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Newspaper photo with the headline "Cross-Country Cyclers", with a photo of two women wearing straw hats riding bikes with lots of gear on a city street. Below is the caption: "Barbara Travers, 19 (left) and her sister, Shirley, 21, stop in Denver on their cross-country bicycle jaunt from Portland, Ore. to their Dearborn, Mich. home. They worked on the coast in a war plant."

"Barbara Travers, 19 (left) and her sister, Shirley, 21, stop in Denver on their cross-country bicycle jaunt from Portland, Ore. to their Dearborn, Mich. home. They worked on the coast in a war plant."
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Regional air carrier Kenai Aviation announces immediate shutdown The airline’s owner said Monday that the company was struggling under a debt burden that had become untenable.

Alaska regional air carrier Kenai Aviation shut down operations abruptly on Monday, citing financial insolvency.

St. Paul still relying on costly charter flights three months after losing Ravn As of Oct. 1, a change in the Essential Air Service program means the city of over 400 people has no regularly scheduled commercial flights.

St. Paul is still relying on costly charter flights three months after the main airline that served the island, Ravn Alaska, stopped operations.

Aside from a small factual error in the headline, this should be welcome news

The story has been republished to the Homer News in an edited form that strips some language and moves the definition of Kirk’s beliefs far down page. The edits were not done by our newsrooms, our reporter’s byline was removed, and there is no note indicating that the story has been changed.

Breaking up is hard to do.

Yay!

The Mini-Quest starts on Thursday 7/24. Stay tuned for details at alaskatravelgram.com ! YouTube video by Scott McMurren

JOIN US for the Quest at the Alaska Railroad ! youtube.com/shorts/dhjDV...

This is huge. The church continues to step up to the moment. They are calling out the Trump administration as an oppressive authoritarian regime.

Getting rid of diesel reliance in Alaska just make a ton of sense in terms of reliability and economics.

What could go wrong?

No Kings.
ADAK, ALASKA

I remember telling my mom & stepdad I wanted to get a degree in history. The response: “You can’t do anything with that.”

We have done a lousy job appreciating how important studying history is.

(Later, I got a BA in history anyway.)

I took this photo of Ravn Alaska's then-CEO @Dave Pflieger in Sept 2019, before the Penair crash in Dutch Harbor, bankruptcy, COVID. Before FlyCoin, North Pacific Airlines, 757s and their postcard pitch to send them cash. Soon, per their request to FAA, they'll fly nowhere.

Late-night departure out of Fairbanks. Seat 3F> #midnightSun

May all of your upgrades be free...and may your miles never expire.

They’re eating the checks…they’re eating the balances…

Save Medicaid Please call your Representative right now and leave a voicemail, or first thing on Monday morning before the mark up session begins.

🚨HIT THE PHONES TO SAVE MEDICAID - PLEASE AMPLIFY & ACT 🚨

TODAY the House will be marking up deeply unpopular massive Medicaid cuts.

MANY GOP on the committee are in tight districts. Calls and pressure ARE effective here.

Call today. Type your zip to get a script ⬇️
OcasioCortez.com/savemedicaid

Don’t forget Iran! It’s on the flight path…

Introducing the Utqiaġvik Birding Trail A birding trail was born out of a festival to further celebrate birds, community, bird tourism, and conservation in Arctic Alaska.

Introducing the Utqiaġvik Birding Trail

A birding trail was born out of a festival to further celebrate birds, community, bird tourism, and conservation in Arctic Alaska.

He was flying an unregistered aircraft without a license. Respectfully, I do not think probation & a fine will stop him from doing it again.

Trade war on—recession coming. He slaughtered our economy.

These price hikes on goods from...

Cambodia: +49%
Vietnam: +46%
Bangladesh: +37%
Thailand: +36%
China: +34%
Taiwan: +32%
Indonesia: +32%
Switzerland: +31%
South Africa: +30%
India: +26%
South Korea: +25%
Japan: +24%
Malaysia: +24%
EU: +20%

Such a generous characterization.

University of Alaska shutters diversity center, ‘retires’ diversity officer in continued response to anti-DEI orders The university system is also focused on changing language, website content and non-academic program descriptions, University of Alaska President Pat Pitney wrote in a letter this week.

How does this make us feel?
Just as mad as ever!

University of Alaska shutters diversity center, ‘retires’ diversity officer in continued response to anti-DEI orders www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Lots of folks talking about what could be happening to the USPS. I did a dive into what that means for Alaska, especially when it comes to the topic of Bypass mail, which is grossly misunderstood in the Lower 48. Takeaway - the costs to the USPS for ditching Bypass would be huge.

This, right here..

All the cool kids will be there. HAHAAHAHAA

Welcome - Nadia Bolz-Weber Nadia Bolz-Weber is an ordained Lutheran Pastor, founder of House for All Sinners & Saints in Denver, CO and the author of three NYT bestselling memoirs.

“God, please help me not be an asshole, is about as common a prayer as I pray in my life.”
– Nadia Bolz-Weber (nadiabolzweber.com)

Ya we got 4 inches of snow last night. So there’s that. HA

My favorite thing is giving away Alaska travel prizes. Join us at Alaska Summer Showcase on Saturday, March 22 at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage. I've got a big bucket of $25K in prizes to give away. Jump-start your summer!