JUNEAU – Eva Easton has won the “Safer Alaska” poster contest. Miss Easton attends Northern Lights ABC School in Anchorage, and is in the eighth grade. Her teacher is Carole McKee. Eva received a commemorative plaque, and a framed copy of her winning design. The poster contest helps students connect with domestic violence awareness month […]
JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker is calling on Alaska’s sixth-grade classes to help name two of the state’s newest trooper K9’s. The dog-naming contest is a part of the Governor’s plan to build a safer Alaska and combat the state’s growing opioid and heroin epidemic. “Drug dogs are critical members of law enforcement and help […]
James Hautman, an artist from Chaska, Minn., is the winner of the 2016 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest. The announcement was made today by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Deputy Director Steve Guertin at the annual contest, held at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. Hautman’s acrylic painting of Canada geese will be […]
Arguably the largest fishing derby in North America, the Interior Alaska Building Association’s Big Catch Classic was a weekend contest open to 6 fish species caught from remote waters across the Interior (July 9th & 10th). A joint effort by the IABA and the Fairbanks Food Bank, this second annual event grew 4x its 2015 […]