 12/27/09 The University at Buffalo has designated three fellows to be funded under the Civic Engagement and Public Policy (CEPP) research initiative.
 12/23/09 Before we get into the national round-up, we wanted to highlight one particularly action-packed story out of Minnesota. The headline from the Star-Tribune is 'Energy squads' find and stop waste ": As the biggest storm of the season so far descends on the Twin Cities, some lucky homeowners are getting expert help battening down the hatches and lowering their utility bills. The bonus? It's costing ...
 12/19/09 The Native village corporation for Hooper Bay and a Lower 48 partner this week beat out thousands of other competitors around the country in bidding to obtain millions of federal stimulus dollars to extend high-speed Internet in Southwest Alaska.
 11/03/09 Internationally recognized Oldways, the consumer advocacy group known for changing the way people eat, is expanding in a new direction by celebrating the old ways of eating and living here in the United States.
 11/03/09 A longtime member of the Catholic Church in Emmonak, is waging a letter campaign to try to protect rural parishes from sexual abuse lawsuits. Nick Tucker, 64, is distributing a letter to media outlets statewide, saying rural parishes are being unfairly targeted by 300 people who claim abuse by parish clergy in past decades. Dan [...]
 10/03/09 Until recently, king salmon was a major source of income and food in villages along the Yukon River. What has led to its scarcity is not well understood.
 08/02/09 Alaska smokehouses should be filled with strips of king salmon, but they're mostly empty.
 08/02/09 Weak Runs Seen in Alaska Rivers; Local Fishermen Blame Pollack Fishery for Decimating Stocks
 08/02/09 Areas once rife with fish are struggling to stay afloat financially.
 08/02/09 Yukon River smokehouses should be filled this summer with oil-rich strips of king salmon -- long used by Alaska Natives as a high-energy food to get through the long Alaska winters.
 08/02/09 Yukon River smokehouses should be filled this summer with oil-rich strips of king salmon _ long used by Alaska Natives as a high-energy food to get through the long Alaska winters. But they're mostly empty. The kings failed to show up, and not just in the Yukon. One Alaska river after another has been closed to king fishing this summer because significant numbers of fish failed to return to ...
 07/29/09 The transition is still taking place -- the portraits of Gov. Sean Parnell and former Gov. Sarah Palin at the reception desk are gone, as is the big bear hide that once graced the sofa in the governor's office. |