Southwest

Aug 16 2018
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Pauline Beebe was among the first to enter the Nunalleq Culture and Archaeology Center on Saturday, August 11, 2018, in Quinhagak. (Photo by Katie Basile/KYUK)

Nunalleq Culture And Archaeology Center opens in Quinhagak

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Arts & Culture, History, Southwest

Quinhagak’s new museum is home to 60,000 artifacts, the largest collection of pre-contact Yup’ik artifacts in the world. The opening was the culmination of nine years of back-breaking work, and the result of a unique partnership between Quinhagak’s village corporation and archaeologists.

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Aug 15 2018
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U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Karl Schultz, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, and Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer talked to reporters from the beach near the Nome Port. Photos by Margaret DeMaioribus/KNOM.

Sullivan, military brass visit Nome with ambitions for Arctic role in national security

By | Federal Government, Military, Southwest, Western

U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer and U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz are touring the state in an effort to push for national security in the Arctic. Their visit Monday in Nome coincides with the National Defense Authorization Act, which was scheduled to be signed by President Donald Trump.

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Aug 07 2018
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CROPPED Sen. Anna MacKinnon, R-Eagle River, expresses her views on a state operating budget bill in April. MacKinnon voted Monday to close the Unalaska legislative information office, but not to add hours to the other LIOs. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)

Legislative Council votes against adding Friday hours for legislative information offices

By | Aleutians, Southwest, State Government

The nonpartisan Legislative Affairs Agency made a two-part proposal: the first part would close the Unalaska legislative information office; and the second part would have used the savings to keep the 22 other LIOs open on Friday afternoons when the Legislature is out of session.

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