Vanessa Orr

3 days ago | akbizmag.com | Vanessa Orr

by | Apr 21, 2025 | Magazine, Tourism Bald eagles, snowy owls, Steller’s jays, and willow ptarmigan. Sandhill cranes, red-faced cormorants, emperor geese, and bristle-thighed curlews. The list of birds that live in or migrate to Alaska’s wetlands, coastal areas, and public lands, such as national wildlife refuges and national parks, is long—and so is the distance that birdwatchers from around the world travel to see them. “Birding is big business in Alaska because of the healthy, resilient...

1 month ago | nhmmag.com | Vanessa Orr

With Punxsutawney Phil predicting six more weeks of winter on Groundhog Day, you may find yourself getting a little stir-crazy as we make excruciatingly slow progress toward spring. One solution is to go exploring in your own backyard as a participant in the GO Laurel Highlands Pour Tour 5.0, a libations trail that includes breweries, wineries, distilleries, meaderies, and cideries in Fayette, Somerset, and Westmoreland counties.

2 months ago | worldfootprints.com | Vanessa Orr |Terri Marshall

Yolanda ‘Yollie’ Copeland is a woman with a mission. The retired sheriff’s deputy, who moved to Jacksonville, Florida in 2013, is committed to making sure that the city’s rich Black history isn’t erased. She does it by tooling around town in an advertising-covered, low-speed electric vehicle, wearing a bright yellow shirt, shoes, and hat, and sharing her love for the area and the people who shaped it. The Explore Jax Core TourSpending time with Yollie is an adventure in itself.

2 months ago | akbizmag.com | Vanessa Orr

AGP is currently working on a bid for a geothermal well at Fort Wainwright and has put in a solicitation of interest for a hot springs development in northern California. The company welcomes more Alaska communities to explore the technology for municipal light and power, for industrial processes, or for exporting energy as fuel. “There is so much potential with geothermal power in Alaska compared to the rest of the world,” says Matthews, noting that most resources are remote and hard to access.

2 months ago | worldfootprints.com | Vanessa Orr |Terri Marshall

On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN. Now the home of the National Civil Rights Museum, this historic structure not only immortalizes this unforgettable moment in time but showcases more than 400 years of African American history.