SuperTour 10km Skate: Lauren Jortberg Wins Again; Emma Albrecht Second, Nina Schamberger Third
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Alaska Native Heritage Center Adds Director of Cultural Programs to Leadership Team
In the newly established leadership role of Director of Cultural Programs, Alaska Native Heritage Center (ANHC) appointed Karla Gatgyedm Hana’ax Booth. Previously the manager of the center’s Ch’k’iqadi Gallery, Booth’s new role gives her oversight of designing, implementing, and evaluating cultural programs and...
Ranked choice voting outperforms the winner-take-all system used to elect nearly every US politician
American democracy is straining under countless pressures, many of them rooted in structural problems that go back to the nation’s founding. Chief among them is the “pick one” plurality voting system – also called winner-take-all – used to elect nearly all of the 520,000 government officials in the United States. In...
Man, woman convicted after feeding toddler primarily whole milk diet, state says
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Stephanie Hamburg and Timothy Hulsey were convicted of criminally negligent homicide for the death of a two-year-old on Friday, according to the Alaska Department of Law. The conviction stems from 2016 to 2017, when the two fed Hamburg’s daughter, Gabriella Marlow, a primarily whole milk...
The Enormous Thrift Store In Alaska Where $45 Fills Your Backseat With Bargains
There’s a special kind of euphoria that washes over you when you walk out of a store with bags bulging with treasures, knowing you’ve spent less than the cost of a single new item at a department store. At Value Village on East Northern Lights Boulevard in Anchorage,...
The Massive Secondhand Shop In Alaska Where Locals Go Crazy For Dirt-Cheap Deals
In a state where shipping costs can double the price of online orders and winter gear costs as much as a small car payment, Alaskans have discovered a retail sanctuary that defies the notorious “Last Frontier markup.”. Plato’s Closet in Anchorage has become the worst-kept secret among savvy shoppers...
The Enormous Swap Meet In Alaska That’ll Make You Rethink What $35 Can Buy
Tucked away in Anchorage’s quirky Spenard neighborhood sits a weekend wonderland that makes your typical shopping experience feel like choosing between vanilla and, well, vanilla. The Spenard Farmers Market transforms an ordinary parking lot into Alaska’s most extraordinary shopping adventure—where thirty-five bucks...
Local Nordic Racer Adds Cross-Country Skiing to Girdwood Sports Fame
In a small town with rainy winters, with only five kilometers of groomed trail and with few, if any, local races, how unlikely is it that Girdwood is home to a rising national Nordic skiing talent?. Despite the odds, Mia Stiassny, 17, is crushing the field in cross-country skiing—in Anchorage,...
Lauren Jortberg Takes SuperTour Sprint Over Hailey Swirbul at Wind-Lashed Kincaid Park
This is a reader-funded website. Virtually all of my income (for perspective: I took home less than $5,000 from Nordic Insights last year after paying staff) comes from reader contributions, which I sincerely appreciate. If you would like to support the site, including helping us get to the Olympics in February, you...
Anchorage: Blizzard Warning for Kuskokwim Delta and Alaska Range — Travel “Very Hazardous”
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Anchorage, AK – The National Weather Service has issued Blizzard Warnings covering large portions of central, western, and southern Alaska through Sunday and Monday, warning of whiteout conditions, 60 mph...
