907 Updates May 11, 2020

KTUU: ‘Hello Central’ — Nome Mayor James ‘Richard’ Beneville passes away at age 75; WATCH: Anchorage teen gets support parade before heading to Seattle for cancer treatment; The sun won’t set on Utqiaġvik until August and more ->
 
 
 
 

KTVA The Voice of Alaska: Paycheck Protection Program puts employees at Mat-Su lodge back to work; Frontiers: Talkeetna businesses hope for Alaska travelers and more ->
 
 
 
 

KTOO Public Media: The stress-relieving, storytelling art of yuraq is now available virtually; The pandemic is making it especially difficult to recruit teachers to rural Alaska schools; ‘Unserviced’ communities: Why some Western Alaska villages lack basic sanitation infrastructure and more ->
 
 
 
 

KYUK Public Media for Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta: Quinhagak Extends Travel Restrictions To June; Fish Buying Will Proceed In Emmonak With No Contact and more ->
 
 
 
 
By Suzanne Downing, Editor, Must Read Alaska: Death by COVID — or not?
 
 
 
 
By Megan McDonald, Only In Your State Alaska: Not Many Know The Story Of The World War II Battle That Took Place On Alaskan Soil
If you’re interested in learning more about this, the Prince William Sound Museum in Whittier, Alaska has more exhibits about it. They are located in the Anchor Inn Hotel at Department 102, 743 Whittier St., Whittier, AK 99693. You can visit their website here for more information.

There was even a shipwreck during the battle. You can read This Shipwreck Just Discovered In Alaska Was From The Only World War II Battle In North America to learn more about it!
 
 
 
 
49 Writers Blog: Writing the Distance: Sharry Miller