Early in the pandemic, Shrein was featured in local news when she began driving by students’ homes to express how much she missed them.
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Some accuse Instagram of censorship after posts for Missing, Murdered, Indigenous Persons Awareness Day disappear
On May 5, people all across the country shared stories and pictures, and memorialized the thousands of Indigenous people who have disappeared. Later, many users reported that content they shared to their stories disappeared too.
After a pandemic year, ‘extreme hip hop’ aerobics takes hold in Anchorage’s Pacific Islander community
Focusing on community health is new for the Polynesian Association, which was forced into the role when COVID hit.
Eagle River man, charged in woman’s disappearance, was filmed carrying a body to his car
Eddie Thomas Jr. is charged with tampering with physical evidence, misconduct involving a corpse, unlawful conduct and violating conditions of release, the charging document said.
Park rangers shoot aggressive black bear near Seward
A trio passing through the area last Thursday said the bear didn’t leave them alone until they maced it on a bridge near the trailhead.
Yup’ik woman raised in Bethel found dead near Anchorage
Jerilyn Nicholson was found Saturday at the base of a cliff near Eklutna Lake Road, a semi-rural area at the northern edge of Anchorage’s municipal boundary.
Is Alaska’s pandemic housing market burning out or getting hotter?
It’s a seller’s market; homes are going fast and at high prices.
Hikers have standoff with black bear near Seward
Alaska State Parks Ranger Jack Ransom said his department got three separate reports Thursday and Friday about a large, aggressive black bear on the Tonsina Creek Trail.
Lawsuit challenging Indian Child Welfare Act remains a case to watch for Alaska legal experts, despite split decision in federal court
What is now Brackeen v. Haaland began in 2018 as a lawsuit in Texas that challenges ICWA. The lawsuit says the federal law discriminates against non-Native families looking to adopt.
An Anchorage woman was organizing a vaccine clinic for the Hmong community. Then her sister got gravely ill.
Translator Yeng Tao says it’s getting more and more difficult to find Hmong Alaskans willing to get vaccinated.