President Richard Peterson said Tribes should have been consulted before the state rolled out the proposal, not after. He notes that most children in Alaska’s foster system are Alaska Native.
Family
Bethel couple’s pandemic dog sled wedding comes 12 years after meeting in Ohio Waffle House
With the pandemic still going and the courthouse closed, wedding planning took a different spin.
For the fourth year in a row, Alaska’s population declined
Alaska’s population dropped by nearly 4,000 people — or 0.5%– last year, according to estimates released from the state.
As COVID-19 canceled live events, Anchorage residents went analog
“[Families] didn’t go places. They aren’t going to movies to spend little bits. They aren’t spending as much at restaurants. They aren’t doing all these other things. But they can stay at home and build models and play with RC Cars and planes.”
Meet the first baby born at Juneau’s hospital in not-2020
Even though they spent an extra month in the hospital, Madelynn’s dad is still glad his daughter was born in 2021.
Alaska fishermen cheer passage of the Young Fishermen’s Development Act through Congress
It would be the first program of its kind for fishermen. The U.S. government already sponsors comparable professional development programs for young ranchers and farmers.