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Photo courtesy Heard Museum / Facebook The Heard Museum in Phoenix, Ariz. remembered Indigenous servicemembers, who made the ultimate sacrifice, during a Memorial Day observance. KJZZ's Gabriel Pietrorazio has more. On this hot Monday morning, Kiowa-Comanche singer Kenneth Cozad Sr. chants a series of honor songs. Each melody is meant to pay tribute to the fallen as the Oklahoma native beats upon a drum made from rawhide. One of his patriotic tunes is called “Star and Stripes”. It is inspired by World War II Kiowa Code Talker Leonard “Red Wolf” Cozad Sr. “My grandpa, he had a thought came to him about this flag here that our folks fought for this red, white, and blue, he said.” For Cozad, he's thankful to share his music. “Because we don't just be singing songs, just to be singing them, there's always has to be a purpose.” Visitors of the exhibition, “Arctic Marine Science: Sikuliaq to Shore”, can learn about various science instruments used by Sikuliaq research crews to study the environment. (Photo: James Daggett / Alaska Public Media) A new exhibit at an Alaska museum takes visitors inside an Arctic research vessel. Since opening last week, it has given guests a chance to glimpse at what it is like to study the Arctic marine ecosystem – and how Indigenous communities shape that research. The Alaska Desk’s Alena Naiden from our flagship station KNBA has more. Rachel Boesenberg is associate curator at the Anchorage Museum. She is walking under a tall crane, with deep blue all around her. “So you enter here through the stern of the vessel.” Boesenberg is giving a tour of the new exhibition called Arctic Marine Science: Sikuliaq to Shore, which brings the audience aboard a replica of the research vessel Sikuliaq. Visitors make their way onto the bridge. Here, the captain’s chair faces a ceiling-high projector screen with a vast ocean that changes from stormy swells to chunks of pancake ice. “We’re looking off the bow of Sikuliaq, which visitors at this point have walked through.” Sikuliaq is operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks and owned by the National Science Foundation. Each year, dozens of scientists board the vessel to study the Arctic. Brendan Smith is the communications director at the North Pacific Research Board. He dreamed up the idea for the exhibition. “I said to myself, what if we bring the Sikuliaq … into the museum? How do we give people an experience that makes them feel like they’re out at sea?” The result is an immersive experience, focused on how the ship is used to study the environment, and the people who bring that knowledge to life. And there is a station with Arctic soundscapes. “That’s a bowhead whale.” Boesenberg says these are the sounds that scientists gather using hydrophones they deploy from the real vessel. Harmony Jade Sugaq Wayner is an Indigenous scholar from Naknek in Southwest Alaska. She consulted on the exhibition and suggested curators include what Arctic research means for Alaska Native people. “We see a lot of big graphs about climate change and the extent of sea ice and those big global processes, but we don’t see the joy of living our culture in coastal Alaska and river Alaska.” The exhibition runs through April 2027. Whitewater rafting on the Gallatin River in Montana in 2023. (Photo: Watts / Flickr) People working in Montana's outdoor industry are reporting emotional impacts tied to climate change. According to reporting from Glacier Raft Company and environmental advocates, river guides are increasingly experiencing ecological grief as changing waterways affect their work and livelihoods. Get National Native News delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up for our daily newsletter today. Download our NV1 Android or iOs App for breaking news alerts. Check out today’s Native America Calling episode Tuesday, May 26, 2026 – Border wall construction causes sacred site destruction

This week we had the exciting opportunity to travel to Anchorage, Alaska, to participate in the Fifth Annual Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference. The conference convenes researchers, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and investors to discuss the future of energy development, infrastructure, technology, and resource leadership across Alaska and the broader global energy landscape. We had the honor of moderating a discussion featuring Governor Mike Dunleavy and Chairman of the National Energy Dominance Council and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum. Given Alaska's strategic importance across energy, critical minerals, infrastructure, and geopolitics, it was a fascinating and timely discussion. In our conversation, Governor Dunleavy emphasizes the dramatically improved partnership between the federal government and the State of Alaska under the current Administration, contrasting it with prior years when Alaska faced significant federal restrictions on development. Drawing on their experiences leading major energy-producing states, Governor Dunleavy and Secretary Burgum reflect on the operational, economic, and political realities of energy development and infrastructure investment. They walk us through renewed lease sale activity, rising investor interest in Alaska, and the broader role Alaska could play in supporting U.S. energy dominance and Western Hemisphere energy security. We explore the increasing importance of affordable, reliable, and secure energy in attracting manufacturing, AI infrastructure, and industrial investment, as well as the rapidly growing electricity demand tied to data centers and advanced technologies. Secretary Burgum provides an overview of the Administration's efforts to accelerate permitting reform and reduce regulatory bottlenecks, including examples of projects receiving approvals in weeks rather than years. We touch on domestic mining and critical mineral development, LNG exports, the role of nuclear, hydro, geothermal, and natural gas in future energy systems, and the Administration's broader push to accelerate infrastructure and resource development across the United States. We cover the transformational potential of the Alaska LNG project, the growing energy needs of U.S. allies across Asia, the importance of codifying regulatory and permitting reforms for long-term investment certainty, and why Governor Dunleavy and Secretary Burgum both believe Alaska is entering a new “golden age” of development and opportunity. Thank you to Governor Dunleavy for inviting us and to Secretary Burgum for joining us for a thoughtful discussion on the future of Alaska, energy, and American economic development and energy security. About Governor Mike DunleavyGovernor Mike Dunleavy arrived in Alaska in 1983 as a young man looking for opportunity, and he found it. His first job was working in a logging camp in Southeast Alaska. Later on, Governor Dunleavy earned his teacher's certificate, and then a Master of Education degree from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He spent nearly two decades in northwest Arctic communities working as a teacher, principal, and superintendent. Governor Dunleavy and his family moved to Wasilla in 2004, where he owned an educational consulting firm and worked on several statewide education projects. Dunleavy served on the Mat-Su Borough School Board, with two years as Board President, and then as a state senator for five years. Dunleavy was first elected Governor in 2018 and then again in 2022. Governor Dunleavy has kept the health of the economy and jobs at the forefront of his Administration's policy setting initiatives and has been a true champion for the Alaskan business community. Governor Dunleavy's wife Rose is from the Kobuk River Valley community of Noorvik. Together, they have three children who were raised in both rural and urban Alaska. Governor Dunleavy is focused on moving Alaska forward and believes that our greatest years are yet to come if we work together to maximize our potential. About Secretary Doug BurgumDoug Burgum is the 55th Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Raised in Arthur, North Dakota, Burgum worked as a chimney sweep to help pay his way through North Dakota State University before earning an MBA from Stanford University. In 1983, Doug literally “bet the farm” to provide seed capital for a software startup called Great Plains. Doug led Great Plains through a successful IPO and grew the company to over 2,000 employees before its acquisition by Microsoft. Burgum remained with Microsoft for six years as the Senior Vice President of Business Solutions. Doug later co-founded Arthur Ventures and served as chairman for international software companies including Atlassian, SuccessFactors, and as a board member for Avalara. In 2016, Burgum was elected to serve as North Dakota's 33rd Governor. In 2020, he was re-elected in a landslide. Under his leadership, North Dakota passed the largest tax cut in state history and dramatically reduced red tape. As a testament to Burgum's leadership, Forbes named him “America's Best Entrepreneurial Governor.” During his tenure, North Dakota experienced the highest growth in real GDP and had the lowest unemployment rate in the country. Burgum has three adult children. He is married to Kathryn Burgum, a nationally recognized advocate for addiction recovery. We hope you enjoy today's discussion as much as we did. This certainly won't be our last trip to Alaska. Our best to you all!

