Liz Harpold

Anybody know what could make one’s allergies/hay fever run amok in Anchorage lately?

Native languages need radio, which is at risk of being lost As public media is threatened after cuts from Trump administration, Indigenous radio also face threats to how they preserve and grow language.

Currently, 42 Western radio stations are considered vulnerable because over 30% of their annual funding is federal. Twenty of those stations serve Indigenous communities in the rural reaches of reservations and Alaska Native villages.

(From @highcountrynews.org)

Thanks (always) for providing coverage!

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Proud of my boss. 🙌

Screenshot from AKLeg of vetoed bills.

Pouring one out for the latest bill vetoed by the gov: SB156. While I’m agnostic about the legislation that comes before SFin, it still stings to see things the committee worked on ultimately fail. This bill passed the legislature 59-1.

It’s a miracle nobody was hurt (or killed) when the lines snapped. What a strange weather event and quick response by the crews on the ships.

Why are so many Americans viscerally anti-immigrant?

1990: They are taking 'our' jobs
2000: They are here for public welfare
2010: They are committing crimes

Reality: they did not take anyone's job, they pay more into system then they take, they commit crimes at a lower rate.

Answer: skin color

A touching musical invocation in the House this morning honoring those who have recently passed away. #akleg

An old winged friend returns to the far north An 8-year-old Hammond’s flycatcher that arrived in Fairbanks surpasses the previous oldest recorded bird of its species, one that was 7 years old when biologists banded and captured her in Oregon.

An 8-year-old Hammond’s flycatcher that arrived in Fairbanks surpasses the previous oldest recorded bird of its species, science writer Ned Rozell explains in his latest column.

Black and white clipart sketch of a duck at the edge of a lake.

Tanacross #Dene #Language #Alaska

Migratory birds have returned to Interior Alaska.

tsuugaay "small songbirds"
k’elaxdihtsogh "yellow warbler"
ché’ delgez "arctic tern"
kets’iht’ón’ "swallow"
ts’est’ûud "dark-eyed junco"
mehk’ą̂ąy "mew gull"
ntsiiɬ "northern flicker"
tsidaanmbiidh "crossbill"

Juneau’s Empty Chair memorial for city residents who were taken away as part of America’s Japanese internment program in 1942, has been covered in paper cranes

Juneau’s Empty Chair memorial commemorates the forced deportation of its Japanese-American residents during WWII

Juneau’s Empty Chair memorial for city residents who were taken away as part of America’s Japanese internment program in 1942, has been covered in paper cranes. #Alaska

From Alaska Capitol’s cafeteria, author and illustrator claims Pulitzer Prize - The Alaska Current Tessa Hull’s ‘Feeding Ghosts’ was awarded the prize for memoirs and biographies.

Tessa Hulls was making sandwiches in the Alaska Capitol when she learned she had won a Pulitzer Prize. thealaskacurrent.com/2025/05/06/f...

Juneau friends! Check this out

University of Alaska international students' records restored as Trump administration backs down on visa revocations A flurry of lawsuits followed the Trump administration's crackdown on thousands of foreign students' visas and records.

University of Alaska officials confirmed Monday that the four impacted UA students now have restored status in the federal Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, or SEVIS.

(From @alaskapublic.org)

4 international students in Alaska lose visas ‘without prior warning’ amid Trump administration crackdown One of the students is Jean Kashikov, a citizen of Kazakhstan who began studying at UAA on a student visa in 2019 and planned to spend one year working in Alaska as a flight instructor.

Jean Kashikov, a citizen of Kazakhstan who began studying in Alaska on a student visa in 2019, is one of at least four UAA students or recent graduates who abruptly lost their visas in recent days.

Lights on in the twin lakes area

Federal government puts Ketchikan, Anchorage buildings on list for potential sale • Alaska Beacon Three Alaska federal buildings and one parking lot are on a list of hundreds of properties eyed by the Trump administration for sale.

Federal government puts Ketchikan, Anchorage buildings on list for potential sale, reports James Brooks, @alaska.bsky.social, of @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/briefs/feder...

Here's an image made with 2358 photos from last night for those that don't have the time to watch an entire timelapse.