Cost-cutting by the City and Borough of Juneau could mean closing several public facilities, including the Juneau-Douglas City Museum, Mt. Jumbo Gym in Douglas and Eagle Valley Center.
History
Tlingit and Haida students in Arkansas help archive Jeanie Greene videos
It’s probably not the first place you’d imagine preserving Alaska Native history, but the Sequoyah National Research Center is doing just that. A team of archivists with ties to the state are cataloging over a thousand video tapes that showcase Alaska Native life.
Rep. Eastman is sole lawmaker to vote against honoring black soldiers
All 19 senators who were present and 39 of the 40 House members voted for Senate Bill 46.
Air Force destroys World War II shell discovered in Unalaska
The U.S. Air Force made a special visit to Unalaska Tuesday after a hiker found unexploded ordnance from World War II. A bomb squad destroyed the artillery shell in a controlled explosion.
Schlepping bronze, a Ketchikan artist retraces Seward’s route
On the anniversary of the treaty with Russia to buy Alaska, a Ketchikan artist went on a mission in Washington, D.C., to find the spot where William Seward signed the Treaty of Cession, exactly 150 years prior.
Git Hayetsk uses dance to revise indigenous history
University of Alaska assistant professor Mique’l Dangeli tells a very different version of the founding of Metlakatla, a community in the Annette Islands Reserve, Alaska’s only reservation.