Bethel’s Megan Leary is the 2014 first runner up of the Miss Indian World competition, which concluded Saturday night at the Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Arts & Culture
Three to try out for Juneau Symphony conductor
Three different conductors, hoping to replace the departing Kyle Wiley Pickett, will direct the Juneau Symphony next season
Tlingit elder, master storyteller Cyril George dies
A memorial service for Cyril George Sr. is Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall in Juneau
Alaska becomes the second state to officially recognize indigenous languages
Dedicated supporters staged a 15 hour sit-in until the early this morning, when the measure passed the Alaska Senate on an 18-2 vote.
Coghill proposes change to Alaska Native languages bill
Sen. John Coghill, R-North Pole, wants to create a new section in state statute for ceremonial languages
Alaska House sends Native languages bill to Senate
The Senate State Affairs Committee is scheduled to hear House Bill 216 on Thursday