University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists traveled nearly 2,000 miles by snowmachine this spring to hear from remote communities about how they're working to adapt to a changing climate.

On today's Morning Edition, a woman from Kenai who survived a horrifying bear attack is opening up and sharing her story for the first time. We'll share her message of hope and support to others struggling with their own trauma. Plus, after nearly a year, it's finally open: the planetarium at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. We'll tell you how you can plan to enjoy this facility and what you might see.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The University of Alaska Fairbanks is set to unveil the Interior's first planetarium. The Anchorage Assembly is set to have three new members. And Juneau's cold weather emergency shelter is turning into a year-round operation.Photo: Walt and Marita Babula Planetarium Director Omega Smith selects what to show on the planetarium's dome from a computer station just behind where audiences will be seated. (Patrick Gilchrist/KUAC)

Send a textLaura Booch and Dr. Ingrid Johnson both appeared at the Alaska State House Judiciary Committee's informational hearing on Civil Protective Orders that happened on Monday, March 9th. Civil protective orders are also called restraining orders and there are several types, but the most common type is the Domestic Violence Protective Order, and that's what today's episode is about. Right now a long term domestic violence protective order is good for one year, and then the petitioner needs to file for an extension. At each extension, the respondent can appear in court and make the case for why the protective order should not continue. For someone leaving an abusive relationship, this revisiting of that relationship every year can be traumatizing. Laura Booch is a brave survivor of Domestic Violence who is sharing her story today. Dr. Ingrid Johnson is a criminal justice professor at The University of Alaska Fairbanks who specializes in gender-based violence.  She will discuss the alarming statistic that 70% of adult women in Alaska report having experienced domestic violence at some point in their life. To apply for a civil protective order, click here. If you need help with an abusive relationship, call Alaska's 24 hour crisis & support line at 907-272-0100, someone is waiting for your call. 

