Anaktuvuk Pass News

Published: May 25th, 2008 02:34 AM Last Modified: May 25th, 2008 03:56 AM POPULATION: 299 LOCATION: At 2,200 feet elevation on the divide between the Anaktuvuk and John rivers in the central Brooks Range.

Anaktuvuk Pass , Anaktuvuk, Alaska, March 19, 2008 Five flights are scheduled into Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, today, the last remaining outpost of the once nomadic Nunamiut Eskimos who just 60 years ago followed ...

“That's how we were able to bring wire fraud (charges)”

A Kenai aviator doing business as Bellair Inc. was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage to three years probation and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine after being convicted of wire fraud. via Clarion Dispatch

Published: March 24th, 2008 04:01 AM Last Modified: March 24th, 2008 04:19 AM HB 348 seems an innocuous little bill -- several lines that merely redefine Alaska's wildlife as an "asset." The Department of Law ... via Anchorage Daily News

“If it wasn't for Father Salmon who stepped forth, I would not be standing here”

Ask Raymond Paneak, 67, of Anaktuvuk Pass, when he started dancing, and he quickly replies, "All my life." Paneak cannot remember not dancing or beating a taut Eskimo drum. via Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

“It seems pretty far out to me”

Published: January 27th, 2008 03:34 AM Last Modified: January 27th, 2008 04:04 AM The wolf-killing "blood knife" popped up in the news again this month. via Anchorage Daily News

A Kenai man has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for falsifying documents related to bypass mail. via KTVA Anchorage

The Public Safety Report is compiled from criminal complaints filed in state and federal courts, as well as some police blotter information, trooper dispatches, fire department reports and interviews with ... via Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

“We're focusing a lot on Native American art the first semester”

Teaching more than one subject is common for teachers in small schools. When Penny Connealy, a teacher at Ninilchik School, was asked what else she wanted to teach, she picked a subject she enjoys. via Homer News

“When I dance, I am experiencing who I am and where I come from.”

Drumbeats reverberated around the Carlson Center Arena on Wednesday night as seven Alaska Native dance groups opened the first of three nights of traditional song and dance at the Alaska Federation of Natives. via Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

“We've seen periods of rapid growth interspersed with periods of the fire doing almost nothing”

Alaska's largest wildfire of the year is now also the biggest tundra fire ever recorded on the North Slope. via Juneau Empire