Students from 36 communities will receive scholarships for the 2019-20 school year ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Fifty Alaska students from communities across the state will receive $2,000 apiece in the 2019-2020 academic year through the GCI Scholarship Program in partnership with the Alaska Community Foundation. The program, launched more than 20 years ago and seeded […]
SEATTLE — The 150-member crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star returned earlier this month to their homeport of Seattle following a 105-day deployment to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze. Operation Deep Freeze is an annual joint military service mission in support of the National Science Foundation, the lead agency […]
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t was announced on Friday by U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder of the Department of Justice that Fairbanks man, 39-year-old David Michael McGraw was sentenced in Federal Court on “one count of misapplication from an organization receiving federal funds, and one count of making and subscribing a false return.” The conviction and sentencing of McGraw stems […]
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) awarded Alaska Public Media (AKPM) $500,000 to support coverage of the health care challenges rural Alaskans face due to geography, high costs, and limited access. “As Alaska Public Media continues to expand and improve enterprise journalism and public affairs efforts, this award affirms that our […]