Sjovt nok så handlede vores allerførste afsnit om Tid og Tidsrejser (29.01.2018). Og nu tager vi lige et deep-dive tilbage til selvsamme tema.Karina's noter til dagens afsnit:Tid - Målinger:Vi lever i en synkroniseret liv og tid er over det hel og en vigtig del af vores opfattelse af virkeligheden.Hvad er tid? Vi kan starte med hvordan man måler den: Med et ur.Et ur er en oscillator og noget der kan tælle svingningerne. Jo finere tidsinddelingen er, jo mere nøjagtigt kan uret være.Solen er en oscillator. Den går op og ned og vi er dem der tæller. Nøjagtighenden er 1 svingning per dag.Så opfandt vi pendul uret, hvor mekanik (tandhjul) tæller. Svært at bære rundt på og det skal trækkes op. Nøjagtighenden er ca. 1 svingning per sekund.Så opfandt vi Quartz uret. Her er det Quartz krystallen der svinger/vibrer/deformerer når den er udsat for en strøm.Her er det elektronik (digital logisk system) der tæller svingningerne. Nøjagtighed: 32 768 svingninger per sekund – approx. 10^(-13)Så kom atom uret: Cs atomer bruges her. "A Cæsium-133 atom has a ground state with a hyperfine structure, meaning the electron can have two slightly different energy levels based on whether its spin is aligned or anti-aligned with the nuclear spin.When hit with microwave radiation at the exact frequency of 9.192.631.770 Hz (cycles per second), the atoms transition between the lower state to the higher state. That gives us a way to tune the microwave radiation precisely and we can tune other light frequencies against that."Med andre ord så tæller uret 9 192 631 770 cycles/flips til at definere et sekund. Det giver en nøjagtihed på ~ 10^(-16). Vi er altså ude på det 16 decimal i vores nøjagtighed af sekundet.Dette er SI (International System of Units) definitionen af et sekund. I dag er international atomtid TAI (Temps Atomique International) givet ved middelvisningen af omkring 400 cæsiumure, der står på 50 nationale laboratorier rundt omkring i verden.Der er planer om at lave en ny SI definition af sekundet i 2030, hvor man vil bruge et andet atom der giver en bedre nøjagtighed. Det er der brug for. I dag i laboratorier måler man tid med en nøjagtighed på 18-20 decimaler, og så er det mærkeligt at sekundet er dårligere defineret. Det er her i 2026 at man vil beslutte sig for hvilket atom man så vil bruge. Det skal helst være et atom der har finstruktur hvor lyset skal have mange svingninger per sekund. En kandidat er 87^Sr som har 429000*10^9 svingninger per sekund. (Cs er 9GHz og Sr er 429 THz). En anden kandidat er Thorium: https://www.sciencealert.com/timekeeping-is-on-the-verge-of-a-giant-leap-in-accuracy-heres-whyMan bruger lasere til disse atom ure. Elerktroner er for store og klodsede til det. En nøjagtighed på 10^(-18) betyder at to urer der blev synkroniseret omkring 'the Big Bang' vil i dag kun være 1 sekund fra hinanden.Hver gang nøjagtigheden er blevet bedre, er der opstået nye anvendelser, som vi ikke anede, vi havde brug for.Rum - TidUniverset som helhed har en universel tid, som skrider fremad, efterhånden som rummet udvider sig, men der findes også et andet tidsbegreb, nemlig den lokale tid.Tiden løber ikke med samme samme hastighed alle steder. Du vil ikke selv mærke / måle det. Dit ur ser for dig altid ud til at gå rigtigt. Så uanset hvor i universet du sidder med dit Cs atom så giver den dig en tidsmåling som er korrekt (for dig).Der er 2 effekter:1) I et tyngdefelt: (gravitational time dilation)Den ene effekt af det her er når der er tyngdekraft. Når du er i tyngdefelt, er du er et sted hvor rummet er blevet bukket. Så løber tiden langsommere, end hvis du står et sted, hvor der ikke er blevet bukket. Altså, når jeg prøver at forestille mig det her, så lukker jeg øjnene og laver et billede i mit hoved. Jeg forestiller mig et stort netværk af af linjer. Nogen der går den ene vej og nogen der går på tværs, altså vinkelret på de første linier.Det er sådan et helt fint og ensartet net. Der er lige langt mellem hvert eneste krydspunkt. Sådan ser jeg nettet hele vejen ud til alle sider rundt om mig og hele vejen opad, fordi det faktisk ikke bare er et stykke papir. Det er faktisk et 3D objekt der går hele vejen op og ned også. Hele rummet er pænt og flot, fordi der er lige langt i mellem hvert eneste krydspunkt over det hele. Nu tager jeg og putter en masse ind et sted, og det vrider mine bitte små målestokke i mit fine spin. Nu er der ikke længere lige langt mellem krydspunkterne. Der er blevet hevet i det og nu er der længere imellem knudepunkterne.Mit fine net er ikke kun rum, det er også tid og min tid løber en bestemt afstand imellem 2 knudepunkter. Nu hvor mit net er blever forvrænget af massen er tiden også blevet forvrænget. Man kan sige at et sekund er længden mellem 2 knuder. For at gøre noget abstrakt og usynligt håndgribeligt. Tiden er en fysisk størrelse, og den hører sammen med rumtiden. Og min masse har ødelagt mit flotte fine netværk. Så er du der ikke lige langt imellem knuderne. Hvor massen har hevet i mit net og der er blevet længere imellem knuderne går tiden også langsommere. Du opdager det ikke, for dig er det normalt. Dig og dit Cs atom synes alt ser normalt ud. Men jeg kigger udefra på dig, og det ligner at du bevæger dig i slow motion.En samling masse, som fx. Jorden bukker altså rum-tiden og skaber hvad vi normalt kalder et tyngdefelt. I et tyngdefelt går tiden langsommere. Det vil sige at på jorden går tiden langsommere i en dal end på en bjergtinde.2) Når man bevæger sig går ens ur også langsommere: (Relativistic time dilation)Tiden går også langsommere når man bevæger sig. Især tæt på lysets hastighed ser man en stor forskel.Når ens tid går langsommere er det ikke noget man kan mærke. Det er fordi set indefra løber tiden altid lige hurtigt. Det er først når vi sammenligner vores ure at man kan se at tiden ikke løb lige hurtigt over det hele.GPS-systemer er baseret på satellitter, der suser rundt om Jorden med høj fart. De bestemmer din position ud fra tidsmålinger med atomure i fire satellitter 20.200 km over jordoverfladen.Tiden går langsommere for disse satellitter, end den gør for menneskene på Jorden. Det har man måttet kompensere for. GPS-systemet har derfor en indbygget relativistisk korrektion, så man undgår fejlmålinger.Uden korrektion ville positionsmålingerne efter bare én dag skyde omkring 10 kilometer forkert.Videnskab.dk har flere artikler om tid. Her er en af dem:https://videnskab.dk/naturvidenskab/tiden-gaar-eller-goer-denAt Rejse i tidenMan kan udnytte den relativistiske tids-udviddelse til at lave Tidsrejser (kun fremad):Man kan rejse frem i tiden, ved at rejse i et rumskib tæt på lysets hastighed og dermed sænke tidens hastighed for en selv. Når man kommer tilbage til Jorden er der gået mange flere år end man selv har oplevet i sit rumskib. Man har så rejst frem i tiden. Men der er ikke nogen måde at rejse tilbage i tiden på.Er tidsrejser mulige?Det er stadigvæk op til diskussion om tidsrejser er muligt. De fysiske love der beskriver vores verden giver ikke et endegyldigt svar.Fysikken beskriver virkeligheden, og med de her fysiske love kan man forudsige hvad der sker. Det er fordi naturen følger nogle love. Men de her love er ikke nogen der definerer hvad virkeligheden er. De beskriver virkeligheden, og de beskriver virkeligheden inden for den afgrænsning de kan. Det er matematiske formler, som beskriver din virkelighed. I disse matematiske formler, er der overhovedet ingenting, der siger, at man ikke må rejse tiden. Man kommer lidt i problemer fordi man skal bruge negativ energi som er noget der måske ikke eksisterer. Man kan godt komme til at misforstå dette, fordi de er så gode til at beskrive vores virkelighed. Så kan man godt komme til at tro at man kan rejse tiden fordi at lovene ikke modsiger det. Det er ikke nødvendigvis rigtigt. Når man har et sæt love, så skal man sætte afgrænsningsbetingelser (boundery conditions), og der mangler man egentlig bare at skrive: Gælder for t> 0. Det er der ingen der har gjort. Det er fordi at vi aldrig nogensinde er kommet derud, hvor at vi har udfordret. Vi har ikke rejst til tiden. (Altså ud over den naturlige fremad).Lovene beskriver virkeligheden, som vi kender den. Og det kan jo meget godt lige pludselig være at man finder ud af et eller andet. Det sker jo indenfor videnskaben. Du har brug for noget negativ energi og du har brug for altså alle mulige ting som vi ikke engang ved om eksisterer for at kunne gøre det. Men så ville man kunne. Hvis nu at vi går tilbage til det store net med knudepunkter. Så har man en ide om at man ved hjælp af stor masse (altså sorte huller) kan fordreje det hele og få det til at så altså lave et langt overflødighedshorn. Hornets spids skal så ramme ned hvor at det det også starter. På den måde kan man lave en krumning i tid, som kunne bruges til tidsrejser. Alt sammen stadigvæk fantasier.Man skal rejse både i Tid og i Rum, ellers er Jorden et andet sted.Tidsrejse paradokserBedstefar paradokset: hvis man kommer tilbage og møder sin bedstefar og slår ham ihjel. Hvad sker der så med en selv? -fordi du levede jo aldrig, så derfor så kunne du ikke rejse tilbage i tiden.Bootstrap Paradox (Ontological Paradox): An object or piece of information is sent back in time, becoming the cause of itself. For example, a time traveler gives Shakespeare a copy of his own plays. The question arises: who actually wrote the plays?Predestination Paradox (Closed Loop): A traveler goes back in time to prevent an event, but their actions in the past are actually what cause that event to happen in the first place.The "Writer" Paradox: A traveler brings a book back in time and gives it to the author before it is written. The book exists in an endless loop with no original author.Hitler Paradox: A common variant of the Grandfather Paradox where a traveler goes back to kill a historical figure like Hitler, but in doing so, eliminates the reason for their own future mission, creating a contradictionOfte er løsningen af disse paradokser at der er parallel universer, og at man derfor ikke forhindrede sin egen fødsel, men fødsel af en variant af en selv i et paralel univers.Hvis Vi skulle bygge en tidsmaskine:En tidsrejsemaskine er nok ikke en æske du sætter dig ind i. Det er nok heller ikke et rumskib der sætter dig ind i. Derimod er det nok mere som at lave et Anker i rumtiden og lave halvdelen af en bro.Så skal den 2. Halvdel laves fra fremtiden af.Man kan så ikke rejse længere tilbage i tiden end da broen blev bygget fra nutidens side af. Og man kan ikke rejse længere frem i tiden end til der hvor den anden ende af broen er blevet bygget.Lad os sige at vi laver broen nu. Vi har nu fundet det her mærkelige materiale vi skal bruge. Sådan noget negativ energi og noget alt muligt eksotisk, som vi har været ude på den anden kant af universet. Og så laver vi simpelthen en bro (måske er port et bedre billede) Vi åbner en port i rummet, og den ene halvdel har vi lavet. Der er åbent hele vejen igennem, men den anden halvdel er lavet fra fremtidens side af. Så kan man så kun rejse imellem de 2 tidspunkter.Altså du kan ikke så pludselig sige: "Nu vil jeg gerne rejse længere tilbage." Jamen, det kan du ikke, fordi der var broen endnu ikke lavet.En ny og anderledes måde at kigge på Tid:A physicist has proposed a mind-bending new idea: what if time, not space, is the true foundation of our universe—and not just one direction of time, but three? According to Gunther Kletetschka from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, time may have three dimensions, while space could simply be a byproduct. Instead of the classic four-dimensional spacetime we've long accepted, this theory envisions reality built on a six-dimensional fabric: three time dimensions and three space dimensions.Think of it like a painting: traditional physics says space is the canvas and time flows across it. Kletetschka flips that—time is the canvas, and space is just the paint. His work builds on previous theories that explored three-dimensional time but were mostly theoretical. His version, however, claims to make real-world predictions, including accurately calculating the masses of known particles like electrons and quarks.Three-dimensional time means there could be other “directions” of time—like stepping sideways into a different outcome of the same day, rather than just moving forward. But don't worry: Kletetschka's model still respects cause and effect. He believes this idea could even help scientists finally unify quantum mechanics and gravity into a long-sought “theory of everything.”While intriguing, it's worth noting that this theory hasn't yet been widely accepted. It was published in a lower-profile journal and hasn't undergone rigorous peer validation. But if it holds up, it could completely reshape how we think about the universe—and ourselves.Three-Dimensional Time: A Mathematical Framework for Fundamental PhysicsReports in Advances of Physical Sciences 2025 09 10.1142/S2424942425500045https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202507.0410/v1Time Crystals:Time crystals are similar to regular crystals in that they are based on structures of atoms that repeat. Rather than repeating across three dimensions of space, these ones change in a set pattern over time. Så en Tids-Krystal står of skifter mellem 2 forskellige tilstande.Først forudsagt at de skulle eksistere i 2012. Først opdaget i 2016.Og nu har man lavet en, som er så stor at man kan se den.https://www.sciencealert.com/world-first-physicists-created-a-time-crystal-that-we-can-actually-seehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z4dY6qVrxoSubjektive opfattelse af tid:Tid kan føles som om den går hurtigt og langsomt.References:https://www.sciencealert.com/timehttps://videnskab.dk/naturvidenskab/hvad-er-tid/Ubegribeligt: Podcast DR . Afsnit om tid:https://www.dr.dk/lyd/p1/ubegribeligt/ubegribeligt-2025/tid-genbesoegt-11162505177

