Artists have until Jan. 12 to pitch design concepts for “Together we live in balance.”
Arts & Culture
Ray Troll’s Soho Coho gallery closing after 31 years in Ketchikan
After more than three decades, Ketchikan’s beloved Soho Coho t-shirt shop and gallery will be closing its doors at the end of this year.
Sealaska Heritage Institute releases new apps for learning endangered Indigenous languages
It’s SHI’s first attempt at putting X̱aad Kíl, the Haida language, and Shm’algyack, the Tsimshian language, in app form.
Attu’s last survivor remembered for his leadership and forgiveness
Gregory Golodoff, the last surviving resident of Attu taken prisoner by the Japanese in 1942, had empathy for his captors before his death last month.
Washington man pleads guilty to selling fake Alaska Native art in Ketchikan
They products, which were actually produced in the Philippines, were sold out of two storefronts in Ketchikan.
Lingít scholars document traditional hand gestures that could be used in language learning
The researchers say this gesture system could allow language learners to use less English to fill in blanks in the classroom setting.
With ChatGPT turning 1, Americans wonder whether AI is coming for their jobs
In the year since ChatGPT was released, people have been figuring out what it’s good at, what it’s not good at, and how AI tools will change how we live and work.
Sitka’s culinary scene is coming to TV screens
Sitka’s culinary scene will be coming to television screens around the country this spring. Former child actor and film producer David Moscow recently visited the island community to film an episode of his show “From Scratch” in collaboration with Beak restaurant. Between jaunts pulling bull kelp out of Sitka Sound and foraging for cranberries, Moscow…
In the battle over books, who gets to decide what’s age-appropriate at libraries?
There are efforts to change how decisions are made about which books libraries should stock and which section they belong in. Some advocate using a national rating system like the one used for movies.
Miss Gay Alaska America crowned in Juneau, now headed to national competition
Lamia Monroe won the crown at the inaugural pageant and will represent Alaska at the national contest in January.