24 Practically everyone who lives in Alaska at some point has boarded one of those three-and-a-half-hour flights to Seattle. Maybe they’re going down for a business trip, some sort of vacation or to watch a Seahawks game at the artist formerly known as CenturyLink Field. Some even joke that going to Seattle is like driving to the next suburb.
The connection between the state of Alaska and Seattle has always been there. The Seattle Kraken know this and it is why they are making a push to tap into a hockey-obsessed part of America that has gone overlooked.
In August, the University of Alaska Board of Regents voted to cut the Seawolves men’s hockey program, among other sports, after the 2020-21 school year to reduce the University of Alaska-Anchorage’s budget. But the board offered a chance at reviving those programs should boosters and supporters raise enough money to cover two years of operating expenses.
Alaska university regents give teams more time to fundraise
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Head of Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium resigns post
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Andy Teuber, head of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, resigns Published February 23
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Print article The president and chairman of Alaska’s largest tribal health organization has resigned, the organization says. Andy Teuber resigned Tuesday morning as head of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, spokeswoman Shirley Young said in an email. Young did not say why Teuber resigned or provide a letter of resignation. The ANTHC Board voted to name CEO Garvin Federenko as acting president and Bernice Kaigelak of the Arctic Slope Native Association as board chair, Young said in an e-mail Tuesday night. Teuber did not immediately respond to a phone call Tuesday afternoon.