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On Friday, the City of Kotzebue issued a health advisory for manganese levels in the community’s drinking water.

“Especially considering that our communities are so artistic, and such talented people as storytellers,” Hopson said. “It shouldn't be just like, ‘I like this Iñupiaq book because it exists.’ It should be, ‘I like this book because it's my favorite out of these hundred.’”

The award honors women who are “using their voices for change” and comes with feature stories about each woman. This year, author Lily Tuzroyluke was Alaska’s awardee.

“This is a very new type of model which simulates each piece of the ice flow, like little polygons moving around,” Zhang said. “So, when I first saw that model, I said, ‘Oh, this is really cool. It can be really useful for coastal communities to get the sense of how the ice moves around.’”

For one volunteer, helping get the basics out to new parents is an endorphin rush.