300 Villages: Delta Junction

Alaska Public Media | By Ellen Lockyer

Published January 6, 2012 at 4:28 PM AKST

Now it’s time for 300 villages, AK’s weekly trip around the state. Can you guess what city closes its offices when the temperature hits 40 below zero? If you guessed Delta Junction, you’re right. It’s a thriving community at the crossroads of the Richardson and Alaska Highways. We spoke with Mary Leith, a school librarian and Delta Junction’s volunteer mayor.

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APTI Reporter-Producer Ellen Lockyer started her radio career in the late 1980s, after a stint at bush Alaska weekly newspapers, the Copper Valley Views and the Cordova Times. When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Valdez Public Radio station KCHU needed a reporter, and Ellen picked up the microphone. Since then, she has literally traveled the length of the state, from Attu to Eagle and from Barrow to Juneau, covering Alaska stories on the ground for the AK show, Alaska News Nightly, the Alaska Morning News and for Anchorage public radio station, KSKA elockyer (at) alaskapublic (dot) org | 907.550.8446 | About Ellen

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