks, pantry staples downtown and more ->
By Matt Goff, Sitka Nature: Sitka Nature Photojournal Updates for 2023-03-19
Craig Medred: Big wild life
Craig Medred: Rabbit redux
Craig Medred: Know it alls
KINY: Clarity on Alaska Law and Mifepristone
By Helen Hegener, Northern Light Media: Old Photographs From the Alaska State Library Historical Collections
Simple Living Alaska: Let’s Get this Move On | Mystery Tracks & More Snow at the New Property
KTUU: Anchorage opera ‘Missing’ triggers emotional celebration of Ashley Johnson-Barr Day ‘The story we need to tell; the women we must remember’;Anchorage School District has restrained or secluded students thousands of times since 2014 Numbers have declined and policy will be phased out following DOJ settlement and more ->
2023 Alaska wildfire outlook – dry again in Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
KTOO: Seaweed farming inspires high hopes in Alaska for economic and environmental benefits; Elizabeth Kudrin remembered as ‘great survivor’ of World War II and more ->
Alaska Native News: 19-year-old Hooper Bay Teen Charged with Arson and Murder for Friday Fire; Caribou have been using same Arctic calving grounds for 3,000 years; This Day in Alaskan History-March 13th, 1918; This Day in Alaskan History-March 12th, 1914; This Day in Alaska History-March 11th, 1942 and more ->
Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: Biden administration approves Alaska’s Willow Project Final decision opens up 3 drilling sites for ConocoPhillips after separate decision to protect almost 16 million acres of state land from development and more ->
KINY: Kenai woman sentenced to 10 years for drug trafficking and firearms possession and more ->
The Seward Journal March 08 to March 14, 2023
Craig Medred: Iditarod meltdown
Craig Medred: Fish math
Simple Living Alaska: Hot Tent Winter Camping | Keeping Warm in the Mountains