NOAA Fisheries releases their annual Ecosystem Status Reports including a new report card for the northern Bering Sea which shares some promising news about sea ice conditions The Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Island waters were on the warm side for a good part of the year. In fact, winter sea surface temperatures in 2023–2024 […]
Anchorage, AK) – The election of Donald Trump to a second term as President of the United States will unleash a new era of prosperity in Alaska. Governor Mike Dunleavy has already started the transformation by submitting a report titled “Alaska Priorities for Federal Transition” to his national transition team in Washington D.C. The report […]
“Summer can be the hungriest time for children,” said one anti-hunger advocate. A dozen states are poised to walk away from a combined $1.14 billion in federal funding that would help alleviate hunger for nearly 10 million children next summer, according to Food Research & Action Center, or FRAC, a nonprofit that addresses poverty-related hunger. The 12 […]
Steam Bath, Banya — Maqiwik Maqiwik uqnaarllia. – The banya was hot. Alutiiq sod houses had a small side chamber designed specifically for steam bathing. This room had a low ceiling and a narrow, covered doorway that trapped steam. People carried hot rocks into the steam bath with special wooden tongs and piled them into […]