Helen Dick, a Dena’ina elder, learned to make birch bark baskets from her grandmother. Now, she’s teaching others to make them, too.
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With new research, Alaska groups aim to turn mariculture into $100 million industry
Alaska has an ambitious goal: to turn its growing mariculture business into a $100 million industry by 2040.
Rate changes could help businesses host electric vehicle chargers
Businesses have to pay for their own electricity, and fast chargers consume large amounts of energy.
Feds release final rule closing part of Cook Inlet to commercial salmon fishing
A large swath of Upper Cook Inlet will officially be closed to commercial salmon fishing next summer.
14-year-old artist uses NFTs to raise $50K for Alaska beluga conservation
Abigail, a 14-year-old in Puerto Rico who goes by PeachSunday online, is using her digital art and cryptocurrency to raise tens of thousands of real-life dollars for beluga.
Kenai Peninsula teachers allege censorship of books with LGBTQ themes
Teachers’ association president Nathan Erfurth said the school district’s actions violated the due process for reviewing instructional materials.
Kenai residents raise thousands for library after city council seeks to approve book purchases
One of the fundraiser’s organizer’s described the council’s request as the “definition of censorship”
Feds file environmental review for Cook Inlet lease sale
The potential auction includes 224 blocks across one million acres in Cook Inlet, from the southern end of Kalgin Island down to Augustine Island.
A melting glacier could mean a chance for Alaska’s biggest hydroelectric project to expand
Bradley Lake is the largest hydroelectric facility in Alaska and sends power to utilities across the railbelt. The Alaska Energy Authority says diverting water from the Dixon Glacier could bolster the project’s capacity by 50%.
Scientists are still following whales that swam through the Exxon Valdez oil spill
Other populations of killer whales are doing well, but two pods that swam through the spill are not.