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Homesteading Alaska: Historical necessity & modern enthusiasm

Growing up on a Homestead in Alaska felt normal. Doesn’t everyone have their grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins spread out evenly down an old homestead road? A childhood like mine was atypical in the 1980s and 90s in the Mat-Su Valley as homesteading

Alaska’s drowning death rate is highest in the nation

With the summer boating, kayaking and commercial fishing seasons heating up, the State of Alaska has released a report showing that the Last Frontier has the highest rate of drowning deaths in the nation. Across the U.S., drowning mortality increased by