DILLINGHAM – An Alaskan, Ivory Adajar of Dillingham, Alaska Tuesday won an international competition by The International Astronomical Union (IAU) to name an intergalactic star and exoplanet. The new star and exoplanet are named Nushagak and Mulchatna after the famed Bristol Bay wild salmon river and tributary. The competition named a star designated for […]
Image: Kelton Jensen’s winning piece, “The Wacky Taste of Imagination.” Washington, D.C. – Tuesday, Alaska Congressman Don Young announced that Kelton Jensen, a 10th grade student at Palmer High School, has been named the winner of the 2019 Congressional Art Competition for the entire State of Alaska. His winning piece, The Wacky Taste of […]
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 […]
ANCHORAGE—Governor Bill Walker Tuesday announced the winner of the 2017 Choose Respect: Alaskans Pulling Together for Each Other poster contest as part of his Safer Alaska initiative. Liliana Rovira, a Government Hill Elementary School fifth-grader, was selected as the contest winner. Liliana will receive a framed copy of the winning artwork and will be awarded […]