Major winter storm brings snow, rain, and historic snowfall to Alaska. The Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District is nearing adoption of its budget for the next school year, and facing a $23 million deficit, the district is proposing program cuts and school closures to address the shortfall. On Wednesday, Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Alaska Attorney General Stephen Cox and Lee Zeldin, the administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), spoke to press at the University of Alaska Fairbanks power plant.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Mushers and their dog teams are trekking across rugged Interior Alaska terrain and frigid temperatures as they compete in the Yukon Quest. A University of Alaska Fairbanks student has made his first court appearance after he ate a fellow student's AI-generated artwork in an act of protest. And Tuesday's hearing on a controversial proposal to reform the Federal Subsistence Board went for 6 hours and 33 minutes.Photo Graham Granger, University of Alaska Fairbanks student, stands outside of the Rabinowitz Courthouse in Fairbanks, Alaska after his arraignment on Jan. 20, 2026. ( Simeon Ramirez)

In this episode, we explore one of the most bizarre cultural flashpoints of 2026: a University of Alaska Fairbanks student who literally ate another student's AI-generated artwork as an act of protest — and was subsequently arrested. We'll break down what happened on January 13 when film and performing arts major Graham Granger tore down and chewed up dozens of images from an AI-assisted art installation in a campus gallery, calling it both protest and performance art. Prosecutors charged him with fifth-degree criminal mischief after he destroyed an estimated 57 of 160 prints and spent several hours in the Fairbanks Correctional Center before being released on bail.This Week's Featured Hashtag#OtherUsesForBubbleWrapOther Interesting Things·  Article: “Alaska Art Student Arrested for Eating Another Student's AI-Generated Art in Protest” ·  UAF student eats AI art in gallery protest — The Sun Star / KUAC ·         “AI-Induced Psychosis: Exploring the Mental Health Risks of Conversational AI”-Psychiatry Online·         “Her” Starring Joaquin Phoenix – TrailerSend a text to The Ebone Zone! Support the showIf you have questions or comments email ebonezonepodcast@yahoo.com Follow the Ebone Zone on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OfficialEBZLike the Ebone Zone on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ebonezoneofficial/Visit www.ebonezone.com for more content!

Send us a textDebbie Corbett is an archeologist who has been working in Alaska for over 40 years. After 7 years in the 1980s scouting ancient burial grounds all across Alaska for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, she got her master's degree at the University of Alaska Fairbanks where she specialized in Aleutian archeology. She had already spent time in the Aleutian islands and knew that this region and its people was her passion. Forty years later she and fellow archeologist Diane Hanson have written the definitive textbook on the Aleutian islands and its people, Culture and Archeology of the Ancestral Unangax/Aleut of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, published by Springer in 2025. 

Send us a textElstun Lauesen grew up in Alaska and after dropping out of the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1970, he managed former Alaska State Senator Joe Josephson's campaign for the US Senate to replace Bob Bartlett who had died in office; ultimately Joe lost the Democratic primary to Wendell Kay, and Republican Ted Stevens won that seat. After time at Harvard University (where he lived in Constitutional Law Professor Laurence Tribe's basement), Elstun returned to Alaska where he made a career in rural economic development. We discuss some of his projects on Saint Lawrence Island off the coast of western Alaska. Elstun is known to many listeners as a progressive firebrand; he and his wife of 21 years, former Alaska State House Representative Harriet Drummond, have been at the heart of Alaska Democratic circles for decades. Elstun has a pulmonary disorder that requires him to use supplemental oxygen and makes extended conversation challenging.

University of Alaska-Fairbanks fisheries ecologist (steelhead expert) Michael Courtney talks about Alaska steelhead biology, tagging studies using pop-up satellite archival tags, and the unexpected westward migrations these repeat spawners take. We also cover predation risks, timing and river conditions, fishing methods, and how to follow ongoing research or contact the team for publications and data. Check out the On Step Alaska website or subscribe on Substack for articles, features and all things Alaska. Thanks to the sponsors: Sagebrush Dry (Alaskan-owned business that sells the best dry bags you can buy.) Alpine Fit (Premium outdoor layering from another Alaskan-owned business.) Backcountry Hunters and Anglers  

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Many Bristol Bay residents came out in opposition to the University of Alaska Fairbanks's intention to sell one of two buildings at its Bristol Bay Campus. The Sitka Assembly is looking to address an ongoing problem in Sitka: bears breaking into trash cans. But how the body will go about it is still up in the air. And an Alaska caribou herd may be approaching a "point of no return."Photo: A brown bear at Fortress of the Bear tries to get into a “bear proof” trash can. (Courtesy of Rich McClear)

In this episode, Sara Jolena talks with Meda Dewitt, a Lingit traditional healer, ethno-herbalist, educator, and artist from the Tlingit culture. Together, they explore themes of the perception of time in western and Indigenous cultures, the importance of storytelling, and the impact of seasonal changes on life. This includes the contrast between Native time and what Meda refers to as "managed time," emphasizing the need for balance.   The episode concludes with reflections on the personal and the collective in a rapidly changing world.Subsections00:00 - Introducing Meda DeWitt02:11 - Cultural Identity and Language05:40 - Understanding Time in Indigenous Cultures (with a focus on Tlingit)10:09 - The Nature of Storytelling and Memory18:40 - Cycles of Life and Nature25:31 - Native Time vs. Clock Time27:47 - Navigating Between Clock Time and Organic Time31:04 - The Impact of Managed Time on Well-being35:28 - The Reckoning of Time in a Capitalistic Society38:12 - Finding Balance in a Modern Context43:05 Embracing Mortality and the Value of Time51:39 - Moving Between TimesWebsites:Wilderness.org/imagoSanctuaryAnimism.orgmedaforalaska.comFacebook.com/sanctuaryanimismYouTube.com/@sanctuaryanimismNote: Tlingit culture is a matrilineal society from what is now referred to as Southeastern Alaska.  "Tlingit" means "people of the tides." Alaska has 229 federally recognized Alaska Native tribes, more than any other U.S. state, representing distinct indigenous cultures including the Yup'ik, Inupiaq, Athabascan, Tlingit, Haida, Eyak, and Aleut (Unangax/Sugpiaq).    These peoples are deeply tied to their ecosystems.  The major Alaskan ecosystems include: tundra, taiga (boreal forest), coastal rainforests, marine ecosystems (including the Gulf of Alaska, the Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea and the Aleutian Islands), mountains/glaciers; and wetlands and freshwaters. The image used is from Fairbanks, Alaska, on the winter solstice. It depicts the short height and the narrow range of the sun on the winter solstice, when Fairbanks receives 3.5-4 hours of sunlight.  Photo: Todd Paris courtesy of University of Alaska Fairbanks.Send us a messageSupport the showLearn more about Sara Jolena Wolcott and Sequoia SamanvayaMusic Title: Both of Us Music by: madiRFAN Don't forget to "like" and share this episode!

There are so many folks who want to age in place but live far away from the care they need, and that can present challenges for their health, happiness and the social fabric of their communities. Dr. Jordan Lewis is the director for the Center on Aging at the University of Hawaii at Manoa with the Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health. He's Alaska Native on his mother's side and got his PhD in Community Psychology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Over the course of his career, Jordan has been drawn to the study of elder care— especially in rural and American Indian/Alaska Native communities. He wants to study the ways in which people can “age how they wish” and what we can all learn from the elders who are navigating that chapter of life.

