KINY: Soldotna man arrested for outstanding warrants and more ->
The Seward Journal December 28, 2022 to January 03, 2023
KRBD: New generator and rising temperatures allow Metlakatla to ease power conservation measures and more ->
KUCB: Unalaska school district receives positive feedback with yearly financial audit and more ->
Delta Wind: Seabird deaths part of Arctic Report Card
KYUK: Bethel Police Department shares video of Alaska Buds robbery and more ->
KINY: Anchorage man sentenced for attempted sexual assault in the first degree and more ->
KFSK: The History behind Petersburg’s Annual Julebukking Celebration and more ->
Craig Medred: Mind-altering machinery
Craig Medred: Swallowed by Alaska
By Carey Seward, Only In Your State Alaska: 16 Incredible Movies About Alaska You Need To See
By Megan McDonald, Only In Your State Alaska: There’s A Dome Airbnb In Alaska Where You Can Truly Sleep Beneath The Aurora
By Nancy Lord, ADN: Book review: 10 Southeast murders provide the framework for understanding Alaska history
The Skagway News: Bea Lingle: founding mother of the Skagway Women Artists’ Co-op
Craig Medred: Mind-altering machinery
Alaska’s Ultimate Bush Pilots | Episode 1: Meet Island Air | FD Real Show
Simple Living Alaska: Storing 500+ Jars of Canned Food | A Day of Meals at the Cabin
KYUK: Private bill passes for former Bethel resident that faced deportation and more ->
Alaska Native News: This Day in Alaska History-December 21st, 1909 and more ->
Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: Thurmond family feels defeat after defendant’s sentencing and more ->
The Seward Journal December 21 to December 27, 2022
KRBD: Metlakatla urges power conservation after generator failure strains power grid and more ->
KUCB: GCI connects some Unalaska residents to high-speed internet, others have to wait and more ->
Rasmuson Foundation News: Monthly President’s Report
Alaska Children’s Trust: Events in Early 2023 (Advocacy Learning Opportunities)
The Nome Static, Transmission 705: End-of-Year 2022
Dave Allgood, KTUU: Alaska couple catches moose losing antlers on doorbell camera
WGN: WATCH | Fireball caught on camera over Anchorage
KYUK: Bethel’s new police chief looks for ways to connect. ‘We need the community to help us keep the community safe’ and more ->
Alaska Native News: Anchorage Man Sentenced for July 2021 DUI Crash; Alaska Agrees to $21.5 Million in Opioid Settlements with Walmart, Teva Pharmaceuticals and Allergan; Considering $21 Million in Settlements with CVS and Walgreens; Seabird deaths part of Arctic Report Card; This Day in Alaska History-December 16th, 1922; This Day in Alaska History-December 17th, 1959; This Day in Alaska History-December 18th, 1971; This Day in Alaska History-December 19th, 1903; This Day in Alaska History-December 20th, 1920 and more ->
Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: Former North Pole resident indicted for 2005 death of his infant daughter and more ->
The Arctic Sounder: Inupiaq teachers use storytelling for language immersion classes and more ->
KUCB: Emergency Operations Center activated due to anticipated heavy rainfall and more ->
Craig Medred: Deadly wildlife
Craig Medred: Good-bye ‘useless’
By Vick Mickunas, Contributing Writer, Springfield News-Sun: Madcap historical adventure unravels along pristine Alaska coastline
The author John Straley has been an admirer of Merton’s work and he heard that at one point the monk passed through Alaska on his travels. Straley thought it could be fun to create a fictional story about the time that Merton, known as Brother Louis, paid a visit to the remote fishing village of Cold Storage, Alaska.
