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With hope fading for additional state education funding, Alaska's rural school districts prepare to...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 month agoMar. 23—Rural school administrators said this week that they're preparing to make significant cuts after the Alaska Legislature's failure to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy's veto of a $200 million ...
Voting in Petersburg? Here's all you need to know about who's on your ballot Tuesday
The Progress-Index via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPETERSBURG — City voters head to the polls Tuesday as four of the seven City Council and School...
The Best School District in Every State and How Much It Costs To Live There
GOBankingRates via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoFor many Americans, choosing where to live is heavily influenced by the quality of the school...
A high cost of living and lack of a pension strain teachers in Alaska. Would bonuses help keep them?
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoCory Hughes moved to a remote Alaska village to teach and would happily stay and retire there if he...
Petersburg's Ward 5: Three candidates for the council seat; two are making the most noise
The Progress-Index via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPETERSBURG — The city's only three-way City Council race is in Ward 5, but one of the candidates is running so quietly, you may not know she was even running at all. Incumbent Howard Myers, ...
Incumbents in Petersburg's Wards 3 and 5 safely returned to office
The Progress-Index via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPETERSBURG — The city's current and immediate past mayors were safely returned to office Tuesday, elected to their third and fourth terms, respectively, to City Council. In Ward 3, Mayor Sam ...
Hoover Dam fire, hitchhiking chicken, Thirty Meter Telescope: News from around our 50 states
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAlabama Birmingham: A female lion was fatally injured while being introduced to a newly acquired...
After 57 years as an educator, the first and only principal of Anchorage's Tyson Elementary is...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 15—John Kito spent nearly three decades as William Tyson Elementary's first and only principal. Now Kito, originally from Petersburg and of Tlingit and Japanese descent, is set to retire ...
A pandemic that spawned devastation also brought good: Star staffers share their stories
VC Star | Ventura County Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCOVID-19 changed everything almost exactly three years ago. Declared a local emergency on March 12,...
Manatee food crisis, Confederate holidays axed, Colorado wildfires contained: News from around our...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAlabama Montgomery: Mayor Steven Reed named Darryl Washington the Economic Development director and...