FAIRBANKS, Alaska – As extremely saturated trails continue to dry out after record snowfall this winter, the Bureau of Land Management Eastern Interior Field Office (EIFO) extended the temporary closure to all motorized vehicles including off-highway vehicles (OHVs) on the Wickersham Creek, Trail Creek, and Quartz Creek trails to prevent trail degradation and resource damage. “Much of the snow has melted but the […]
An updated list of violations by members of Congress arrives as an outright ban remains stuck in both chambers. A running tally updated Tuesday shows that more than 60 members of Congress have recently violated a federal law aimed at preventing insider trading, a finding that comes as proposals to bar federal lawmakers from trading stocks […]
WASHINGTON —In the spring of 2020, as COVID-19 spread throughout the world in ways not fully understood, the United States faced a critical shortage of protective masks. Dozens of manufacturing startups attempted to meet the demand for what was then a confusing array of grades and types — N95, KN95, full-face respirators Now, after a […]
With a $3,400 grant from GCI Gives, the Alutiiq Museum has created video tutorials on Alutiiq stitching techniques. The three-part series teaches viewers three basic stitches used in skin sewing—a blanket stitch, a running stitch, and a laced running stitch. Alutiiq artist and award- winning skin sewer Susan Malutin demonstrates the stitches and narrates the […]
