WASHINGTON —She’s young, has super powers and is indigenous! This week, a new superhero makes her debut in Marvel Comics’ Champion series: Amka Aliyak, alias Snowguard, an Inuit teenager who hails from the town of Pangnirtung, in Nunavut, one of the four regions that comprise the homeland for the Inuit population of Canada. She debuted in Champion’s […]
CHENGDU – Governor Bill Walker and the Opportunity Alaska: China Trade Mission delegation attended the 4th Annual China-U.S. Governors’ Forum on Tuesday. The forum focused on trade and investment, the green economy, and economic innovation. Addressing the forum, Governor Walker shared his vision to expand trade between the 49th state and the world’s second-largest economy. […]
An Alakanuk woman was arrested on DUI/Assault charges after she was driving under the influence and struck a six-year-old on a bicycle on Monday, troopers revealed. 40-year-old Joanne Leopold was driving under the influence while driving a four-wheeler in the southwest Alaska village of Alakanuk when she ran into the child causing minor injuries. After it […]
It’s spring in Alaska! We know this because it’s rainy and cold. We also know this because the bears are waking up and moose are having babies. Most wildlife encounters should be reported to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The best part is that you may easily do so online. Here are examples […]