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Alaska senators say Biden administration continues its 'war' on the state
(The Center Square) - A policy that keeps 28 acres of Alaska land under federal control drew the ire of Alaska U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, who said the Biden administration continues to attack the state. The Bureau of Land Management announced it would revoke a January 2021 environmental impact statement that would have lifted a public land order and returned the land to the state. The move came after the Biden administration had conducted its own environmental impact statement. ...
Alaska Native Heritage Center Unveils Renovations
Coinciding with its twenty-fifth anniversary this summer, the Alaska Native Heritage Center (ANHC) unveiled its newly renovated Hall of Cultures. “We stand on the shoulders of giants who helped bring the ANHC to its current place,” says ANHC President and CEO Emily Edenshaw. “We are born out of a vision from the late Paul Tiulana, and we are honored to continue our mission-driven work to preserve and strengthen the traditions, languages, and arts of Alaska’s Native peoples.”
In-person food preservation series planned in Palmer
Learn to preserve meat, fish, fruits and vegetables by canning using a pressure canner, pickling, and drying in a series of in-person workshops in Palmer. Julie Cascio, a University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service health, home and family development agent, will teach the classes, which cost $20 apiece. On...
Housing developer blames local paper for withdrawing from Wrangell’s “old hospital” sale
Wrangell’s “old hospital” building had a buyer, but things took a 180 and he quashed the deal. The project would have renovated the old Wrangell Medical Center into much-needed housing. But the buyer ended his plans because he didn’t like a headline in the local paper.
Project GRAD Kenai Peninsula Hires New Executive Director
The board of directors for Project GRAD Kenai Peninsula hired former teacher and school district superintendent Rayna Bird as the organization’s new Executive Director. Project GRAD has partnered with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District for more than twenty years to provide supplemental education and activities at nine isolated and underserved schools.
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