Taylor Heckart
Newsroom InternTaylor Heckart is a senior at the University of Alaska Anchorage studying journalism and public communications with a minor in history and political science. Taylor is a lifelong Alaskan with a background in student media through UAA. She loves public radio and community storytelling.
Taylor is in Unalaska this winter covering news, thanks to the Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism's Legislative Reporter Exchange Program. ACE-J offers the opportunity for Alaska newsrooms to send a reporter to cover the Legislature in Juneau for a month, and a University of Alaska journalism student will fill in at the newsroom while the reporter is away.
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Some international visitors are halting their summer travel to the United States, including Unalaska, as political tensions between countries rise. The Museum of the Aleutians has already received cancellations from international tourists, ahead of the summer cruise season, which begins in May. -
At least a dozen teachers, staff and school board members showed up for a town hall hosted by the Unalaska City School District on March 6 to discuss an impending $1.2 million budget shortfall for the next fiscal year. -
It’s not unheard of for Alaska schools to build their budgets without knowing for sure how much the state will provide. In recent years, that contribution hasn’t been much, especially when compared to the growing rates of inflation. But many school districts across the state are facing deficits this year, forcing them to make hard decisions. The Unalaska City School District is no exception. -
Unalaska school superintendent discusses new union, high school principal hire and rising meal costsIn this episode of "Island Interviews," Superintendent Kim Hanisch talks about a new union group in the district, staffing updates – including a new high school principal – as well as a potential increase in student meal prices. -
Family and friends crowded the stands of the Unalaska High School gym last Wednesday to cheer on players on both sides of the court – the visiting St. Paul Sea Parrots versus the home team, Unalaska Raiders. The junior high teams played five games in a three-day event that hasn't happened in over a decade. -
In this episode of “Island Interviews,” Education and Outreach Manager Thomas McLenigan talks about the museum’s Lunch and Learn program in general and discusses Alaska’s whaling history, including subsistence practices in the Aleutians.