This week on One Decision, guest host Rosanna Lockwood and Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of Britain's MI6 sit down with Ambassador Mike Sfraga, the first U.S. Ambassador for Arctic Affairs, to examine one of the world's most rapidly changing regions, the Arctic.  Ambassador Sfraga, currently Chancellor of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, starts the discussion by outlining the seven forces reshaping the high north including rapid climate change, shipping strategies, and a desire for access among military global powers. The conversation explores the impact of Finland and Sweden joining NATO, shifting the balance of power along the northern region, complicating Russia's long-term strategic goals. The group further unpacks Russia's extensive militarization across the Arctic, including new bases, island fortifications, and the significance of its Northern Fleet on the Kola Peninsula. Ambassador Sfraga further explains why the Bering Strait is becoming one of the world's most important corridors  and why the U.S. needs infrastructure investments to challenge both Russia and China's influence. The discussion also details the speed of Arctic warming and the effects on global weather systems, coastal communities, food security, fisheries, and even catastrophic storms now reaching Alaska. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is the role and importance of space in and for the Arctic? How are the Arctic and space sectors connected, and what opportunities does the growth of the space industry present for the region?Joining the conversation are:Nettie La Belle-Hamer, Deputy Director for Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, USATroels Sandreid, President of Andøya SpaceportPippa Malmgren, CEO and Founder of Geopolitica Institute; and Strategic Advisor at C10 Labs, USAMartin Skedsmo, Key Account Manager at KSAT - Kongsberg Satellite ServicesJosef Wiedemann, Sales Director at ISAR Aerospace, GermanyModerating was Daniel Leeb, Executive Mission Director of the Iceland Space Agency and Managing Director of Iceland Research Institute of Space Science.This Session was recorded live at the Arctic Circle Business Forum, held October 16th to 17th, during the 2025 Arctic Circle Assembly, in Reykjavík, Iceland.Arctic Circle is the largest network of international dialogue and cooperation on the future of the Arctic. It is an open democratic platform with participation from governments, organizations, corporations, universities, think tanks, environmental associations, Indigenous communities, concerned citizens, and others interested in the development of the Arctic and its consequences for the future of the globe. It is a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization. Learn more about Arctic Circle at www.ArcticCircle.org or contact us at secretariat@arcticcircle.orgTWITTER:@_Arctic_CircleFACEBOOK:The Arctic CircleINSTAGRAM:arctic_circle_org

Tell us what you think of the show! This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate in 15 minutes or less featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm's Mike Casey.This week's episode features special guest Amy Harder from Axios, who wrote about an oil industry lobbying group spending big to advertise during Paramount's second season of “Landman."This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Glenna Gannon, an assistant professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Glenna led research for an agrivoltaics project in Alaska, helping grow potatoes, kale and spinach underneath the panels. Congratulations, Glenna!This Week in Cleantech — November 21, 2025 Hydropower Is Getting Less Reliable as the World Needs More Energy — The New York TimesWhy the Time Has Finally Come for Geothermal Energy – The New YorkerUS loans Constellation $1 billion for Three Mile Island reactor reboot — ReutersWorld Is Off Course on Pledge to Rein in Emissions of Heat-Trapping Methane — Bloomberg"Landman" TV show reflects oil industry's renewed swagger — AxiosWant to make a suggestion for This Week in Cleantech? Nominate the stories that caught your eye each week by emailing Paul.Gerke@clarionevents.com

On this episode of Conservation Conversations we talk with Dr. Davin Holen, an Associate Professor & Coastal Community Resilience Specialist, Alaska Sea Grant with the University of Alaska Fairbanks. We talk about coastal resilience throughout the whole of Alaska, which has more coastline than the lower 48 combined and diverse variety of communities, so he has his work cut out for him. Thank you again to Dr. Holen for talking with us, Alaska is such an important place and we really appreciate the time and love the work he and his team are doing. Please check out his websites at adaptalaska.org Producers are Austin Parker and Geoff Leech Host is Austin Parker Music was provided by A Picture Book studios Thanks for tuning in, please like, comment, and subscribe if you want to help. We'll talk to you next time. Thank you again to the sponsor of this episode Tidal Influence. Check out their website for more information and how you can get involved: http://www.tidalinfluence.com/

In the November episode, author Michael Engelhard joins host Aaron Lelito to talk about his essay collection No Place Like Nome: The Bering Strait Seen Through Its Most Storied City. In this chat, we learn what brought Michael to Alaska, why Nome is a special place (even by Alaskan standards), and  how we can learn from a grizzly bear mother protecting her cubs. Michael was trained as an anthropologist with a degree from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and he worked for twenty-five years as a wilderness guide and outdoor instructor in Alaska and on the Colorado Plateau. In No Place Like Nome, Michael Engelhard surveys the seam that links two neighboring continents through the lens of one pivotal city. The region's legacy of millennia shines on pages enriched by this writer's recollections-from mammoths to Cold War monuments, from a spa turned orphanage to cyclist miners and shaman hoards. Meet the explorers and adventurers, reindeer herders and hustlers, the dancers, drummers, dreamers, warriors, walrus-tusk carvers, and whalers, clergy, foragers, and photographers who shaped a place of conflicting visions as thoroughly as it shaped them. See more about Michael's book here.

Researchers are documenting more and longer-lasting wildfires in northern Alaska and Canada. In fact, the increase of wildfires is a trend across the Arctic, as far as Norway and Siberia, driven by higher temperatures and dryer conditions. The trend has immediate threats to people's homes and health. Some tribes in Alaska and Canada also worry about the possibility of a long-term cataclysmic cycle of fires burning through vast stores of peat, producing uncountable amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. We'll get a look at the latest research and learn what concerned Alaska Native tribes and other Indigenous stakeholders are doing to prepare. GUESTS Edward Alexander (Gwich'in), co-chair for Gwich'in Council International and senior Arctic Lead Woodwell Climate Research Center Dr. Amy Cardinal Christianson (Métis), senior fire advisor for the Indigenous Leadership Initiative and board member of the International Association of Wildland Fire Malinda Chase (Deg Hit'an), tribal liaison for the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center under the International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the land manager for her village Anvik

Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R-AK) predicts many of the more than 2,000 people uprooted by historically damaging storms may not be able to return to their villages for more than a year and a half. In at least one village, officials say 90% of the residences are destroyed – and, as their lives are suddenly and drastically changed, the mostly Alaska Native inhabitants of the hardest-hit areas face the possibility of increasingly severe weather as the climate changes. We'll get updates on the current efforts to provide relief and assess the long-term options for the people who have always lived there. We'll also hear about how a new influx of $15 million in federal money over the next five years will help the StrongHearts Native Helpline, which provides culturally specific outreach for Native domestic violence survivors. The money comes at a time when the federal government is cutting back and eliminating staff for many other social programs. GUESTS Walter Nelson (Yup'ik), managed retreat coordinator for Village of Napakiak Lori Jump (Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians), CEO of StrongHearts Native Helpline Taylar Sausen, director of communications for American Red Cross of Alaska Rick Thoman, Alaska climate specialist with the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Eric Stone, state government reporter for Alaska Public Media

Join us for a fascinating conversation with Daniela Barrera Guevara, a Mexican paleoartist, scientific illustrator, and associated researcher at institutions like the Badlands Dinosaur Museum and the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales.In this interview, Daniela discusses her incredible work bringing ancient life to the public eye, covering topics such as:The Intersection of Art and Science: How she uses scientific illustration and paleoart to accurately reconstruct dinosaurs.Digging Up History in Mexico: Her groundbreaking research on Late Cretaceous dinosaurs from Coahuila, Mexico, including her work with new species of ornithomimids and ceratopsids.The Path to Paleontology: Her journey from student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks to becoming a professional researcher in a male-dominated field.The Future of Discovery: What's next in the search for the southernmost dinosaur fossils of Laramidia.Don't forget to like and subscribe for more deep dives into science and history!If you enjoy paleontology, evolutionary biology, or the history of life on Earth, hit that like button, subscribe, and let's dive in!

