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Emmy nominated and multiple-award-winning filmmakers Josh Thomas and JJ Kelley have made a name for themselves traveling across Alaska's vast and remote stretches of wilderness. They've thrived where few would dare venture. Their new film premieres in Alaska at the upcoming Anchorage International Film Festival.Click for more details.

The Alyeska Ski Club and the University of Alaska Anchorage Ski Team present the annual Alaska Ski Swap Nov. 10 at the West Anchorage High School gymnasium. The swap generates over $100,000 per year, with 70 percent of each sale retained by sellers and 30 percent donated to support youth skiing in Southcentral Alaska. New this year, the ski swap expands to cover all outdoor winter recreation gear and adds an online registration component for gear that saves sellers money. Read more.

http://player.vimeo.com/video/51896801?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffffBubble Gum is from Pamyua's album SideA/SideB. This drumsong commemorates a student in Ossie's dance class chewing gum when he wasn't supposed to.This music video was shot in Unalakleet, Alaska during the filming of the Discovery Channels show Flying Wild Alaska season three by Anchorage-based film collective Electric Igloo Creative.Click for more.

In this video, five wounded warriors challenge their disabilities to take on the tallest peak in North America.Larger view.

00000193-6344-d71b-a7fb-ebdf892d0000The PBS Online Film Festival is back for its second year and Native American Public Telecommunications, Inc. (NAPT) wants you to be a part of it. NAPT is searching for the best in Native short films from American Indian and Alaska Native filmmakers across the country. As an organization, they'd like to help curate your short film into the larger submission process.Read more.

00000193-6344-d71b-a7fb-ebdf89250000The University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Management will award more than $19,000 in cash prizes through its annual Arctic Innovation Competition.The competition, now in its fourth year, asks entrants to propose new, feasible and potentially profitable ideas. Read more.

00000193-6344-d71b-a7fb-ebdf88130000Tuskegee Airman Col. (Ret.) Charles McGee recently presented his personal medal to Col. Bryan Radliff, 477th FG commander from Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson.During World War II McGee was a member of the 302nd Fighter Squadron. Learn more.

00000193-6344-d71b-a7fb-ebdf86b20000There's no summer like an Alaskan summer or Alaskans in summer. Alaska Pacific University's Summer Photo Contest is about highlighting the community. APU knows they have a very active community and we want others to know it too! Click for photo gallery.

00000193-6344-d71b-a7fb-ebdf85e40000On June 29th, AWCC staff received an orphaned sitka black tailed deer from the Alaska Department of Fish & Game, arriving on Alaska Airlines Flight 67 from Ketchikan. The orphaned fawn will spend the rest of its days at the Portage facility. More photos.

http://player.vimeo.com/video/41949955?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffffAs a young boy on King Island, Sylvester Ayek learned the ways of his Iñupiat elders: hunting, foraging, and the craft of carving walrus ivory and wood. Today, he sells his artwork to support his traditional subsistence lifestyle, struggling to maintain Iñupiat ways in a quickly changing world.Click for more.