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Telling Alaska’s Story: Zoo vet says he’s held his ‘dream job’ for 3 decades

Updated: Nov. 29, 2021 at 6:10 PM AKST

By Lauren Maxwell

Riley Wilson feels lucky to have been the Alaska Zoo veterinarian for 35 years and to be a part of important polar bear research

Telling Alaska’s Story: Reindeer twins beating the odds in Palmer

Updated: Nov. 25, 2021 at 10:16 PM AKST

By Lexi Yelverton

Twins at the reindeer farm in Palmer are surviving, which is extremely rare.

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Telling Alaska’s Story: Photographer David Jensen has helped thousands of rescued animals find forever homes

Updated: Nov. 15, 2021 at 5:47 PM AKST

By Lauren Maxwell

Telling Alaska's Story: David Jensen photographs rescue animals for Friends of Pets to help them get adopted.

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Telling Alaska’s Story: Tracy Try

Updated: Nov. 8, 2021 at 2:31 PM AKST

By Ariane Aramburo and Mike Nederbrock

In this week's Telling Alaska's Story, meet photographer, Tracy Try.

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Telling Alaska’s Story: From a side hustle to a small business

Updated: Nov. 1, 2021 at 12:00 PM AKDT

By Ariane Aramburo

From side hustle to a small business, a local woman is helping women feel empowered one bra at a time.

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Telling Alaska’s Story: Honoring the African American soldiers who helped build the Alaska Highway

Updated: Oct. 25, 2021 at 6:31 PM AKDT

By Lauren Maxwell

Alaska Highway Day celebrates the completion of the Alaska Highway in 1942 and recognizes the Black soldiers who helped build it.

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Telling Alaska’s Story: Seward Highway flagger entertains those in line

Updated: Oct. 18, 2021 at 6:44 PM AKDT

By Lauren Maxwell

A flagger on the Seward Highway is entertaining the drivers while they wait in line.

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Telling Alaska’s Story: Artist Romney Dodd transforms animal mounts into art

Updated: Oct. 11, 2021 at 6:43 PM AKDT

By Lauren Maxwell

Romney Dodd is an Alaskan artist who brings new life to fish and wildlife through paint.

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Telling Alaska’s Story: Fairbanks musicians share message about alcoholism

Updated: Oct. 5, 2021 at 6:31 AM AKDT

By Alaska's News Source Digital Team

It isn’t easy to talk about alcoholism, but Fairbanks musicians Brit and Bishop are taking on that challenge.

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Telling Alaska’s Story: Encaustic artist Gayla Ranf loves to work in wax

Updated: Sep. 27, 2021 at 6:53 PM AKDT

By Lauren Maxwell

When Anchorage artist Gayla Ranf was introduced to encaustic painting 14 years ago, she knew she had found a new love. Ranf has been working in the medium ever since.

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Telling Alaska’s Story: Bambino’s Baby Food forms new salmon partnership with Bristol Bay Native Corp.

Updated: Sep. 20, 2021 at 6:49 PM AKDT

By Lauren Maxwell

At the Bambino’s Baby Food retail store in Spenard, the offerings don’t look like the baby food most people are accustomed to.

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Telling Alaska’s Story: Big bears chow down on giant veggies from the Alaska State Fair

Updated: Sep. 13, 2021 at 5:38 PM AKDT

By Lauren Maxwell

It’s an annual tradition that continued Friday when the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center took possession of the leftover veggies from the Alaska State Fair and fed them to the center’s brown bears.

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Telling Alaska’s Story: New Juneau mural honors Alaska Native civil rights icon

Updated: Sep. 6, 2021 at 1:26 PM AKDT

By Sean Maguire

A new mural in downtown Juneau honors Elizabeth Peratrovich, a Tlingit civil rights icon.