Send us a textDoug Schrage is the Chief of the Anchorage Fire Department. After a childhood in Anchorage, Doug went to the University of Alaska Fairbanks where he thought he'd begin his studies to become a dentist. After a friend persuaded him to become a student firefighter, though, he quickly realized that being a firefighter was his calling. 2025 marks 40 years since his first with the Anchorage Fire Department. He was initially appointed Chief in 2021 by Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson. He was reappointed last year by Mayor Suzanne LaFrance.Learn more about becoming an Anchorage Firefighter by clicking here.

Tonight we look into exhibition games at Alaska Fairbanks; look ahead to the opening weekend in NCAA hockey; plus we reveal this season's first Super 16 from our own Paul Hornstein!  Join Scott, Paul and Peter on ITHSWpodcasts.Podbean.com, or wherever you get your favorite podcast! For more, click like and subscribe and go to ITHSWpodcasts.podbean.com  

House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations On Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled “Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential.” Witnesses Panel I (Outside Experts) • Mr. Nagruk Harcharek, President, Voice of the Arctic Inupiat, Anchorage, AK • Ms. Deantha Skibinski, Executive Director, Alaska Miners Association, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Dutch Kuyper, Vice President, Lands and Development, Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Anchorage, AK • Mr. John Christensen Jr., Tribal President, Native Village of Port Heiden, Port Heiden, AK (Minority witness) Panel II (Outside Experts) • Mr. Ethan Tyler, Senior Director, Public Policy and Lands, Aleut, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clark Penney, President, Penney Capital, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clarence Clark, Owner, Southeast Alaska Resources, Ketchikan, AK • Mr. Philip Wight, Associate Professor of History and Arctic & Northern Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK (Minority witness) Committee Notice and Documents: https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418363 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=118599

House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations On Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled “Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential.” Witnesses Panel I (Outside Experts) • Mr. Nagruk Harcharek, President, Voice of the Arctic Inupiat, Anchorage, AK • Ms. Deantha Skibinski, Executive Director, Alaska Miners Association, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Dutch Kuyper, Vice President, Lands and Development, Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Anchorage, AK • Mr. John Christensen Jr., Tribal President, Native Village of Port Heiden, Port Heiden, AK (Minority witness) Panel II (Outside Experts) • Mr. Ethan Tyler, Senior Director, Public Policy and Lands, Aleut, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clark Penney, President, Penney Capital, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clarence Clark, Owner, Southeast Alaska Resources, Ketchikan, AK • Mr. Philip Wight, Associate Professor of History and Arctic & Northern Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK (Minority witness) Committee Notice and Documents: https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418363 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=118599

House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations On Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled “Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential.” Witnesses Panel I (Outside Experts) • Mr. Nagruk Harcharek, President, Voice of the Arctic Inupiat, Anchorage, AK • Ms. Deantha Skibinski, Executive Director, Alaska Miners Association, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Dutch Kuyper, Vice President, Lands and Development, Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Anchorage, AK • Mr. John Christensen Jr., Tribal President, Native Village of Port Heiden, Port Heiden, AK (Minority witness) Panel II (Outside Experts) • Mr. Ethan Tyler, Senior Director, Public Policy and Lands, Aleut, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clark Penney, President, Penney Capital, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clarence Clark, Owner, Southeast Alaska Resources, Ketchikan, AK • Mr. Philip Wight, Associate Professor of History and Arctic & Northern Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK (Minority witness) Committee Notice and Documents: https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418363 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=118599

House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations On Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled “Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential.” Witnesses Panel I (Outside Experts) • Mr. Nagruk Harcharek, President, Voice of the Arctic Inupiat, Anchorage, AK • Ms. Deantha Skibinski, Executive Director, Alaska Miners Association, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Dutch Kuyper, Vice President, Lands and Development, Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Anchorage, AK • Mr. John Christensen Jr., Tribal President, Native Village of Port Heiden, Port Heiden, AK (Minority witness) Panel II (Outside Experts) • Mr. Ethan Tyler, Senior Director, Public Policy and Lands, Aleut, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clark Penney, President, Penney Capital, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clarence Clark, Owner, Southeast Alaska Resources, Ketchikan, AK • Mr. Philip Wight, Associate Professor of History and Arctic & Northern Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK (Minority witness) Committee Notice and Documents: https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418363 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=118599

House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations On Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled “Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential.” Witnesses Panel I (Outside Experts) • Mr. Nagruk Harcharek, President, Voice of the Arctic Inupiat, Anchorage, AK • Ms. Deantha Skibinski, Executive Director, Alaska Miners Association, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Dutch Kuyper, Vice President, Lands and Development, Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Anchorage, AK • Mr. John Christensen Jr., Tribal President, Native Village of Port Heiden, Port Heiden, AK (Minority witness) Panel II (Outside Experts) • Mr. Ethan Tyler, Senior Director, Public Policy and Lands, Aleut, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clark Penney, President, Penney Capital, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clarence Clark, Owner, Southeast Alaska Resources, Ketchikan, AK • Mr. Philip Wight, Associate Professor of History and Arctic & Northern Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK (Minority witness) Committee Notice and Documents: https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418363 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=118599

House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations On Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled “Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential.” Witnesses Panel I (Outside Experts) • Mr. Nagruk Harcharek, President, Voice of the Arctic Inupiat, Anchorage, AK • Ms. Deantha Skibinski, Executive Director, Alaska Miners Association, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Dutch Kuyper, Vice President, Lands and Development, Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Anchorage, AK • Mr. John Christensen Jr., Tribal President, Native Village of Port Heiden, Port Heiden, AK (Minority witness) Panel II (Outside Experts) • Mr. Ethan Tyler, Senior Director, Public Policy and Lands, Aleut, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clark Penney, President, Penney Capital, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clarence Clark, Owner, Southeast Alaska Resources, Ketchikan, AK • Mr. Philip Wight, Associate Professor of History and Arctic & Northern Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK (Minority witness) Committee Notice and Documents: https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418363 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=118599

House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations On Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled “Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential.” Witnesses Panel I (Outside Experts) • Mr. Nagruk Harcharek, President, Voice of the Arctic Inupiat, Anchorage, AK • Ms. Deantha Skibinski, Executive Director, Alaska Miners Association, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Dutch Kuyper, Vice President, Lands and Development, Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Anchorage, AK • Mr. John Christensen Jr., Tribal President, Native Village of Port Heiden, Port Heiden, AK (Minority witness) Panel II (Outside Experts) • Mr. Ethan Tyler, Senior Director, Public Policy and Lands, Aleut, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clark Penney, President, Penney Capital, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clarence Clark, Owner, Southeast Alaska Resources, Ketchikan, AK • Mr. Philip Wight, Associate Professor of History and Arctic & Northern Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK (Minority witness) Committee Notice and Documents: https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418363 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=118599

House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations On Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled “Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential.” Witnesses Panel I (Outside Experts) • Mr. Nagruk Harcharek, President, Voice of the Arctic Inupiat, Anchorage, AK • Ms. Deantha Skibinski, Executive Director, Alaska Miners Association, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Dutch Kuyper, Vice President, Lands and Development, Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Anchorage, AK • Mr. John Christensen Jr., Tribal President, Native Village of Port Heiden, Port Heiden, AK (Minority witness) Panel II (Outside Experts) • Mr. Ethan Tyler, Senior Director, Public Policy and Lands, Aleut, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clark Penney, President, Penney Capital, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clarence Clark, Owner, Southeast Alaska Resources, Ketchikan, AK • Mr. Philip Wight, Associate Professor of History and Arctic & Northern Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK (Minority witness) Committee Notice and Documents: https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418363 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=118599

