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1 month ago |
adn.com | Desiree Hagen
Six months ago Siikauraq Whiting applied for her dream job as superintendent for the Western Arctic Parklands, managing a nearly 9 million acre area that includes three national parks: Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Noatak National Preserve and Kobuk Valley National Park. After a lengthy process, she was selected over more than 100 nationwide applicants in early January.
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1 month ago |
adn.com | Desiree Hagen
On a cold February afternoon, a line of cars and snow machines idle in front of Maniilaq Health Center. Kotzebue residents wait to receive 5-pound bags of salmon. It’s sockeye salmon, cut and vacuum-sealed into individual portions. Employees hand out the bags to eager residents one at a time, in below zero temperatures, while others unload and open 30-pound boxes of the fish. The salmon is from SeaShare, a Washington state nonprofit.
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2 months ago |
alaskapublic.org | Desiree Hagen
The video shows a grisly scene: A police truck with lights flashing, followed by an all-terrain vehicle pulling a sled with a body in it down an icy Utqiaġvik road. This is how Venessa “Zoey” Vasquez first found out that her little brother, 17-year-old Christian Vasquez, had died. “Nobody ever wants anything like this,” Vasquez said.
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2 months ago |
adn.com | Desiree Hagen
Last June, the Biden administration rejected the Ambler Road Project, a proposed 211-mile road that would branch west from the Dalton Highway to a mining district. But the Pentagon did not give the Army Corps of Engineers a directive to revoke the road’s permitting until five days before President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Now it appears that the permits – and the project – may not be dead, but in limbo.
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2 months ago |
ktoo.org | Desiree Hagen
Last June, the Biden administration rejected the Ambler Road Project, a proposed 211-mile road that would branch west from the Dalton Highway to a mining district. But the Pentagon did not give the Army Corps of Engineers a directive to revoke the road’s permitting until five days before President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Now it appears that the permits – and the project – may not be dead, but in limbo.
Journalists covering the same region
Alena Naiden
Reporter at The Arctic Sounder
Alena Naiden primarily covers news in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States and surrounding regions.
Carey Restino
Editor at The Bristol Bay Times
Carey Restino primarily covers news in the Bering Strait region of Alaska, United States, including areas around Nome and surrounding communities.
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