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Adventist Books of 2020 December 31, 2020 This was a tough year in publishing with the world homebound and authors and publishers only able to market new books through online avenues. Nevertheless, books on a wide range of topics continued making their way into the hands of readers. From riveting autobiographies to vegan cooking, from theology to understanding Adventism, here are 20 books from Adventist authors that we read in 2020. (The following titles are in order of publication date.) 1. This anthology includes scholarly papers presented at the 3 rd International Symposium organized by ...

As groups clamor for vaccine, here’s how Alaska will decide who’s next in line Author: Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Public Media Updated: December 23, 2020 Published December 23, 2020 Share on Facebook Print article The vaccines from drug companies Pfizer and Moderna are being hailed as a game-changing weapon in the fight against COVID-19, which has killed more than 180 Alaskans and infected tens of thousands more. But for the next several months, there will be far fewer vaccine doses available than people who want to receive them. And that presents the difficult question of who shoul...

Getty Images/iStockphoto Decorated trees date back to Germany in the Middle Ages, with German and other European settlers popularizing Christmas trees in America by the early 19th century. A New York woodsman named Mark Carr is credited with opening the first U.S. Christmas tree lot in 1851. 2. Christmas Pickles Getty Images/iStockphoto The origins of hiding a Christmas pickle ornament are a bit murky but it’s likely it grew from a Woolworths marketing gimmick from the late 1800s, when the retailer received imported German ornaments shaped like a pickle and needed a sales pitch. 3. Ugly...

Print article The largest Alaska outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic so far is unfolding right now, within the walls of a prison in the Mat-Su Borough. At Goose Creek Correctional Center, 708 inmates had active coronavirus infections as of Monday. Other jails face worsening outbreaks, too: 112 inmates at the Anchorage Correctional Complex and 68 in Yukon-Kuskokwim Correctional Center have the virus. Statewide, 19 incarcerated people have been hospitalized during the pandemic. Three have died. With a limited supply of vaccines now arriving, a debate over when incarcerated people should rec...

If you put up a Christmas tree this year, where did it come from? If you were asked that question seventy years ago, there’s a strong chance your answer would have been western Montana. Rich Aarstad, senior manuscript archivist at the Montana Historical Society, explains how that region, and particularly the small rural town of Eureka, harnessed the economic power of America’s demand for Christmas trees. Christmas trees became a common sight in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century, Aarstad writes. German immigrants brought the idea to their new homes, where many of their fellow...