House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations On Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled “Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential.” Witnesses Panel I (Outside Experts) • Mr. Nagruk Harcharek, President, Voice of the Arctic Inupiat, Anchorage, AK • Ms. Deantha Skibinski, Executive Director, Alaska Miners Association, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Dutch Kuyper, Vice President, Lands and Development, Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Anchorage, AK • Mr. John Christensen Jr., Tribal President, Native Village of Port Heiden, Port Heiden, AK (Minority witness) Panel II (Outside Experts) • Mr. Ethan Tyler, Senior Director, Public Policy and Lands, Aleut, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clark Penney, President, Penney Capital, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clarence Clark, Owner, Southeast Alaska Resources, Ketchikan, AK • Mr. Philip Wight, Associate Professor of History and Arctic & Northern Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK (Minority witness) Committee Notice and Documents: https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418363 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=118599

House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations On Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled “Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential.” Witnesses Panel I (Outside Experts) • Mr. Nagruk Harcharek, President, Voice of the Arctic Inupiat, Anchorage, AK • Ms. Deantha Skibinski, Executive Director, Alaska Miners Association, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Dutch Kuyper, Vice President, Lands and Development, Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Anchorage, AK • Mr. John Christensen Jr., Tribal President, Native Village of Port Heiden, Port Heiden, AK (Minority witness) Panel II (Outside Experts) • Mr. Ethan Tyler, Senior Director, Public Policy and Lands, Aleut, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clark Penney, President, Penney Capital, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clarence Clark, Owner, Southeast Alaska Resources, Ketchikan, AK • Mr. Philip Wight, Associate Professor of History and Arctic & Northern Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK (Minority witness) Committee Notice and Documents: https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418363 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=118599

House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations On Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled “Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential.” Witnesses Panel I (Outside Experts) • Mr. Nagruk Harcharek, President, Voice of the Arctic Inupiat, Anchorage, AK • Ms. Deantha Skibinski, Executive Director, Alaska Miners Association, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Dutch Kuyper, Vice President, Lands and Development, Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Anchorage, AK • Mr. John Christensen Jr., Tribal President, Native Village of Port Heiden, Port Heiden, AK (Minority witness) Panel II (Outside Experts) • Mr. Ethan Tyler, Senior Director, Public Policy and Lands, Aleut, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clark Penney, President, Penney Capital, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clarence Clark, Owner, Southeast Alaska Resources, Ketchikan, AK • Mr. Philip Wight, Associate Professor of History and Arctic & Northern Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK (Minority witness) Committee Notice and Documents: https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418363 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=118599

House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations On Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled “Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential.” Witnesses Panel I (Outside Experts) • Mr. Nagruk Harcharek, President, Voice of the Arctic Inupiat, Anchorage, AK • Ms. Deantha Skibinski, Executive Director, Alaska Miners Association, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Dutch Kuyper, Vice President, Lands and Development, Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Anchorage, AK • Mr. John Christensen Jr., Tribal President, Native Village of Port Heiden, Port Heiden, AK (Minority witness) Panel II (Outside Experts) • Mr. Ethan Tyler, Senior Director, Public Policy and Lands, Aleut, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clark Penney, President, Penney Capital, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clarence Clark, Owner, Southeast Alaska Resources, Ketchikan, AK • Mr. Philip Wight, Associate Professor of History and Arctic & Northern Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK (Minority witness) Committee Notice and Documents: https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418363 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=118599

House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations On Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled “Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential.” Witnesses Panel I (Outside Experts) • Mr. Nagruk Harcharek, President, Voice of the Arctic Inupiat, Anchorage, AK • Ms. Deantha Skibinski, Executive Director, Alaska Miners Association, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Dutch Kuyper, Vice President, Lands and Development, Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Anchorage, AK • Mr. John Christensen Jr., Tribal President, Native Village of Port Heiden, Port Heiden, AK (Minority witness) Panel II (Outside Experts) • Mr. Ethan Tyler, Senior Director, Public Policy and Lands, Aleut, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clark Penney, President, Penney Capital, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clarence Clark, Owner, Southeast Alaska Resources, Ketchikan, AK • Mr. Philip Wight, Associate Professor of History and Arctic & Northern Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK (Minority witness) Committee Notice and Documents: https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418363 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=118599

In this newscast: University of Alaska Fairbanks administrators told the Board of Regents last week that they think UAF is set to become a top-tier research institution in 2030; The man who died on Juneau's Mendenhall Glacier last week has been identified as a planetary  geologist from the University of Padua in Italy; Red king crab fisherman in Southeast Alaska are getting the first competitive commercial fishery since 2017; A U.S. Coast Guard crew rescued a hunter after he broke his leg on a hunting trip northwest of Sitka on Friday; This month's Economic Trends Magazine reported that it's getting harder for Alaskans to afford a place to live.

Sunday is the last day to register to vote or update your mailing address for Juneau's 2025 municipal election A pedestrian is dead after a car went over a guardrail in Ketchikan; The University of Alaska Fairbanks is searching for a permanent chancellor; Coeur Alaska's Kensington Mine found more gold, extending the mine's life five years; Former Juneau chiropractor Jeffrey Fultz is not guilty on two counts of sexual assault, and a mistrial was declared for 12 other counts; Two Sitka community gardens have received grant funding to support food independence

This episode of Across The Margin: The Podcast presents an interview with Sean Enfield, an essayist, poet, bassist, and educator from Dallas, TX. Currently, he resides in Milwaukee, WI where he is a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He received his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks where he served as the Editor-in-Chief of Permafrost Magazine. Now, he serves as an Assistant Nonfiction Editor at Terrain.org. His essays have been nominated for three Pushcarts and he was featured on NPR's All Things Considered as a finalist for their Three Minute Fiction contest. His debut essay collection, Holy American Burnout!, — the focus of this episode — was the runner-up for the Ann Petry Award, a finalist for The Megaphone Prize, a finalist for River Teeth's Literary Nonfiction Book Prize, and is available now. Threading his experiences both as a Texan student and later as a first-year teacher of predominantly Muslim students at a Texas middle school, Holy American Burnout! weaves personal essay and cultural critique into the historic fabric of Black and biracial identity. In it, Enfield intersects examinations of which voices are granted legitimacy by virtue of school curriculum, the complex relationship between basketball and education for Black and brown students, his students' burgeoning political consciousness during the 2016 presidential campaign, and cultural figures ranging from Kendrick Lamar to Hamlet. These classroom narratives abounding in Holy American Burnout! weave around Enfield's own formative experiences contending with a conflicted biracial family lineage, reenacting the Middle Passage as the only Black student in his 7th grade history class, and moshing in both Christian and secular hardcore pits. As Enfield wrestles with the physical, mental, and emotional burdens that American society places on educators, students, and all relatively conscious minorities in this country, he reaches for an education that better navigates our burnt-out empire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us a text Dermot Cole is a longtime Fairbanks newspaper reporter, columnist and author who began his career at the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner in the late 70s while he was still a student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He stayed with that paper until 2013 when he became a columnist at the Alaska Dispatch, an online news blog funded by Alice Rogoff, the former CFO of US News & World Report. In 2014 Rogoff purchased the Anchorage Daily News and merged it with the Alaska Dispatch. Dermot stayed on as a columnist until 2017 when the ADN declared bankruptcy and was sold to the Binkley family. Dermot was let go and shortly afterwards started his own blog which continues to this day: "Reporting from Alaska." He is the author of 6 books including, North to the Future: the Alaska Story 1959 – 2009. 