By Nancy Lord, David James, ADN: Here are our book reviewers’ favorite selections of 2022
Nicki Swift: Celebrities Who Grew Up In Alaska
By Heather McMillion, Delta Discovery: Stay socially connected this winter
KTUU: Talkeetna man dies in tanker collision on Parks Highway DEC responding to “significant amount” of fuel spilled during crash; Digging deep: Uncovering the numbers of the historic snow in Southcentral Alaska Anchorage is on pace for the snowiest December ever recorded and more ->
Dave Allgood, KTUU: Kenai man sporting the 19th best mullet hairstyle in the nation
KTOO: A ‘big soup of viruses’ is filling Alaska hospital beds; Alaska’s new lieutenant governor says she’s ready to head state elections and more ->
Alaska Native News: Bill Recognizing Congressman Don Young’s Legacy Passes Senate; Coast Guard Rescues Three Men and a Dog after Grounding near Whittier; This Day in Alaska History-December 13th, 1916, This Day in Alaska History-December 14th, 1989, This Day in Alaska History-December 15th, 1914 and more ->
Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: National Defense Authorization Act includes provisions for Alaska; Officer killed by musk ox is first CSO death in the line of duty and more ->
KINY: Federal prosecutors in Alaska and Los Angeles charge 6 with operating websites that offered computer attack services; Anchorage Woman sentenced to 20 years for kidnapping and more ->
KSTK: Wrangell mechanic sentenced to 7 years in prison for enticing a minor online and more ->
The Seward Journal: December 14 to Decembe4 20, 2022
Resurrection Bay Historical Society: Historian and author Doug Capra will be featured presenter of the “Thursdays: Our History” program starting at 7 pm Jan. 19 in the community room of the Library & Museum.
KFSK: Officer Bobby Aikins Joins Petersburg’s Police Department and more ->
KRBD: Metlakatla middle-schooler accepted into Johns Hopkins summer program for talented students; Revilla on the radio: students work with KRBD’s newest reporter; Ketchikan’s school district faces increasing pressure from borough over health insurance program; Looking back on an eventful year in Metlakatla and more ->
KUCB: Unalaska city eyes wind power as geothermal project simmers and more ->
NuttyNu: Neighborhood roads after snow storm | Anchorage, AK
Itchy Boots: What happened after I reached Prudhoe Bay in Alaska…
KYTUK: Four graduate from new nursing program in Bethel and more ->
Alaska Native News: Tlingit & Haida Urges Federal Government to Uphold Commitments to Protect International Salmon Rivers from Canadian Mining; The dark season turns on winter solstice; This Day in Alaska History-December 9th, 1916, This Day in Alaska History-December 11th, 1938, This Day in Alaska History-December 12th, 1920 and more ->
Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: Alaska Elections Director Gail Fenumiai retires; ‘40 satellites, one rocket’: a new launch may improve Alaskan internet quality and more ->
The Arctic Sounder: Amid a weak caribou harvest, one North Slope village flew more than a ton of whale meat to another for Thanksgiving ->
KINY: Building explosion in Wasilla injures one; Murkowski effort to recognize female veterans, Honor Colonel Mary Louise Rasmuson, passes Senate; Alaska lawmaker can’t block public from social accounts based on their views, judge rules and more ->
KFSK: Petersburg Borough Assembly Will Consider Funding Program to Address Child-Care Crisis and more ->
Craig Medred: Cryptic crypto
Craig Medred: The outcast
Daily Sitka Sentinel: Police Blotter
KFSK: Seeking peace in Straley’s fictional universe, a famous monk instead finds ‘big, messy crime’;
Book review: Action and introspection unite in an Alaskan’s war memoirBy Nancy Lord
“Warflower: A True Story of Family, Service, and Life in Alaska”
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By Robert Stark; Secret Garden Alaska, 2022; 352 pages; $16.99 paperback.
Robert Stark, who grew up in Alaska and today lives on the Kenai Peninsula, was a teenager with little ambition and plenty of self-doubt when a military recruiter at his Seward high school encouraged him to sign up and “see the world.” And so he did. Soon enough, as an airborne infantryman, he found himself parachuting into Iraq. It was March 26, 2003, at the beginning of the Iraq War. He was there, he thought, to retaliate for 9/11 and free Iraq from the murderous Saddam Hussein. The people of Mosul swarmed the streets to welcome their American liberators. For the next year, Stark patrolled Kirkuk and surrounding areas, searching for terrorists and weapons by breaking down doors and terrorizing residents. He later returned for a second tour, providing security for a general.
