Thirty years ago, students from the Auntie Mary Nicoli Elementary School in Aniak were among those who held a statewide election to declare an insect that best represented Alaska. Their school’s winner: The dragonfly. It mauled the mosquito, battered the butterfly and bested the bumblebee. The Aniak students’ results mirrored others across the state: The […]
While the agency and outside meteorologists say the NWS provided timely and accurate forecasts, the fatal flooding is generating fresh alarm about cuts and open positions. As the official death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas ticked above 100 on Monday, concerns over vacancies as well as job and potential funding cuts at the National Weather Service continued to […]
“Americans, you won’t have healthcare, Medicaid, public schools, nursing homes, rural hospitals, or SNAP,” said one critic. “But, you’ll get UFC fights on the White House lawn. America F-Yeah!” Critics of President Donald Trump’s announcement of a planned Ultimate Fighting Championship event on White House grounds to celebrate the United States Semiquincentennial next year took […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The U.S. Coast Guard last week announced the renaming of its operational districts from numerical to geographic designations, a key initiative under Force Design 2028 (FD2028). Within this Service-wide renaming initiative, Coast Guard District 17 will now be known as U.S. Coast Guard Arctic District. This strategic change, directed by Secretary of […]