Paula Dobbyn
@907808.bsky.social
Reporter at Anchorage Daily News; Former Snedden Chair of Science and Environmental Journalism at University of Alaska Fairbanks
“If you’re an unsheltered person living in your clothes for a month, a lot of businesses won’t let you in to fill up your water container,” said Duke Russell, Anchorage artist and homelessness activist.
Anchorage Daily News@adn.com · last wk.The interim executive director of the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness said a lack of drinking water is a real problem for the city's homeless population.
Muni: “Case management is going to be a vital part of this.” #homelessness #Alaska
Anchorage Daily News@adn.com · last wk.The federally subsidized “Homelessness to Housing” program will provide two-year vouchers to people who are unhoused, under a new partnership between Anchorage and the Alaska Housing Finance Corp. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
The scientists were able to pinpoint for the first time that the Olowalu reef’s growth rate declined as Maui’s sugarcane plantations started to boom.
Honolulu Civil Beat@civilbeat.bsky.social · 2w agoA coral core dating back to the 1700s is helping scientists and reef advocates plan how to protect a Maui “super reef” as it faces a challenging future
Hundreds of Western Alaska residents evacuated to Anchorage last year. They say they have experienced housing and food insecurity, along with transportation woes and culture shock — and the occasional silver lining.
One year after Halong devastated their villages, storm survivors navigate life in Alaska’s largest city
Hundreds of residents of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok evacuated to Anchorage last October. Residents say they have experienced housing and food insecurity, along with transportation woes and culture shock ...
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The Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the world, causing the frozen ground to thaw at a record rate. (Via The Associated Press)
Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet
The Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the world, causing the frozen ground to thaw at a record rate.
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While shelter beds in Anchorage may fill quickly, some are only seasonal. Plus, clients can present complex challenges that can make for unpredictable long-term housing solutions.
Outreach workers race to fill Anchorage shelter beds. Sometimes it’s a tough sell.
While beds may fill quickly, clients present complex challenges that can make for unpredictable long-term housing solutions.
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Alaska’s Fish and Game Commissioner says he sees “much opportunity” for Alaska in the White House executive order, particularly the section that calls for predator control of sharks and certain pinnipeds that prey on salmon.
Anchorage Daily News@adn.com · last mo.The White House issued an order to support the sportfishing industry by, among other things, paving the way for increased harvests of sharks and pinnipeds, including sea lions and seals.
Peltola is in a close race against Republican incumbent Dan S. Sullivan for one of Alaska’s two U.S. Senate seats. Ivan Moore of Alaska Survey Research, a political polling firm said he doesn’t know whether the New York Times article will affect the eventual result. (Via Alaska Beacon)
A New York Times article claimed hostility by Mary Peltola. Will it affect Alaska’s Senate race?
Additional reporting shows conflicts between Alaskans and East Coast staff during Peltola’s term in Congress.
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Startling speech by a city council member after newsroom cuts at the Lexington, KY Herald Leader. Urge you to watch, listen and learn of the bond that a good newspaper can create without losing its independence. Owner: Hedge fund Chatham Asset Management kiesow.net/how-to-talk-... via kiesow.net
How to talk about the local news crisis: We are all worse off.
Last week, McClatchy rolled out the latest round of destructive cuts to its local reporting staff. The cuts themselves are barely newsworthy within the industry at this point, though the futility of '...
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My latest for Magic Canoe, focusing on the growth of cultural tourism in #Alaska
Magic Canoe@magiccanoe.bsky.social · 2mo agoA major experiment unfolded in Old Harbor, Alaska, this summer. The tiny Native village of about two hundred residents greeted its first cruise ship ever on August 2. This is the town’s first foray into the rapidly expanding world of cultural tourism in Alaska. @907808.bsky.social
Ashley Percival, untitled, colored pencil, pen, paint, and digital tools, 2026
Learn more about why peonies grow so well in Alaska by reading the full article from New Economies Leadership desk writer Paula Dobbyn: buff.ly/FFBTP0b #RuralEconomy @907808.bsky.social
Bought Peonies Recently? They’re Probably from Alaska. - Magic Canoe
How Alaska’s expanding peony flower economy is adapting to an unstable climate.
