Fairbanks pub shuttle operator seeks to make it a mobile bar (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner): Tylan Martin wants a license to sell alcohol in an old school bus he uses to shuttle bar-goers around Fairbanks on the weekends. "That's a big thing that I keep getting from people: ‘It's a party bus. Why aren't we allowed to drink in here?'" His web site is here.
Grocery shopping day in village Alaska (The Mudflats blog): Ann Strongheart, project director for the Nunam Iqua youth program in Western Alaska, shares her diary of shopping day, which involves a 50-mile round-trip snowmachine ride. She also shares her shopping list and the whopping bill. ALSO:
> Grim Western Alaska salmon forecast has Fish and Game in a quandary (KTUU, with video)
> State not ready to declare village economic disaster (Daily News politics blog)
Wall-to-wall elders in Noatak (The Arctic Sounder): Students in Noatak now have the faces of their grandparents and great-grandparents watching over them. A huge new mural in the school includes photos of villagers taken by Anchorage photographer Kevin G. Smith, who also designed the mural. Click here for a photo gallery of the mural installation and detail from the finished project.
Army revokes pay raise for Alaska's WWII ‘Eskimo scouts' (Washington Post blog): Paul Kiunya Sr. of Kipnuk looks back on his Territorial Guard days with pride. It took a long time, but seven months ago, the Pentagon gave the guardsmen active duty credit for their service. That resulted in an increase in their military retirement pay. But what Uncle Sam gives, he can take away -- and so he has. ALSO:
> Army cuts off pay for WWII Alaska militia veterans (Anchorage Daily News)
Photo gallery: Student builds moose hide boat (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner): With two Native elders guiding him, a Cantwell student learned a traditional skill: building a moose hide boat.
Ted Stevens lying low in Arizona (Washington Times Rumor Mill blog): "Ted Stevens is currently residing in Congress, Arizona, at his mother-in-law's ranch," says a Capitol Hill source.
Palin expands GOP reach with political action committee (CNN, N.Y. Post): Gov. Sarah Palin has formed a national political action committee, SarahPAC.com, and will be flying to D.C. this week to hobnob with influential conservatives. ALSO:
> And now ... SarahPAC (ADN Politics Blog)
Shoes said to be worn by Palin during campaign sell for $2,000 on eBay (NBC): The seller claimed to be Palin's niece. With photo.
Let voters, not governors, fill Senate vacancies, says Begich (Daily News politics blog): Sen. Mark Begich has signed on to a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would end the practice of giving governors the power to appoint senators when vacancies occur. Sen. Lisa Murkowski was appointed by her father when he was Alaska governor.
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Native suicides in Canada linked to abuse compensation (The National Post)
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UAF scientist works to defeat silent killer of infants (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
Search-and-rescue going digital, Coast Guard warns pilots, boaters (Alaska Newspapers)
Tok blogger: How to work remotely from very rural locations (Fast Company)
Ice capades in the Arctic (Outside magazine)
Jamaican musher qualifies for Yukon Quest (Caribbean Net News)
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