The Rural Alaska Honors Institute will hold its 42nd annual graduation July 11 from 1-2:30 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium on the University of Alaska Fairbanks Troth Yeddha’ Campus. The ceremony will stream live on Facebook. RAHI, a competitive program offered by the UAF College of Indigenous Studies, lets rural and Alaska Native students discover what it’s […]
Friday, the Alaska Supreme Court upheld Alaska’s correspondence school allotment program, allowing more than 22,000 students and families enrolled in the program to breathe a sigh of relief. The Court reversed a Superior Court ruling that had struck down Alaska’s correspondence school statutes as unconstitutional, restoring the program as it has existed for the […]
A University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service agent will travel by boat to nine communities in Southeast Alaska to teach classes on healthy living, food safety and food preservation. Sarah Lewis, the service’s Juneau-based health, home and family development agent, will head out on her family’s boat, the Pacific Sapphire, in July. She will […]
Anchorage, AK —The Alaska Chamber hosted the Alaska state finals of the 2024 National Civics Bee on June 13th, organized in partnership with The Civic Trust of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. The National Civics Bee is an initiative aimed at encouraging more young Americans to engage in civics and contribute to their communities. […]