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Simon Scionka/Sacred Alaska FilmOleksa was a leader in cross-cultural communication in Alaska and a student of Alaska Native languages and cultures with deep ties to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. -
Ayaprun Elitnaurvik Elementary SchoolAyaprun Elitnaurvik Elementary School Principal Joshua Gill was nationally recognized for his leadership this year. The principal of the Yup’ik immersion school has embraced the school’s mission to uplift Alaska Native culture, despite some notable hurdles.
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The tournament is named after Lancer Smith, who coached at Palmer and Colony high schools from 1973 to 2000 and promoted the sport throughout Alaska before his death in 2002. -
The fight continues over opening roughly 28 million acres set aside following passage of the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
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A Mountain Village man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for killing a man while burglarizing his home.
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This fall, kindergarten through third grade students across the state took the first literacy screener for the Alaska Reads Act. The district’s new scores showed a wide range, but most students will need additional targeted support.
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The Alaska National Guard’s annual community outreach program, Operation Santa Claus, was delayed in rural Southwestern Alaska, but it wasn’t because of the rainy and icy weather. KYUK’s Francisco Martínezcuello was covering the event when the Black Hawk helicopter assigned to fly Santa and Mrs. Claus had to make room for additional passengers.
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It's been two weeks since 20-year-old Michael Isaac of Marshall went missing. KYUK spoke to Jackie George, president of Marshall Search and Rescue and Isaac's uncle.
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On Saturday, Nov. 11, Taste of Bethel, a festival featuring food from around the world, took place at the Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center.
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When scientists estimated that more than 10 billion snow crab had disappeared from the Eastern Bering Sea between 2018 and 2021, industry stakeholders and fisheries scientists had several ideas about where they’d gone. Some thought bycatch, disease, cannibalism, or crab fishing, while others believed it could be predation from other sea animals like Pacific cod. But now, scientists say they’ve distinguished the most likely cause for the disappearance. The culprit is a marine heatwave between 2018 and 2019, according to a new study authored by a group of scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Alaska State Troopers are accusing two people of smuggling drugs into the Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center. They say that two people that are currently in jail organized it.
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Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom announced Nov. 14 that she’s running for the state’s sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, challenging Congresswoman Mary Peltola.
