For years, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) has been receiving different complaints about companies, firms, and organizations offering free financial aid and scholarship to students but eventually turned out as a scam. With this huge issue slowly extending not just to several parts of Alaska, but also to other American states, BBB encourages the public [...]
Since its inception in 1994, the Alaska Materials Exchange (AME) is continually living true to its purpose—to move waste management away from disposal and toward reuse and conservation of raw materials. Alaskan businesses will find the AME much to their advantage since it effectively facilitates the exchange and reuse of materials instead of finding ways [...]
The Board of Games (BOG) has officially announced the schedules of meetings conducted by Advisory Committees (AC) from different parts of Alaska. Most conferences are set on March with the exception of the Arctic/Western AC meeting scheduled in April. The Advisory Committee from Central and Southwest Alaska will commence the first Board of Games meeting [...]
After claiming victory for winning the General Communications Inc. (GCI) Alaska Academic Decathlon on February 21, 2011, West Valley High School will represent Alaska for the National Academic Decathlon to be held in Charlotte, North Carolina on April 27-30, 2011. Students who participated in the state-wide GCI Alaska Academic Decathlon competed on various areas such [...]
The Home Energy Rebate Program is perfect for Alaskans of all levels. This doesn’t require an income limit unlike the Interior Weatherization Program and will give rebates for some or all household expenditures of qualified homeowners. Depending on the level of improved home energy efficiency, the Home Rebate Program will offer a total of $10,000 [...]
The Sheldon Jackson Museum has finally chosen an Aleut basketry hat as their March “Artifact of the Month”. The decision is directly influenced by the museum’s appreciation of the economic, political and social achievements by women and the artifact will be displayed from the first to the last day of March in honor of the [...]
Interior Alaska has remained persistently chilly despite the winter season nearly ending in a few months. To cope with this, Alaskans have devised different ideas to keep their homes warm. But sometimes, these ideas just aren’t enough and thus, certain programs have been offered to aid this normal winter concern. First amongst these three energy [...]
Valentines is over but not the fresh and romantic adventures you’ll experience with Crystal’s 2011 Alaska Cruises. Crystal Cruises has been famous for their explicit services since they started in 2005. And for this year, customers can try their brand new adventures that will go beyond their usual fantastic excursions with air, sea and ice. [...]
After the release of his work called “Of Bench and Bears: Alaska’s Bear Hunting Judge,” second generation Alaskan attorney and engineer Richard C. Folta has authored another fiction dedicated to Alaska and its people entitled “Raven Created the World”. The book mainly features an Alaskan native tribe called Kaheens and their infinite struggle to survive [...]
On March 4, 2011, the Alaska State Museum will host this year’s 33rd All Alaska Juried Exhibition that will showcase various arts and media created by 28 Alaskan artists from all parts of the State. In an exhibit to open from 4:30-7pm, this biennial art exhibition will display 44 of the finest pieces of arts [...]