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The goal of the Alaska Desk is to better serve the communities where we live, and all Alaskans, by enhancing local news coverage of rural communities throughout the state. The Desk provides editing support and professional development to public media reporters, many of whom are in one- and two-person newsrooms. Another purpose of the Alaska Desk is to build stronger collaboration with the 27 public broadcasting stations in Alaska.
This partnership is made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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They also want to share what they’re learning about the upper atmosphere by shooting massive amounts of radio waves at it. -
As more people leave the island, one organizer said the game was important "to make sure our kids and future generations know what happened." -
After days of scattered rain, warm weather is increasing the fire threat in the Interior. -
Marin Pitt, 33, moved to Haines this spring. -
More than 150 people came to the festival in America's northernmost community – a crucial location for declining shorebirds. -
Fairbanks Borough Mayor Grier Hopkins said it’s imperative that people get out when the orders come down. -
A conservation organization wants to use about .09 acres of city-owned cemetery land to transport material and store heavy equipment. -
Officials are still assessing the damage, but the Denali Borough mayor says he knows for certain that people have lost their primary residences. -
Officials still don’t know how many structures have been lost, but the Bear Creek Fire near Healy has burned several homes and outbuildings. -
Delayed federal funding has pushed the North Pacific Fishery Management Council to cancel travel and shift its October meeting online, raising concerns about long-term oversight.