Hello and welcome to episode six of our third season of That's So Auburn! In this episode we're joined by two guests in our City of Auburn Emergency Management division, brand new Emergency Manager Matthew Colpitts and Emergency Management Coordinator Tyler Turner. Matthew is just a few weeks into the job, having joined us July 1, but he brings with him a wealth of knowledge from his over 20 years of experience in emergency management. He earned his doctorate in 2014, with a dissertation focused on senior leadership's perceptions of emergency management in higher education. Previously, he served as the Emergency Preparedness Manager at the University of Washington Bothell, where he oversaw campus emergency operations, preparedness training, incident response, and recovery efforts. In his free time, Matt enjoys traveling and learning new things. A fun fact about him: he's a proud nerd who still plays Dungeons & Dragons! Which I can't wait to ask him about. And Tyler has over 15 years of cumulative Emergency Management & Emergency Services experience. He received his undergrad in Homeland Security & Emergency Management in 2015 from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. He started with the City of Auburn in 2014, and prior to that, worked as a Paramedic throughout the state of Alaska, including remote areas on the North Slope and on offshore vessels in the Arctic. Outside of work, Tyler enjoys spending time with his Wife, Molly, and two Daughters, Emersyn & Maisie. Give the episode a listen and don't forget to like, share and subscribe!

In this one, Cody talks to journalist and retired professor Brian Patrick O'Donoghue, whose decades-long investigation into the wrongful convictions of four young men of Alaska Native and Native American descent — known as the Fairbanks Four — helped reshape one of the most important criminal cases in Alaska history. Brian's investigative reporting class at the University of Alaska Fairbanks became more than an academic exercise, it turned into a collaborative effort that collected interviews, uncovered new evidence, and helped bring national attention to the case. In his new book, The Fairbanks Four, he traces that journey in painstaking detail, from questionable confessions and buried evidence to the grassroots push for justice that eventually caught the attention of The Innocence Project.  When Brian joined the faculty at UAF, he knew exactly what he wanted to focus on. Even though he hadn't covered the Fairbanks Four case as a reporter at the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, it had always raised unanswered questions for him, ones he couldn't ignore. So, when he was asked to identify a research area, he returned to that case and built a class around it. At a glance, it might have looked like a traditional classroom, but in reality it functioned more like a working newsroom, with students knocking on doors, flying to remote communities, and surfacing details that hadn't been fully explored in court. And then when their findings began to gain traction in legal filings, Brian realized they were no longer just reporting on the case, they were influencing it.

Send us a textDr. Mara Kimmel is the Executive Director of the ACLU of Alaska and former first lady of Anchorage. Prior to taking the helm of the ACLU of Alaska, She had a long career in Alaska public policy focused on rights and justice in northern communities. She has served on the faculty at the Seattle University School of Law, the University of Alaska Anchorage and Alaska Pacific University.Most relevant to our conversation today, Dr. Kimmel worked for over a decade as an immigration attorney and as an advocate for tribal subsistence rights. In her role as first lady of Anchorage, as wife to Mayor Ethan Berkowitz, she led the development of Welcoming and Resilience initiatives at the Municipality of Anchorage. She serves on the national board of directors for Welcoming America, the regional advisory board for the Anti-Defamation League, and is a board member and co-founder of the Alaska Institute for Justice. Mara received her law degree from the University of Minnesota School of Law and her Master's degree in Natural Resource Management at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She earned her PhD in Environmental Science and Policy from Central European University in Budapest in 2014.  To listen to the Alaska State House Judiciary Committee hearing on ICE detainees in DOC custody, click here.

The magma chambers at the heart of volcanoes are very deep and very hot. So naturally, some researchers want to build an observatory in one. Guests: Mike Poland, scientist-in-charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory; Yan Lavallée, chair of magmatic petrology and volcanology at LMU München and scientific and technical board member of the Krafla Magma Testbed; John Eichelberger, volcanologist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and founding scientist of KMT For show transcripts, go to ⁠⁠vox.com/unxtranscripts⁠⁠ For more, go to ⁠⁠vox.com/unexplainable⁠⁠ And please email us! ⁠⁠unexplainable@vox.com⁠⁠ We read every email. Support Unexplainable (and get ad-free episodes) by becoming a Vox Member today: ⁠⁠vox.com/members Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week Topher and Jeff talk with Steve Thompson, Manager of Player Development for Goaltending for USA Hockey. Thompson played college hockey at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and now is an integral part of USA Hockey's goaltending development. This episode has so many great nuggets not just for our goalies, but coaches, parents, and players too! In this episode we talk about: — Thompson's unique experience at the Beijing Olympics having to quarantine because of Covid — Advice for non-goalie coaches to help their goalies in games, practices, etc. — The shortage of goaltenders and why it is a big deal — How goalies should choose what team to play for AND SO MUCH MORE! Thank you to our title sponsor IceHockeySystems.com, as well as Train-Heroic, Helios Hockey, and Crossbar! And thank you to our AMAZING LISTENERS; We appreciate every listen, download, comment, rating, and share on your social sites! If you'd like to join our Hockey Think Tank Community, head over to Community.TheHockeyThinkTank.com and check it out! PARENTS & RECRUITING 101 COURSES BLUEPRINT ORGANIZATION REFERRAL Follow us: IG: @HockeyThinkTank X (Twitter): @HockeyThinkTank TikTok: @HockeyThinkTank Facebook: TheHockeyThinkTank

Happy Love Day, Relatives! While Valentine's Day may be wrapped in candy hearts and Hallmark sentiments, its origins are far from sweet. As NPR's Arnie Seipel reminds us, its history is "dark, bloody, and a bit muddled." In ancient Rome, Lupercalia—a violent fertility festival—was held from February 13th to 15th, perhaps explaining why red became the color of love.But today, we shift the focus away from romantic love and toward something deeper: self-love, communal love, and intergenerational healing.In this episode, we are joined by the incredible Vina Brown, the creative force behind Copper Canoe Woman. Vina, from the Heiltsuk and Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations, is not only an acclaimed jewelry artist but also a scholar, currently pursuing her PhD at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where she studies Indigenous food sovereignty and wellness. She is also the co-founder of Rooted Resiliency, a nonprofit dedicated to reclaiming Indigenous wellness practices.Together, we dive into the messy, powerful, and transformative aspects of love. "Real love is messy," Vina reminds us. "It's not pretty, it's not perfect, but that's what makes it so beautiful." We explore self-care beyond consumerism, moving away from the capitalist version of “self-care”—think retail therapy and spa days—toward a decolonized perspective. Audre Lorde's words guide us: "Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare."Vina shares the story of her grandmother Elsie, a residential school survivor who embarked on her healing journey later in life, breaking generational cycles by learning to love openly. We discuss the power of community healing, the necessity of platonic love, and the strength in vulnerability. "We don't heal in silos," Vina says. "We heal in community."As part of this journey, we're also hosting Reclaiming Wellness, a community event featuring Indigenous women leaders focusing on movement, meditation, and reconnecting with ancestral knowledge.Join us as we recommit to self-love, embrace relationality over individualism, and recognize that healing is a lifelong journey. As Vina reminds us, "Our ancestors knew we were interconnected. The land, the wind, the water—they all hold us."Let's reclaim love—love for ourselves, our communities, and our lands. Share this conversation, connect with us, and be part of this movement. ❤️Send us your thoughts!Support the showFollow us on Instagam @amrpodcast, or support our work on Patreon. Show notes are published on our website, Allmyrelationspodcast.com. Matika's book Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America is available now! T'igwicid and Hyshqe for being on this journey with us.