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11 Black-owned businesses in Alaska to support this August (& all year long)

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Support these Black-owned businesses in Alaska during National Black Business Month—and all year long.
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Your guide to rock hunting in Alaska

Arts and Culture Victoria Petersen -
Learn about Alaska’s gold rush history, spend time panning for gold, and seek out your own rocks and minerals with this guide to rock hunting in Alaska.
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Where We’re Anchored: July

Anchorage Victoria Petersen -
Growing up, my mom would save me the newspaper before she recycled it so I could look at Kim Casali’s “Love Is…” comic, and when I moved to college she’d cut them out and mail them to me. 
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15 summer festivals in Alaska to add to your calendar pronto

Arts and Culture Victoria Petersen -
The midnight sun makes summer the perfect time of year to get outside and explore Alaska’s festival scene.
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Wild berry picking in Alaska: What’s edible & where to find it

Arts and Culture Victoria Petersen -
Late summer is the best time for berry picking in Alaska. Discover what edible berries are available and where you can find them.
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Where We’re Anchored: June

Anchorage Victoria Petersen -
June brings (hopefully) warm temps and (undoubtedly) a fever that is postmarked by blooms of backyard rhubarb, sunburnt faces and the promise of abundance.
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Pressing Silence: Sea Pony Press

Arts and Culture Rachel Levy -
Deep in the Tongass, enshrouded by the West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness, sits a behemoth.
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Trail Blazers: Chris Hill

Arts and Culture Emily Sullivan -
Chris Hill didn't grow up outdoors. Raised in the Washington D.C. suburbs, she was an arts kid — interested in photography, crafts, and spending hot Maryland summers mostly inside.
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Pressing Silence: Evon Zerbetz

Arts and Culture Rachel Levy -
On one end of her home studio a giant, three-dimensional steel form stands tall, adorned with butterflies of different colors, dimensions, and designs.
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Pressing Silence: Haines is for the misfits

Arts and Culture Rachel Levy -
A Sitka native and current Haines resident, Baylee Pearson spent the last 10 years between the two locales taking inspiration from the lands she’s spent a lifetime on.
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