University of Alaska Anchorage News

There's no smoke and mirrors about it - Americans are eating a lot more smoked seafood than they used to.

The Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center board reached within its ranks for a new executive director and has named board member Jim Lavrakas to succeed current director Monte Davis after Davis leaves Homer in mid-August. "Jim is passionate about Homer and we are excited about moving forward with Jim at the helm," board president Pat Melone ... (more)

Homer High School graduates, from left, Katie Pitzman, Ethan Kizzia, Katie Kirsis and Grant Arseneau march into the gym at the school's commencement ceremony Sunday evening.

The University of Alaska Anchorage is investigating an allegation that its former hockey coach struck a player with a hockey stick, another black mark for the beleaguered program which suspended a search for a new coach after naming four finalists earlier this month.

Six Alaskans have been awarded Fulbright awards to study, lecture or conduct research abroad for the 2002-2003 academic year.

Smoked salmon is in greater demand these days, part of a larger trend of infusing everything from cocktails to nuts with smoky flavor.

In this Thursday, May 9, 2013 photo, smoked trout is inspected at the Ducktrap River company, in Belfast, Maine.

A former player for the University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves says former hockey coach Dave Shyiak violently struck a player with his hockey stick.

Nurses Monica Negaard and Linda Hackenbruch can be found together on Alaska Regional Hospital's critical care unit much of the time these days, their Dansko clogs clopping on the floor in unison as they visit patients.

Savannah Hankins Savannah Hankins, of Yuma, has graduated from the English Nanny and Governess School of Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

Submissions in this year's statewide Creative Writing Contest, sponsored by the University of Alaska Anchorage and the Anchorage Daily News, came from a wide range of Alaska towns, backgrounds and ages.

Workers lower the final piece of structural steel into place at the Alaska Airlines Center on the UAA campus.

Beyond the Bear: How I learned to live and love again after being blinded by a Bear, Globe Pequot Press, 212 pages by Dan Bigley and Debra McKinney One of the problems with a good bear story is that Alaskans like to hear every grim detail of an encounter gone wrong, then they sit back and talk amongst themselves about what the victim of the attack ... (more)

The university announced in a news release Tuesday that a second hiring committee will consider applicants for the job that became vacant when UAA fired Dave Shyiak after eight seasons leading the Seawolves.

Nurses Monica Negaard and Linda Hackenbruch can be found together on Alaska Regional Hospital's critical care unit much of the time these days, their Dansko clogs clopping on the floor in unison as they visit patients.

The University of Alaska Anchorage is suspending its search for a head hockey coach in hopes of getting a more "robust" pool of candidates.

Live from the University of Alaska Anchorage, the science panels will focus on wetlands, vegetation, wildlife and threatened & endangered species.

From GEDs to master's degrees, 32 students will be honored at the May 8 commencement ceremony of Kachemak Bay Campus, Kenai Peninsula College, University of Alaska Anchorage.

The state and city are gearing up to choose a final route for a new road into the university and medical district from Northern Lights Boulevard.

Assembly members in Anchorage, Alaska are considering legislation that would open the city's taxi market up to more competition by adding 10 permits a year for the next 10 years.