A Mt. Edgecumbe High School student brought home gold from the Native Youth Olympics in Anchorage over the weekend (Apr 26-27, 2013). Nelson Kanuk, a senior from Kipnuk, took first place in the boys Seal Hop. Kanuk covered nearly 135-feet in the agonizing event.
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Tuesday was the last day of operation for the Bill Brady Healing Center. The inpatient drug-and-alcohol rehab program has existed in its current form since 1996. As employees packed up their desks, they told KCAW that working at the center was more than a job.
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Alaska’s tour industry expects more people to visit the state this year. More and larger cruise ships are on their way, bringing visitors through Southeast and across the Gulf of Alaska.
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Sitka Community Hospital nurses Elizabeth Faulkner and Alissa Sexton outline the schedule for this Saturday's (5-4-13) garage sale and Poker Run. Participants can win credits toward a variety of services at the hospital.
More, larger cruise ships to visit Alaska this summer. Sitka to receive 105,000 passengers, down from 114,000 last year. Juneau paddlers okay after traditional canoes lost en route to Kake. Haines to build private "veterans village."
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Kitty LaBounty, Ashley Bolwerk and Wendy Alderson explain science sharing, which takes place tonight at 7 p.m. at UAS. The event features students sharing their science projects with members of the community. It's free and open to the public.
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Sitka girl, 15, shaves head for childhood cancer research. Finnish education reform advocate Pasi Sahlberg to speak in Sitka this afternoon. Kreiss-Tomkins reflects on his first session in the Alaska House.
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Over the past decade, St. Baldrick’s Day has become a major fundraising event for pediatric cancer research. It all began in 1999 when a group of insurance executives in Manhattan shaved their heads in solidarity with young cancer patients. The majority of participants in the event are males, but a few daring women join them. And in Sitka last Friday, a teenage girl decided to take the plunge, raising nearly $3,000 in the process.
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Pasi Sahlberg is a professor of education in Finland, as well as an author and lecturer. His book, “Finnish Lessons,” discusses Finland’s education system, consistently ranked among the best in the world.
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Alaska Airlines is installing passenger power outlets on many of its planes.
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