AK wins 2007 Clarion Award

APRN's weekly statewide radio program -- AK -- has won yet another national award for the quality of its reporting and storytelling. This time the...

Alaska Radio Reader Rambler: Timothy Daly

Hosts Sandy Harper and Dick Reichman chat with Australian playwright Tim Daly. HOSTS: Sandy Harper; Dick Reichman GUEST: Timothy Daly, playwright ORIGINAL BROADCAST: Wed, August 22, 2007...

Stage Talk: Anchorage Community Theater (ACT) 2007-2008 Season

Hosts Kristina Church and Mark Muro talk to Ron Holmstrom, Executive Director of Anchorage Community Theatre (ACT), about the upcoming ACT 2007-2008...

West and Shismaref Swap Students

What's it like to attend a high school that's three times larger than you're entire village? That's what a group of Shishmaref students found...

Alaska Monitoring Tsunami Potential

The Associated Press - Anchorage Officials at the Alaska emergency coordination center are monitoring the tsunami situation after the earthquake in Chile. Alaska Department of...

Profile: Liz Medicine Crow

Tlingit attorney Liz Medicine Crow works for the Native Policy Center at the First Alaskan's Institute in Anchorage. Medicine Crow comes from a family...

Chickaloon Elder Katie Wade Left Behind Lasting Legacy

Chickaloon elder Katie Wade passed away a year ago Wade is remembered for her book, Chickaloon Spirit, but she has left another legacy....

Urban Students Get Seminar on Seal Butchering

Seal butchering isn't an activity normally associated with urban life. But a group of high school students in Anchorage recently had a chance to...

Legislators Hear from New Rural Education Director

The House Education committee heard testimony from the state's new Director of Rural Education Phyllis Carlson on Friday. Carlson role is a new...

Hometown Alaska: Teaching in Rural Alaska

A shortage of textbooks and classroom supplies, subsistence seasons, fluctuating populations – these are just a few of the issues teachers in rural Alaska...

Some Leaders Born, Others Made

Some Alaska Native leaders are born, but many are made through struggle and determination. That’s the message from Native elders to young Alaska...

Native Youth Olympics Get Underway in Anchorage

The Native Youth Olympics got started this morning in downtown Anchorage with the kneel jump. Hundreds of students - including Corey Olympic - from...

Young Alaska Native Leaders Encouraged to Take Larger Roles

Some seasoned Alaska Native leaders are looking for young Natives to fill their shoes when the time comes.  At a recent forum, they...

Young Professionals Confront City Life with Bush Background

Andrea Gusty and Marta Muntean both left Rural Alaska for college knowing they were not likely to return. Now in...

Memorable Graduation for Bethel University Campus

Graduation was one to remember this year at Bethel’s Kuskokwim Campus, which is a branch of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. It was...

Graduation Numbers Soar for Alaska Native College Students

The number of Alaska Native students graduating from the University of Alaska Fairbanks has reached an all-time high. Associated Press Download Audio (MP3)

Aaron Leggett Promotes Dena’ina Knowledge in Anchorage

It’s hard to reconcile Aaron Leggett’s 28-year-old boyish features with his job as cultural historian – a title that more easily conjures a craggy-faced...

Line One: Obesity

Take a look at any photo of children from the 1950's and can't help but notice how few of the children are overweight compared...

Bethel Immersion School Prepares for Transition

The Yup’ik Immersion School in Bethel held a graduation ceremony for sixth graders last week. The students will now move to classes where...

Gottlieb Took Unlikely Road to Success

Southcentral Foundation President Katherine Gottlieb took an unlikely path to success. She’s now in charge of providing health care services to nearly 60,000...