Bishop Mark Lattime said the action was prompted by the discovery of unmarked graves where Indigenous children were buried at Canadian boarding schools.
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University of Alaska interim president turns down UAF’s request for broad COVID vaccine requirement
Interim president Pat Pitney said she expects a federal vaccination mandate to apply to the entire UA system soon.
Alaskans have been spotting turkey vultures all over the state this year
Bird biologist Jim Johnson says there’s broader evidence that the nomadic turkey vulture is expanding north.
Man accused of threatening Sens. Murkowski and Sullivan must remain in custody, judge rules
A federal judge ruled Friday that a Delta Junction man accused of threatening to kill one of Alaska’s two U.S. senators must remain behind bars until an Oct. 19 preliminary hearing.
Now you can watch as the Museum of the North readies the ‘Into the Wild’ bus for display
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has moved the “Into the Wild” bus to a UAF engineering building lab for repairs.
Delta Junction man charged with threatening Sens. Murkowski and Sullivan
The FBI says Johnson left four messages on Murkowski’s voicemail, including one on Sept. 29 in which he allegedly threatened to hire a hitman.
Marine geology expedition takes research ship Sikuliaq farther north than it’s ever been
Researchers on the Sikuliaq have used an array of technology to survey the ocean floor of the Canada Basin and adjacent Chukchi Borderlands.
Work on $55 million bridge over slumping part of Denali Park Road could start next year
A melt-caused landslide is accelerating, prompting action to maintain the route used to transport thousands of visitors through the park every summer.
Following JBER, Eielson Air Force Base restricts interactions off-base due to COVID
Eielson Air Force Base has increased its COVID-19 precautions after Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s commander declared a public health emergency on Friday.
From a fossilized tusk, UAF researchers unraveled the life story of a woolly mammoth
A new University of Alaska Fairbanks study explores the life story of a woolly mammoth that lived 17,000 years ago.