Massive wildfire threatens Indigenous villages in Southwest Alaska
Many people have evacuated. But one family has chosen to stay and support the efforts to keep their community from burning.
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Drag Queen Story Hour; Wildfire threatens Indigenous villages in Alaska : Here & Now
The literacy program is exactly what the name implies: Drag Queens reading stories to young children — mostly on themes of diversity, acceptance, tolerance and self-esteem. Drag Queen Story Hour executive director and drag queen Jonathan Hamilt joins us. And, the East Fork fire is threatening four villages in the Yukon River region. One family has chosen to stay and support efforts to keep their community from burning. Olivia Ebertz of KYUK reports.
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Evacuees from St. Mary's arrive in Bethel, as tundra fire gets closer to town
Regional airline Yute Commuter Service canceled most of its flights on June 9, and instead sent its fleet to St. Mary’s to shuttle 80 evacuees to Bethel.
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Four Alaska Natives vie for sole congressional seat
Joaqlin EstusICT Last year Alaskans voted to have open primaries and ranked choice voting. The first run through of the new process is underway in a special
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Alaska commercial pilot flies Yup'ik locals; TV shows and movies keep getting longer : Here & Now
"Stranger Things" season 4 debuts Friday — and each episode is over an hour. It's the latest example of TV shows getting longer and longer. BoxOffice Pro's Daniel Loría joins us. And, only 6% of professional American pilots are women. Dolena Fox recently became one of them. Olivia Ebertz of KYUK has this profile.
Source: npr.org