New Ketchikan Indian Community president says she plans to push for greater access to traditional foods
“File it under sovereignty if you want, but right up there with sovereignty is our food,” Trixie Bennett said in a phone interview.
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Tag: Ketchikan Indian Community
Executive fired from Bristol Bay health corporation now leads Ketchikan Indian Community’s tribal health clinic
Tribal officials say they have full confidence in the seasoned executive.
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Ketchikan’s tribe and school board discuss improving education for community’s students
Among the top priorities for Ketchikan Indian Community’s Tribal Council was addressing disproportionate educational outcomes for Alaska Native students.
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‘Time for me to focus on my own wellbeing’: Ketchikan superintendent of schools submits resignation
“With my husband passing away in January, and then, with my own health scare, it was just — it just feels like it’s time for me to focus on my own wellbeing and take the year off and kind of refocus,” Beth Lougee said.
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Ketchikan superintendent evaluation to resume Tuesday after 3-month pause
Ketchikan’s school board is going to continue its evaluation of the district’s superintendent on Tuesday, and they’re opening up that meeting to public testimony on her performance.
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School board to continue evaluating Ketchikan superintendent accused of not supporting Alaska Native staff
UPDATE: This meeting has been postponed and will be rescheduled, tentatively for Jan. 7th.
Read MoreTribal leaders express ‘no confidence’ in superintendent of Ketchikan schools
The tribal council says it’s the first time in its 80-year history that it’s written a letter expressing no confidence in a Ketchikan public servant.
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Scientists hope new Southeast air quality monitors will provide insight on impact of ship exhaust
The sensors will help answer some existing questions about cruise ship exhaust — but they could raise some new questions, too.
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