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Honoring Excellence, Impact, and Helping Others

By Alex Shahbazi | 31 October 2023

Dr. Jamie Donatuto has spent decades advancing the environmental health and well being of the communities in which she works. That service and success was recently recognized by the National…

Making Music in Memory

By Alex Shahbazi | 31 October 2023

SEARCH honored the life of Craig George earlier in October with the making of music. Tragically lost in a rafting accident this past July, Craig George was known—among many other…

Making a Mayoral Move

By Alex Shahbazi | 13 October 2023

The Fairbanks North Star Borough has its newest candidate for mayor: Savannah Venetis Fletcher. A member of SEARCH’s Drivers and Ecological Consequences co-production team, Savannah announced her mayoral run earlier…

Finding Family—and a Reindeer Herd—in Norway’s Far North

By Alex Shahbazi | 26 September 2023

Mary Blair holds her Sámi heritage close to her heart. For the longest time, however, she didn’t even know it existed. A member of SEARCH’s Human Well Being co-production team…

Food for Thought—and So Much More

By Alex Shahbazi | 12 September 2023

For Arctic Indigenous People, food is far more than just something to eat. Where most of America drives to grab the same groceries that can be found at supermarkets across…