JUNEAU – Friday, Governor Bill Walker signed SB 134 by Senate Democratic Leader Berta Gardner (D-Anchorage). The legislation clarifies that a parent who chooses to keep a child conceived through rape can use a civil action to sever ties between the child and the rapist, if approved by the court and in the best interest […]
Kal’ut, Kal’uq–Karluk Kal’uni sullianga.–I was born in Karluk. The Alutiiq village of Karluk lies on the southwestern shore of Kodiak Island. Tucked between treeless rolling hills, the community rests on the banks of Karluk River. This is the longest fresh watercourse in the archipelago and once was the region’s most productive salmon stream. All five […]
As we think about Father’s Day, we are reminded that the qualities that make Bill and Byron good dads, make them good leaders for Alaska. They love their families and their state beyond measure. They worked hard to provide for their families and have labored without ceasing to provide for Alaska and put the state […]
Of the five species of salmon that swim Alaska waters, the pink is by far the most plentiful. Some scientists think the fish is an overabundant predator that outcompetes other salmon and some seabirds. In the late 1990s, Japanese researchers noticed an intriguing pattern while studying in the Bering Sea just north of the Aleutians. […]