Southwest Alaska to get 4G wireless service

01/12/10 Some Bush communities will get 4G technology -- just now becoming available in the Lower 48 -- by the end of next year, thanks to a $25 million federal stimulus grant.

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Air carrier merger consolidates Rural Alaska travel

01/06/10 For four Alaska air services, change has been in the works for several years now, but this month it all takes flight under a new name: Era Alaska.

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Alaska Native sisters launch a skincare line that features the bounty of the tundra

10/24/09 The tundra of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta is studded with botanical gifts: plump, dark crowberries, hot-pink fireweed, wormwood plants and blackberries found in the region have all been used for kitchen-made balms and salves by the Native people who have inhabited the area for thousands of years.

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Native engineering program expands to draw younger crowd

10/16/09 Young Alaska Natives from small rural communities are showing they can excel in advanced university engineering and science programs, overcoming the handicaps of scarce resources in village schools.

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Juneau runner takes up where she left off

09/13/09 Juneau's Leah Francis finally came north for a cross- country race Saturday and delivered a powerful message to the rest of the state's runners: She hasn't slowed down.

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Alaska sculptor takes work to Native American crafts showcase

08/08/09 Sculptor/carver/artist Franklin Matchian, originally from Chevak, now living in Anchorage, made the news some years ago when he discovered an ivory point incongruously embedded in a piece of ancient whalebone that he was carving. The piece was shown to experts and carbon dated, leading to the conclusion that the whale had been harpooned -- and escaped and survived -- hundreds of years ago.

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Military Medical Outreach to Western Alaska

08/08/09 Reisdorfer, a native of Adrian, has made a career in the Navy. For more than a year she worked on coordinating the 2009 Operation Arctic Care (AC09) operation.

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