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1 month ago | 
kyuk.org | Samantha Eisenstein Watson
Throughout its rich history in Alaska, the tradition of mushing has changed with the times and shifted to adapt to a changing climate. The salmon crisis along the Yukon and Kuskowim rivers is affecting dog nutrition and influencing the economics of the sport today.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
kyuk.org | Samantha Eisenstein Watson
Outside Bethel’s Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 10041 on Saturday, Nov. 23, a team of over a dozen volunteers is hard at work passing frozen birds through passenger windows like a Thanksgiving-flavored drive thru. And things are busy. A line of vehicles backs up along Akiak Drive and around the corner. In true Alaska fashion, it’s a drive thru with more than just cars. “I just gave one to a snowmachiner,” said VFW auxiliary volunteer Jamie Awana. “And I just thought that was interesting.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
vermontpublic.org | Samantha Eisenstein Watson
The Vermont Arts Council this week announced more than $370,000 in grants to improve cultural facilities — including libraries, theaters and town halls — and fund public art projects. The grants are rolled out on an annual basis as part of a program established by the state legislature. Many of the projects funded will help update facilities — adding heating or cooling, energy efficient upgrades, making or much-needed repairs — and employ Vermont contractors in the process.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
vermontpublic.org | Samantha Eisenstein Watson
With The Frequency, get up to speed on what's happening in Vermont in under 15 minutes. Available every weekday morning by 6 a.m.Loading... The Frequency: Daily Vermont News Local NewsThe Frequency
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
vermontpublic.org | Samantha Eisenstein Watson
A human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), a disease transmitted by mosquitoes, has been detected in Vermont for the first time since 2012. That’s according to a Friday press release from the Vermont Department of Health. State officials announced a man in his 40s was recently hospitalized in Chittenden County, but was released a week later.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
vermontpublic.org | Sabine Poux |Adiah Gholston |Burgess Brown |Samantha Eisenstein Watson
Every year, we travel all around Vermont to find the stories behind the road signs – and in this case, lake names – that have been submitted and voted on by you, our audience. Even with several years of investigations under our seatbelts, we’re still finding plenty of surprises.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
vermontpublic.org | Samantha Eisenstein Watson
Immigrant workers in West Pawlet last month held a press conference to shed light on an alleged assault by the owner of a local dairy and maple farm. According to the farmworker advocacy nonprofit Migrant Justice, which coordinated the news conference, on July 3, Ulver Perez Roblero returned to his trailer after work and stopped to talk and share a beer with a group of people outside his home.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
ctpublic.org | Samantha Eisenstein Watson
A new study published Monday finds most of Greenland’s ice sheet melted away in the recent geological past. Co-authored by University of Vermont researchers Halley Mastro and Paul Bierman, the paper shows the presence of fossils in an ice segment taken from the center of Greenland’s ice sheet. The scientists say this shows life existed in an iceless environment less than 1.1 million years ago.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
vermontpublic.org | Samantha Eisenstein Watson
A new study published Monday finds most of Greenland’s ice sheet melted away in the recent geological past. Co-authored by University of Vermont researchers Halley Mastro and Paul Bierman, the paper shows the presence of fossils in an ice segment taken from the center of Greenland’s ice sheet. The scientists say this shows life existed in an iceless environment less than 1.1 million years ago.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
vermontpublic.org | Samantha Eisenstein Watson
Goddard College appears to have a buyer — a local group called the Greatwood Project will purchase the campus for $3.4 million. This past April, the Plainfield institution announced that it would be closing and selling its campus due to low enrollment, according to its board of trustees. Alumni urged the board to sell to a buyer that would preserve the spirit of the campus. Earlier this summer, the board had reached a sales agreement with another entity.