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Despite two weeks of near-constant rain in Southcentral Alaska, my backyard fireweed is holding its own #fireweed #Alaska #summer #Anchorage
Share This Article Northern pike have invaded more than 150 waterways around Anchorage and Mat-Su, decimating native fish species as well as local sport fishing lodges and air charters. My story for @insideclimatenews.org at the link below. #aknews #alaska insideclimatenews.org/news/0807202...
Climate Change Is Helping an Invasive Predator Wreak Havoc on Iconic Alaskan Fish - Inside Climate News
WILLOW, Alaska—Corey Ercolani pulled a northern pike from a gillnet and slit its belly with a knife. Inside its guts lay fresh evidence of a growing biological crime: a dead juvenile salmon. A coho, o...
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My latest for Magic Canoe. A dive into some new industries emerging from #Alaska’s #rainforest 🌲
Magic Canoe@magiccanoe.bsky.social · 4mo agoIn Alaska, “mariculture” centers around oysters and kelp, not the more controversial aquaculture practice of finfish farming, which is outlawed. Read the full article to learn why oyster farming has taken hold in Southeast Alaska: buff.ly/UUU2m3c Article by: @907808.bsky.social
A simple bouquet to brighten up the dining room. It’s the small things.
As a physician and the chief medical officer of Hospice Buffalo, Chris Kerr has seen his patients experience end-of-life dreams and visions for nearly 30 years. He has made a mission of educating the public about the value of deathbed dreams.
The profound meaning and mystery of deathbed visions
Shirley's dreams and visions would lead her and her daughter Debbie toward secrets Shirley had never before told her family — and revelations that would change what Debbie understood about her mother'...
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Solar power expected to soon be cheaper than natural gas power in Anchorage, writes @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/briefs/solar...
Solar power expected to soon be cheaper than natural gas power in Anchorage | Alaska Beacon
Because gas prices are expected to rise in coming years amid a growing shortage in Cook Inlet, the solar project is poised to become cheaper.
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Tonight’s rainbow over East Anchorage following some heavy spring showers.
The Mike Berger Award is conferred by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, whose faculty judges cited the "tenacity" of Civil Beat's reporting.
Civil Beat Series On Abusive Hawaiʻi Foster Dad Wins National Award
The Mike Berger Award is conferred by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, whose faculty judges cited the "tenacity" of Civil Beat's reporting.
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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a 240-year-old newspaper set to close after a protracted battle between its parent company and the paper’s union, was sold to a nonprofit that promises to keep the paper running.
Baltimore Banner’s nonprofit publisher buys the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The 240-year-old newspaper was set to close next month after a long battle between its parent company and its union.
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The partnership is one of the first of its kind in the state and leaders say it is a way to strengthen and uplift Indigenous studies in higher education.
UAS and Tlingit & Haida partner to create School of Indigenous Studies in ‘historic moment’
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Really fantastic, new reporting by my colleague Yereth Rosen.
Alaska Beacon@alaskabeacon.com · 7mo agoA new series from the Alaska Beacon's Yereth Rosen explores how a changing climate is exacerbating the spread of pathogens and disease risks in Alaska’s fish, bird and mammal populations. That affects people’s health, food security, livelihoods and cultures. Part 1: alaskabeacon.com/2026/03/26/a...
Trump wants to put you in a massive, secret government database: Agencies are reportedly pooling immigration data, Social Security numbers, and more into a central database. FPF is suing to learn how deep it goes. Read more from @laurenleharper.bsky.social in @theintercept.com:
Trump Wants to Put You in a Massive, Secret Government Database
Agencies are reportedly pooling immigration data, Social Security numbers, and more into a central database. FPF is suing to learn how deep it goes.
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Striking Down Pentagon Press Limits, Judge Vindicates Independent Journalism www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...
Striking Down Pentagon Press Limits, Judge Vindicates Independent Journalism
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A caution to viewers: this is a very explicitly violent true-crime account imo of the case of the serial killer Brian Steven Smith. It also raises important questions of justice for the victims & families of Kathleen Jo Henry, Veronica Abouchuk & Cassandra Boskofsy alaskabeacon.com/2026/02/27/n...
National series highlights Alaska MMIP crisis, questions of justice for Alaska Native people | Alaska Beacon
A new investigative documentary series on HBO highlights the ongoing crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous peoples in Alaska.
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