Mabel Baldwin-Schaeffer is the first Tribal coordinator for the Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s Communications Program. 

She was born and raised in Kiana, a small Iñupiaq village on the Kobuk River in northwest Alaska, and said she will bring that perspective with her. 

When the COVID pandemic closed the Haines’ Senior Center, the lunch program turned into a daily delivery, and it’s become a vital service for local seniors in Haines and Klukwan, and there’s room for expansion.

The Haines Senior Center is still closed, due to the COVID pandemic. But each morning, meals are prepared there by a dedicated staff with Southeast Senior Services, packed in insulated bags, and loaded onto one delivery van.

Qacung Stephen Blanchett’s new album may be solo, but it has some big Indigenous pop super group energy.

Qacung, who is one of the co-creators of the Inuit band Pamyua, brought several other Indigenous Alaska musicians along for the ride on his inaugural solo album, including Juneau’s Arias Hoyle who goes by Air Jazz.

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced 13 Tribal energy grants, about half of which are going to Alaska Native communities.

Granholm said the grants from the Office of Indian Energy will help meet President Biden’s climate goals. In total, she said, they will fund some seven megawatts of clean power generation and battery storage.