Three volcanoes are continuing to erupt across the Aleutian Chain; support from the National Science Foundation will aid ice melt modelling at the University of Alaska Fairbanks; and some lawmakers say the permanent fund can help settle one of the state issues that it’s been debating even longer than the PFD: how to pay for public education.
Hope McKenney is a public radio news director, reporter, producer and host based in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.