Published May 11, 2023 by CALEB OSWELL

Kodiak High School graduate Wetherleigh Griffin has been awarded Outstanding Undergraduate Student of the Year by University of Alaska Fairbanks’ College of Liberal Arts.

Griffin received recognition for her work in the linguistics program. She is a senior set to graduate in December with a bachelor’s degree in linguistics and a minor in theater. Griffin was given the award for her studies involving the intersection of language and video games.

Published May 11, 2023 by Jack Barnwell

The Alaska Center for Energy and Power is still looking for residents to interview for a residential energy cost survey, said researcher and economist Dominique Pride.

Pride presented an update to the Fairbanks Economic Development Corporation’s Energy for All Alaska task force Tuesday morning.

The survey will be conduced from May 12 to May 20, and will include questions about family education and income, air quality, and research.

“The survey date will be used to estimate own, cross and income-priced elasticities of heating fuels,” Pride said. Elasticities, she said, measures the sensitivity of variables.

“If the cost of heating fuel goes up, you would expect the use of wood to increase,” Pride said.

Published May 10, 2023 by RICHARD LARSON Daily News Sports

Ketchikan’s Reilly McCue has signed to play volleyball at the University of Alaska Anchorage as part of the first recruiting class for new Seawolves head coach Stacie Meisner.

The Seawolves have been one of the top NCAA?Division II programs in the West, and are coming off a 27-3 season where they earned the No. 1 seed in the NCAA?West Region.

Published May 10, 2023 by Greg Knight

Marjorie Kunaq Tahbone is Inupiaq and Kiowa from Nome. She is an artist, teacher, traditional tattooist, hide tanner and business owner.

She graduated from University of Alaska Fairbanks with a bachelor’s degree in Alaska Native Studies with a minor in Inupiaq Language.

Kunaq is currently working toward a masters’ degree in Indigenous Studies focusing on traditional Inupiaq tattooing and ceremony.

She says there is a need to accentuate cultural learning in rural Alaska.