The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service is planning a week of workshops and webinars in Kodiak this month. Topics include managing, cultivating and preserving Kodiak’s local food sources; livestock nutrition; attracting pollinators; using pesticides on invasive plants; and information about common garden pests. On Monday, Oct. 21, at 5:30 p.m., livestock nutritionist Jim […]
Alaska Sea Grant announced that Connie Melovidov, A University of Alaska Fairbanks master’s student, will begin a Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship in Washington, D.C. next year. The esteemed fellowship is administered by the National Sea Grant College Program, a collaboration involving the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and universities in 34 states and U.S. territories. […]
“States have an obligation to prevent the crimes of starvation and forcible transfer,” said four leading human rights groups based in Israel. A coalition of Israeli human rights organizations issued a joint statement Monday imploring governments and institutions worldwide to “use all tools at their disposal—legal, diplomatic and economic—to prevent” Israel’s far-right government from carrying out a proposed […]
“When will our country stop funding this madness?” asked U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. “When?” Dozens of Palestinians were killed and many more wounded Sunday and Monday by Israeli attacks on a Gaza hospital and multiple refugee camps, where victims included people queueing for food and a group of children at play. The United Nations Relief and Works […]