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Host Lori Townsend was joined by Inupiaq fashion designer Jacke Qataliña Schaeffer, and Angelina Roehl, from Chugachmiut's heritage preservation program, to discuss how to preserve traditional culture and designs while incorporating modern elements.

Native designers blend ancient techniques with modern materials | Alaska Insight

On this Alaska Insight, host Lori Townsend is joined by Inupiaq fashion designer Jackie Qataliña Schaeffer, and Angelina Roehl, from Chugachmiut's heritage preservation program, to discuss how to preserve traditional culture and designs while incorporating modern elements.

Judge throws out lawsuit accusing Alaska of mismanaging Yukon, Kuskokwim salmon fisheries

A state judge in Bethel has dismissed a lawsuit accusing state officials of mismanaging Yukon River and Kuskokwim River salmon fisheries.

A man in a blue jacket waves to traffic while holding a political sign.

The 5 candidates poised to join the Anchorage Assembly say they want to turn down partisanship

The Assembly is set to keep its mostly progressive supermajority, maintaining its power to override conservative Mayor Bronson’s vetoes.

In Ketchikan’s live action role-playing group Iron Sky, you can be anything you want to be

Iron Sky, which recently held its Highland Games in Ketchikan, is a chapter of the national live action role-playing group Amtgard.

What could make a hoax call reporting a school shooting worse? Social media

There's another element involved in most incidents of hoax swatting calls: the complicating factor of social media, including false videos posted after calls.

Juneau teachers limit their work to paid hours during contract negotiations

The move came a day before the Juneau Education Association and Juneau School District are set to resume negotiating a new contract.

EPA fines Interior Alaska gold mine's owner $600K for mishandling hazardous waste

An EPA attorney says the violations were found in 2019 at the Pogo mine and two underground tanks beneath its assay laboratory.

the Ketchikan Public Library's advisory board

Ketchikan library's advisory board votes to keep book on relationships and sexuality in teen section

The board upheld the book's placement in the teen section, after a resident who first sought its removal asked that it be placed in the adult section.

Building Trails and Parks: The Importance of Landscape Architecture

April is World Landscape Architecture Month. While many of us might see a proposal for a new park or trail and then the construction work on the park or trail, what we don’t see is the immense amount of work that happens when an idea is first conceived. Landscape architects are the people who take an idea for a new park or trail and then make it a reality. On this show, guests include a landscape architect, a promoter of inclusive playgrounds, a trail advocate, and a parks and recreation director. They all work together to develop some of the most important resources in our communities, places we can gather, recreate safely, and connect with nature.

Air National Guardsman arrested as suspected leaker of Pentagon documents

Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, 21, was arrested as a suspect in a recent leak of classified U.S. intelligence documents.

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