Quixotic, an aerial performance group, will perform at Salmonfest, a three-day music festival that occurs the first weekend of August at the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds, Ninilchik.
Health
Haines police chief puts school resource officer idea on hold
Haines police chief Heath Scott wants to expand the four-officer department.
Placing a school resource officer at Haines School was a priority for him, at first. Instead he thinks it will be something to consider in the future.
Formline allows children to express themselves with traditional artform
The Alaska Native Sisterhood Association – or ANSA – wrapped up a three-day Native art class for Wrangell children Aug. 3. About 20 kids gathered to learn the traditional artform known as formline, the art of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian tribes of Southeast Alaska.
Library celebrates new Harry Potter book with improvised Quidditch game
Sitka Public Library held a tournament in honor of the “Harry Potter” books’ No. 1 sport – Quidditch, a game played by witches and wizards on flying broomsticks.
Bill would speed Tongass-Mental Health Trust land trade
A bill before Congress would speed a timberland trade between the federal government and the Alaska Mental Health Trust. It’s part of a larger legislative effort to increase logging in the Tongass National Forest.
Dam on slough helps Big Delta man protect home along Tanana River
Big Delta resident Tom Gorman said a small dam he built earlier this year to protect his home from the meandering Tanana River held steady over the past couple of weeks as the river rose to near-flood level, due to recent rains. Gorman now hopes the river falls quickly enough to allow him to finish work on the dam before snow flies.
75% of Americans say they eat healthy — despite evidence to the contrary
A third of U.S. adults are obese, and 80 percent don’t eat enough fruits, veggies and whole grains. Yet our poll with Truven Health Analytics suggests that as a nation, we eat with blinders on.
New York bans registered sex offenders from Pokémon Go
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that registered sex offenders on parole would no longer be able to sign up for Pokémon Go and other Internet-enabled games as conditions of their sentence.
Police investigate lewd phone calls to Bartlett Regional Hospital
Police say the lewd calls — hospital staff counted 55 to 80 in one evening — were tracked back to Virginia.
Caribou season opens with more Nushagak Peninsula hunting opportunity
The Nushagak Peninsula herd caribou hunt opened Aug. 1 for both state and federal hunts, and there’s a little more hunting opportunity this year than in the past.