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Alaska Native News: Calista Corporation Launches Website Showcasing Shareholder-Owned Businesses; An interdisciplinary approach to coastal resilience in Alaska; This Day in Alaska History-December 8th, 1915 and more ->
Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: Alaska State Trooper patrol leads to arrest of three men with outstanding warrants; Health Watch: Alaska uses education, Naloxone to fight opioid crisis; Interior Alaska feels magnitude 3.7 earthquake and more ->
KINY: Fairbanks man sentenced to 78 months for years-long fraud and identity theft; Former Federal Contractor sentenced for bribery scheme; SHI to sponsor lecture by archaeologist on discovery of ancient stone fish weir and more ->
KSTK: Wrangell tree-lighting and ‘Midnight Madness’ scheduled for Saturday and more ->
KRBD: City of Craig takes a small step toward library changes and more ->
Marcia Biederman
On Jan. 13 , I’ll present a Zoom talk about the forgotten history of a courageous Haida woman, Agnes McAlpin. I’m immensely grateful to the Sheldon Jackson Museum for making this possible, and to this group for posting the call for applications. I hope some of you will attend and ask questions.
When Fri, January 13, 2023, 12:00pm – 12:45pm
Where Zoom only (map)
Description As part of the Share Your Culture/Share Your Research Winter Series, biographer and journalist Marcia Biederman (non-Native) will give a Zoom-only historical talk entitled “The Courage of Agnes Young McAlpin: The Forgotten Story of a Haida Woman Who Won a Fight for Her Human Rights.” To attend, visit www.zoom.com and input meeting ID: 842 3603 1991 and passcode: Agnes.
Join us for this event as Biederman takes us back to 1906, at a time when people fought for seats in a Pennsylvania courtroom to hear a young Haida woman tell of years of mistreatment at the hands of her white husband and in-laws. Originally from Kasaan, Agnes Young was 17 when a white dentist named Kenneth McAlpin married her in Wrangell. A year later, with Agnes pregnant, the couple returned to Kenneth’s home. Horrified by the interracial marriage, his mother and sister banished Agnes to a barren attic while Kenneth got a luxuriously furnished room.
Hidden from visitors and forced to eat separately, Agnes thought of suicide. Instead, she developed a plan to free herself and her children from this intolerable situation. Using photos and excerpts from news accounts, Marcia Biederman will explain how Agnes won a highly publicized divorce trial, ensuring a future for her descendants in Alaska, and prompting a small Pennsylvania city to examine its commitment to civil rights.
Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: Fairbanks hosts 2022 Winter Solstice Festival and more ->
The Seward Journal December 07 to December 13, 2022
KUCB: Fatal Ballyhoo car crash trial likely to take place in summer; Bus driver shortage hits Unalaska, prompting revised school transportation schedule and more ->
Craig Medred: Old neighbors
The Alaska 100: Treat someone special this year with the gift of experience
What Do I Know: AIFF2022: Dealing With Dad and Bering Family Reunion
Simple Living Alaska: Wood Stove Hearth | Pouring Concrete Indoors
KTUU: The biggest film festival in Alaska is back Anchorage International Film Festival returns for 22nd year; American Legion in Wasilla honors WWII, Korean War veterans; Cartoonist Chad Carpenter celebrates 30 years of Tundra comics and more ->
KTOO: Kenai man has the nation’s 19th-best mullet; Bear encounter north of Fairbanks raises questions about carrying protection in winter; How Alaska’s congressional delegation voted on the same-sex marriage and railroad bills, and why; Spay and neuter services available in-house at Juneau Animal Rescue and more ->
KYUK: The US Fish and Wildlife Service seeks feedback on a new Alaska Native relations policy; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service opens new Kuskokwim moose hunt and more ->
Alaska Native News: Community pays final respects to unaccompanied veterans; Amy Pohl Dies in Ester Fire Saturday; Holiday traditions bring service members, North Slope Borough community closer; Newly found photos shed light on 1910 Denali climb; This Day in Alaska History-December 2nd, 1980, This Day in Alaska History-December 3rd, 1906, This Day in Alaska History-December 4th, 1919, This Day in Alaska History-December 5th, 1905, This Day in Alaska History-December 6th, 1906 and more ->
Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: Alaska State Troopers seize counterfeit currency, suspect in custody; Reindeer meet and greet generates donations for The Door; Mission to Minto: Operation Santa Claus brings holiday cheer to rural communities and more ->
KINY: Minors near Seward arrested for alleged car theft; Palmer authorities attempting to locate driver involved in burglary using a U-Haul and more ->
KSTK: Wrangell schools keep travel COVID testing in place for student-athletes, despite some pushback and more ->
KFSK: U.S. Coast Guard Holds Advancement Ceremony at Petersburg Whale Observatory; Petersburg’s Christmas Bazaar 2022 Petersburg’s Christmas Bazaar 2022 and more ->
KRBD: How to bring home your own Southeast Alaska Christmas tree and more ->
KUCB: Unalaska school district in search of new superintendent … again and more ->
Indian Country Today: Seating a Cherokee in Congress
She was inducted into the Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame in 2010 and served as chair of the Alaska Native Health Board among many other achievements.
