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Sep 15 2017
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(Photo courtesy of Christopher Liu)

NASA Mars mission gets an assist from Delta-grown engineer

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Education, Federal Government, Science & Tech, Southwest

Thousands of miles to the south of us, engineers at NASA are hard at work on the NeMO Mission, the next orbiter mission to Mars. They got a little help this summer from an engineering intern from Bethel, and something called the Muktuk Plot.

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Sep 15 2017
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Work on University of Alaska Fairbanks' new 17-megawatt combined heat and power plant is about half done. University officials say it’s scheduled to go online in December 2018. (Photo by Tim Ellis/KUAC)

Arctic climate change researchers still conflicted over UAF’s coal-fired powerplant

By | Energy & Mining, Environment, Interior, University of Alaska

The new $245 million powerplant, scheduled to come online next year, will feature updated technology that’ll reduce most pollutants – but it will continue to emit greenhouse gases blamed for warming the planet. Many on campus say that conflicts with UAF’s leadership in Arctic climate-change research.

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Aug 30 2017
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Jalen Konukpeok, 18, learned four languages fluently before graduating Mount Edgecomb High School in May. (Photo by Avery Lill/KDLG)

New Stuyahok teen learns Yup’ik, Inupiaq, Russian and Tagalog fluently by high school graduation

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

Most students take classes in a second language during high school, but one Bristol Bay polyglot took it to another level. Jalen Konukpeok, an 18-year-old from New Stuyahok learned four languages fluently before graduating from Mount Edgecomb High School in May.

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