Scouting the Divine Offers a Fresh Perspective on Familiar Scriptures

WRFD-AM Columbus - Mon Nov 09

CLOSE You don't have to read the Bible long before you encounter cultures and lifestyles foreign to you.

Alaska Coast Guard rescuers struggle to aid stricken sailor

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Sun Nov 08

The Coast Guard says a rescue helicopter rushed to help a stricken sailor off Sitka, but a flight surgeon who had been lowered into his boat was unable to revive him.

Coast Guard trys to rescue Sitka man

Juneau Empire - Sun Nov 08

The Coast Guard attempted to rescue and resuscitate the 72-year-old owner of the 40-foot fishing vessel Illahee after he reportedly collapsed at about 11:30 a.m. Saturday while aboard the vessel's skiff 15 miles south of Sitka in the Dorothy Narrows.

Crabbers get a boost in bairdi Tanner quotas

Anchorage Daily News - Sat Nov 07

Kodiak and Alaska Peninsula crabbers got some good news last week -- bigger catch quotas for bairdi Tanner crab, a mid-January fishery important to local economies.

Behnken a National Fisherman "Highliner"

KRBD-FM Ketchikan - Fri Nov 06

SITKA, ALASKA For the second year in a row a Sitka fisherman will appear on the cover of the December issue of National Fisherman, as one of that magazine's 'Highliners of the Year.' Except this year's honoree is a woman, and only the third female ever to be named to the prestigious roster.

Bob Banghart named chief museum curator

KTVF Fairbanks - Thu Nov 05

Bob Banghart had been curator of exhibitions at the Alaska State Museum in Juneau.

Peace Corps Celebrates National Native American Heritage Month

Native American Times - Thu Nov 05

" Throughout the month of November, Peace Corps is celebrating National Native American Heritage Month and honoring the contributions of Native American Peace Corps Volunteers serving worldwide.

Juneau's Banghart named state's chief museum curator

Juneau Empire - Thu Nov 05

Bob Banghart of Juneau has been named chief curator of the Alaska State Museums, Education Commissioner Larry LeDoux announced this week.

Staging 'The Mikado' Serious work brings forth lighthearted fun

Juneau Empire - Thu Nov 05

Opera has the potential to intimidate those unfamiliar with the genre, conjuring images of stark, formal performances and long, dramatic arias in unintelligible languages.

Thanks for "Growing in Sitka and Southeast Alaska" presentation

Capital City Weekly - Wed Nov 04

On Friday afternoon, the Sitka Local Foods Network hosted anthropology student Elizabeth Kunibe of Juneau for a presentation, "Growing in Sitka and Southeast Alaska: Food of Today, Tomorrow and 200 Years Ago." This presentation took place at the Kettleson Memorial Library and we had a standing-room-only crowd of 50-plus, despite being arranged less ...