Santa’s Letters & Gifts celebrates 20 years
Pam Sattler is now taking her art in a new direction. One of her pieces is on the cover of the Winter 2022 issue “Alaska Women Speak.”
By Neha Saini, Mint: Apple iPhone 14 SOS feature saves man’s life in Alaska, rescuers impressed
Apple introduced the emergency SOS satellite feature with iPhone 14 series. The feature went live in the US and Canada a few weeks back. Now, a man is crediting the emergency feature to save his life when he found himself stranded in the mountains of Alaska.
Ethel Aanwoogeex’ Lund, an Alaska Native leader and health care pioneer, died Nov. 11. She was 91.
Lund was known throughout Southeast Alaska and across the state for her work which spearheaded bettering health care for Alaska Native people during a period when it was difficult to obtain.
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By Chris Klint, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage: Anchorage woman seeks justice for boyfriend killed outside their home
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Happy holidays! This week’s Glacier Rock Show will highlight the English Band The 1975 new album “Being Funny in a Foreign Language” released October 14, 2022 via the Dirty Hit label. The two-hour show will air across the US via the Pacifica Radio Network and in Alaska on KEUL 88.9, Girdwood on Saturday, Dec. 10, 8 pm and Sunday, Dec.11, at 11 am.
The band which was formed in 2002 with the album written by Matthew Healy and George Daniel and recorded at Real World Studios inn Wiltshire, United Kingdom and the legendary Electric Lady Studios in New York. This is the fifth studio album for the group The 1975 and was created during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Being Funny in a Foreign Language” was released in part through several singles starting in July through September 2022. The four-member ensemble have established themselves as one of the defining bands of their generation with a distinctive aesthetic, ardent fanbase and a unique sonic approach. Glacier Rock Show listeners are encouraged to tune in and enjoy this upbeat new album.
By Emerson, Only In Your State Alaska: The Spectacular Ice Skating Lagoon In Alaska That Will Make Your Winter Complete
By Megan McDonald, Only In Your State Alaska: Drive Through A Winter Wonderland This Holiday Season At The Bright Up The Night In Alaska
By Casea Peterson, Only In Your State Alaska: These 8 Pieces Of Architectural Brilliance In Alaska Could WOW Anyone
KTOO: Syphilis cases in Alaska continue to climb, compounding the state’s STD challenges; 3 tribes dealing with the toll of climate change get $75 million to relocate and more ->
KYUK: Arctic lamprey in Kuskokwim River and more ->
Alaska Native News: Kodiak’s North Star Elementary School Evacuated after Discovery of Suspicious Package Wednesday; This Day in Alaska History-December 1st, 1922 and more->
Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: Carbon monoxide poisoning suspected cause of death in two North Pole residents; Southeast Alaska sees closure of crab season; Volunteers help military families’ holiday wishes come true with Arctic Warrior Wishes and more ->
KRBD: NTSB calls for special regulations on Ketchikan air tours after series of crashes; Alaska’s second fatality-free year of commercial fishing could be part of a trend and more ->
KUCB: GCI fiber optic cable damaged, likely by ship’s anchor and more->
