Alaska Homeschools: Don't Want To Send The Kids To School? That's Okay. Here Are Two Excellent Options

Homeschools That Will Give Your Kids The Valid, Uninterrupted Education They Need If you have medical or disruption concerns about hav...

It's Almost Time To Bring Out That Camp Food For Your Hunting Trip

Let's Give Thanks For Our Three Food Groups…Tang, Spam & Pilot Crackers    TANG Almost As Good As Orange Juice Tang was very ...

What's The Plan For Reopening Copper Valley Schools? It Depends On Whether We're At 'High,' 'Low' or 'Medium' Risk

Parents! Listen Up. The Copper River School District Is Working On Plans For Opening Schools. Please Read This Document T...

Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? Apparently Not. There's A Coin Shortage

Big Box Stores Like Walmart Have Stopped Giving Change Due To Lack Of Coins The coronavirus pandemic has caused a coin shortage in Am...

Practicing For "Real" Fires In A Local Backyard

Gakona Volunteer Fire Department Fire Photos Members of the Gakona Volunteer Fire Department, Kari and Bruce Rogers, supervise a July bac...

Fairbanks Coronavirus Rates Begin To Reel Out Of Control

Fairbanks Is Experiencing A "Positivity Rate" That's 7 Times The Alaska State Average & Rivals The Rate In Hard-Hit Texas...

Jeanie Alice Maxim, One Of The Last Of The Old-Time Ahtna Elders, Dies July 8th, 2020

Jeanie Maxim As Shown On A Smithsonian Institute Cultural Film About Moosehide Sewing. (Photo, YouTube) Jeanie Maxim Lead A Life Shari...

The Deadly Copper Continues To Take The Lives Of Dipnetters

  In the early 20th century, commercial paid dipnetters worked the Copper for canning factories. (Wikipedia) A 68-year old Wasilla ma...

Pat Stenberg Boucher, Who Served As A CRNA Health Aide For Twenty Years, Died June 29th, 2020 In Minnesota

Pat Stenberg Boucher served the Copper Valley as a Health Aide for 20 years.  Longtime Gulkana Health Aide & Community Member P...

Copper Valley Gold Miners May Have Had Scurvy, But They Loved Their Cocoa!

In 1898 , Gold Miners Hauled Everything Over Klutina & Valdez Glaciers... Including High Quality Cocoa   When you're ent...

Details On The NPS Plans For July Wrangell-St. Elias Ranger Contact Services

KENNICOTT'S SUMMER SERVICES How The Park Will Interface With The Public As Of Early July, 2020 National Park Service Ranger in ...

Report From The State On The Cost of Living In Alaska

STATE RELEASES CHARTS & GRAPHS OF "COST OF LIVING" IN ALASKA   As we all know, living in Alaska is not cheap. On July 1...

It's Not Just Seward That's Scrapping The 4th Of July

A Fairbanks event in 2018. (File photo, Country Journal)   TOWNS ALL OVER ALASKA ARE HOLDING BACK ON THE 4TH OF JULY FOR SAFETY REASO...

New - Weekly Alaska Data Summary Monday, June 30th

The State Of Alaska has released a new  weekly report.  This data summary covers COVID-19 in Alaska from Friday, June 19th through Thurs...

Copper River Native Association Tests Find Two Positive Cases Of Covid-19

  As 4th of July Approaches & Cases Soar Nationwide, Coronavirus Enters The Copper River Valley. Other Covid-Positive Patients Have...

Native American Villages Are At Real Risk Of Infection

  "Help Protect Our Elders" Barricade at Gulkana Village Entrance. (Photo, May 10th, 2020 by Country Journal) Residents of a...

Native American Villages Are At Risk, As Is Rural Alaska

Health Corporation and Village Council of 400-Person Napaskiak Village Started Virus Testing There June 26th Residents of a village near B...

June 29th Is Kickoff Day For New Alaska Jobs Site On The Web

New Alaska Job Site On The Web For People Wanting Work In Alaska COMING JUNE 29TH! ALASKA JOBS SITE A new job data base offering a wi...

University of Alaska Cuts 39 Key Academic Departments

University of Alaska in Fairbanks, entrance to campus.  February, 2019. (Photo by Country Journal from the archives) The University of Alask...

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