"Yakutat"

“I think this is a worthwhile technology because it basically fills in a niche,” said Jeremy Kasper about wave energy generation.

The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority is advancing plans to mine Gulf of Alaska beach sands about 75 miles northwest of Yakutat.

Steck is a Marine Corps veteran who spent time in Iraq. He said he was scared sometimes doing that work, but nothing close to his experience with the bear.

Abraham, whose Tlingit name was Chuu Shah, was the first woman and the first Native American to hold a senior position in the statewide administration of the University of Alaska system.

This year’s lineup includes teams from Hoonah, Kake, Craig, Haines, Wrangell, Hydaburg, Klukwan, Yakutat and Metlakatla.

Pelican, Saxman, Haines, Klawock, Yakutat, Kasaan and Angoon have applied, along with 65 other communities.