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AK: High school students enter the world of nano-agriculture
High school students in Kodiak are doing college-level science. Maybe ...
High school students in Kodiak are doing college-level science. Maybe even Ph.D.-level science. World Bridge is a NASA-sponsored group that assigns Alaskan students to scientific research projects. At a recent competition in Italy, the group showed that t
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AK: Running the Klondike Relay from Skagway to Whitehorse
Last weekend, nearly 1,600 people ran a 10-part race from ...
Last weekend, nearly 1,600 people ran a 10-part race from Skagway over the Coast Mountains and into Whitehorse, Yukon. It’s part endurance trial, part road trip and part party. For many on both sides of the border, running the 110-mile Klondike Road Relay
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AK: Alaska ice hockey player Zoe Hickel turns pro
Earlier this year it was announced that National Women’s Hockey ...
Earlier this year it was announced that National Women’s Hockey League would begin its first season this fall. The move is huge for women hockey players, who until now had little to no options to pursue their careers past the college level. One of the wom
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AK: Fishing, Cooking And A Yup’ik Upbringing Made Alaska’s Health Commissioner
When Valerie Davidson agreed to accept the job of Alaska's ...
When Valerie Davidson agreed to accept the job of Alaska's health commissioner, it was with one important condition. She made sure Gov. Walker was okay with her working out of Bethel each summer. Davidson was born in Bethel and owns a house in the communi
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AK: Setting sail with a tot in tow
This is a story about living the life you want ...
This is a story about living the life you want after having a kid. Buying a sailboat is one way to keep things exciting. That's what Anchorage couple Devon and Melissa Bradley did. Here's a spoiler: their family is happier than ever. We send an audio reco
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AK: Saving a life by leaving it behind
It’s been a year since Juneau resident Jennifer Fletcher started ...
It’s been a year since Juneau resident Jennifer Fletcher started to publicly present herself as a woman, less than two years since she first started to shed her male identity and rebuild herself as female. But the inner journey to get to that point starte
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AK: Sitka Cirque Lassos Sitkans Into The Show
The circus is coming to Sitka, Alaska, but the performers ...
The circus is coming to Sitka, Alaska, but the performers aren't from out of town. They are ordinary citizens, who in the past two years, have learned to climb, swing, and soar. Led by an aerialist with roots in Alaska, Sitka Cirque is dreaming up a new k
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AK: Like A Seafaring Santa, Kachemak’s Mailman Always Makes His Route
Like many rural areas, the south side of Kachemak Bay ...
Like many rural areas, the south side of Kachemak Bay doesn't get traditional mail service. Instead, its communities rely on a mail boat to deliver to small postal drop offs. It’s the kind of job that attracts a special type of person who’s willing to mak
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AK: At a Lonely Lighthouse, Tourists Bring A Welcome Dose of Noise, And Cash
For most of the summer the three people who live ...
For most of the summer the three people who live in Five Finger Lighthouse only have each other and the local wildlife for company. They’re there to look after the lighthouse and do research on the humpback whales who surround the island. But that costs m
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AK: An 80-Year Love Affair With Wildflowers Still Blossoms
Eighty years ago Verna Pratt was more comfortable with the ...
Eighty years ago Verna Pratt was more comfortable with the violets and buttercups of rural Massachusetts than with people. But her early affection for flowers led her on an unexpected path to notoriety more than 3,000 miles away. Download Audio:
