Elizabeth Harball

Jan 23, 2025 | poetryfoundation.org | Sandra Simonds |Elizabeth Harball

This Be the Place is a series of short essays in which poets explore the mysteries and meaning of a particular place. It was there when we moved in seven years ago. An octagonal, wooden pavilion in the yard. A gazebo. A tiny plaque bolted to the side told me it was a gift from the local garden club to the previous owner. It seemed wondrous for my husband and I to have our first house, set back from the highway at the end of a dirt road in a tiny town in Vermont.

Mar 29, 2024 | adn.com | Elizabeth Harball |Emily Goodykoontz |Zachariah Hughes |David Hulen

Host Elizabeth Harball talks with ADN journalists and others about some of Alaska’s biggest news stories. Subscribe here or wherever you listen to podcasts. Anchorage voters will soon decide a hugely consequential mayor’s race. Unlike the last mayoral election, the city is no longer in the middle of a pandemic, but Anchorage is still dealing with significant challenges.

Mar 22, 2024 | adn.com | Elizabeth Harball |Sean Maguire |Iris Samuels |Zachariah Hughes

Host Elizabeth Harball talks with ADN journalists and others about some of Alaska’s biggest news stories. Subscribe here or wherever you listen to podcasts. Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy made good on his threat last week, vetoing a $200 million education bill that had passed the Legislature on a bipartisan vote. This week — amid immense pressure on all sides — lawmakers fell one vote short of overriding that veto. Now the future of state education funding for Alaska schools this year is murky, at best.

Mar 1, 2024 | adn.com | Elizabeth Harball |Sean Maguire |Iris Samuels |Zachariah Hughes

Host Elizabeth Harball talks with ADN journalists and others about some of Alaska’s biggest news stories. Subscribe here or wherever you listen to podcasts. Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy this week threatened to veto a hard-fought bill to increase funding for Alaska’s public schools, unless the Legislature agrees to back some of his own education priorities. Now, lawmakers in Juneau and school districts across the state are scrambling to sort out what to do next.

Feb 9, 2024 | adn.com | Alex DeMarban |Elizabeth Harball |Zachariah Hughes |David Hulen

Host Elizabeth Harball talks with ADN journalists and others about some of Alaska’s biggest news stories. Subscribe here or wherever you listen to podcasts. A recent cold snap in Southcentral Alaska raised the profile of a looming problem for the region: Natural gas from Cook Inlet powers a big chunk of Alaska, including Anchorage, the Kenai Peninsula and the Mat-Su – but energy companies say that gas won’t be available for much longer.