Port Graham, AK News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/port-graham/ Port Graham, AK News Cook Inletkeeper wants DEC hearing on oil gas discharges http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/port-graham/content/33163c9955c2898996ad4cb78719b475.html Cook Inletkeeper has asked the state to hold a public hearing on its claim that state certification of pollution discharges from Cook Inlet oil and gas facilities violates the US Clean Water Act Community profile: Nanwalek http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/port-graham/content/1df5d982c76a44ec83fbd8e535885c48.html NANWALEK Search for 'mayday' suspended http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/port-graham/content/70304699712d50fb26827a17f66f6a89.html The US Coast Guard last Thursday suspended a search for a reported mayday call near Seldovia An unknown person reported about 10 pm last Tuesday that a boat was sinking between Port Graham and Point Pogibshi and the person was abandoning ship and getting into a life raft Helicopter and plane crews from Air Station Kodiak searched over two days for the reported sinking The Homer US Coast Guard Auxiliary also searched The Coast Guard ended its search last Thursday Over two days crews covered 1676 nautical miles over 30 hours with 11 separate searches No reports of overdue mariners flare sightings or satellite alerts were received Community profile: Port Graham http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/port-graham/content/7fddda07630fdf6723ce6a5caca27860.html POPULATION: 134 2007 'Mayday' reported near Seldovia http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/port-graham/content/8c03024f6002f3337b745ce1aa4dc6df.html In the midst of searches for two missing hunters in Prince William Sound and 11 missing fishermen in the Gulf of Alaska the US Coast Guard continued a search Wednesday morning following a report of a boat sinking between Port Graham and Point Pogibshi near Seldovia late Monday night Head of troopers' AP post takes new position http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/port-graham/content/c90292fb868fe3487bac29bdf75ffc32.html In his seven years patrolling the rough gravel roads of the lower Kenai Peninsula Alaska State Trooper Sgt Arthur Tom Dunn has raided marijuana grow operations busted methamphetamine dealers and put away thieves burglarizing homes to support their drug habits Signs of changing climate catch eye of Native elders http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/port-graham/content/c4af31ae0ef6f2e18fc94e0f4998458d.html On a soggy Sunday morning this week about 60 people sat in the Pratt Museum gallery before Lisa Williams' Native Ways in Changing Times a photography exhibit documenting the lives of Port Graham and Nanwalek villagers The stories in Williams' crisp blackandwhite photographs came to life when elders from Barrow to lower Cook Inlet spoke about how they've seen the climate change 'Tamamta Katurlluta' brings Native traditions to Homer http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/alaska/port-graham/content/0fc39298d8ee2b09494a153d41004500.html From the Top of the World to the End of the Road communities as distant as Barrow come to Homer this weekend for the eighth Tamamta Katurlluta the biennial Gathering of Alaska Native Tradition Homer is the host for Barrow's Tagiugmiut Dance Group performing at 7 pm Sunday for An Evening of Dance and Culture at the Homer High School Mariner Theatre a favor that will be returned next weekend when Barrow welcomes the Homer High School Mariners as they play the Barrow Whalers Sept 6 at America's farthest north football stadium