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20-844: ANI was founded by Edgar Blatchford in 1983 with the purchase of the Seward Phoenix Log. In 1990, the Tundra Drums was added to the company's portfolio in a partnership with Calista Corporation , an Alaska Native Regional Corporation created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. ANI has its headquarters in Anchorage , Alaska and is currently a majority-owned subsidiary of Calista. Alaska Newspapers, Inc. (ANI), published six weekly newspapers serving Bush Alaska . As of August 2011, all of these newspapers had been sold or were in

40-472: A more diverse economic base. Blatchford believes global warming is a scientific certainty that must be addressed. He wants Alaska to increase its prominence in studying climate change and the Arctic. Alaska Pacific University Alaska Pacific University ( APU ) is a private university in Anchorage, Alaska , United States. It was established as Alaska Methodist University in 1957. Although it

60-501: A prime reason for Blatchford's selection. On July 22, 2005, Blatchford resigned his position as commissioner of Community and Economic Development due to conflict of interest allegations between his official state duties and ties with Chugach Alaska Corp . Until the 2016 Alaskan Senate race, Blatchford had been affiliated with the Republican Party, switching parties due to ideological reasons. He strongly supports reform of

80-412: A professional studies programs for non-traditional students . The Early Honors program functions as an alternative to the senior year in high school. The main campus includes academic facilities, residence halls, community gathering spaces, recreational facilities, and winter and summer recreational trails. The campus consists of eight major buildings, with five of them currently utilized directly by

100-1058: A quarterly statewide health feature called Healthy Life ; the monthly feature Kids These Days highlighting achievements of youth in villages and communities around Alaska ; the annual feature Career & Education Guide' programs for annual events including the Camai Dance Festival, the Seward Silver Salmon Derby, the Seward Mount Marathon Race , and visitor's guides to Dutch Harbor and Unalaska , Seward , and Prince William Sound . ANI's subsidiary Camai Printing , also headquartered in Anchorage, provides traditional print services, such as printing of letterhead, business cards, 4-color posters, brochures, and envelopes as well as newsprint web press printing services. Edgar Blatchford Edgar Blatchford (born November 24, 1950)

120-688: Is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the location (along with North and South Atwood) of a major conference of Alaska Natives at the time of the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in 1971. APU has an extension of its campus in Palmer, Alaska , known as the Kellogg Campus. It functions as a 700-acre working farm for students of the sustainability program, as well as an environmental learning center for home-schooled students. Alaska Pacific University

140-496: Is an American politician, academic, and attorney who served as the mayor of Seward, Alaska . Blatchford sought the 2016 Democratic Party nomination for United States Senate , losing the nomination in the Alaskan primary to Ray Metcalfe . Blatchford ran two more unsuccessful campaigns for U.S. Senate in 2020 and 2022 . Blatchford also filed to run for lieutenant governor in the 2018 Democratic primary , and dropped out of

160-414: Is known for its Nordic Ski Team. The APU Nordic Ski Center (APUNSC) was established in 1999 as a regional Olympic training center for cross-country skiers. Alaska Methodist University's ski team sent four skiers to the 1972 Winter Olympics ; AMU/APU has sent at minimum one skier to every winter Olympics after 1972, including Kikkan Randall who became a gold medalist in the cross-country skiing event at

180-536: The Anchorage Chronicle, the Valdez Vanguard and The Bering Strait Record . The Anchorage Chronicle , a general-interest weekly newspaper serving Anchorage , began publication in 2001, but shut down in 2004 due to its failure in the highly competitive Anchorage market to gain enough subscriptions or rack sales to entice advertisers. The Valdez Vanguard, a weekly newspaper serving Valdez ,

200-877: The University of Alaska Fairbanks . Blatchford founded the publishing company Alaska Newspapers, Inc. in 1983. In 1990, Blatchford partnered with Calista Native Corporation to procure a total of six rural Alaskan newspapers. ANI was chartered to serve sparsely populated regions in Alaska to include parts of the Kenai Peninsula, Bristol Bay, Prince William Sound, the Aleutian Islands and the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. In 2011, Blatchford purchased The Tundra Drums and Seward Phoenix Log from Calista Corp.; subsequently, Calista liquidated its share in

220-547: The 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), saying that it was an experiment that did not accomplish what it was charted to do. Blatchford is an advocate of background checks for gun ownership and states that his stance is in line with the intent of the Second Amendment . Blatchford supports a path for citizenship or other legal status for those illegal immigrants without criminal records. Blatchford believes smaller Alaskan communities would benefit from

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240-493: The United Methodist Church later in life, and used his position to campaign for the development of a Methodist University in Alaska. Alaska Methodist University dedicated its campus on June 28, 1959. In April 1958, Donald F. Ebright was elected as the university's first administrative president. Frederick P. McGinnis was elected in 1960, and served as acting president to the first class of students to attend

260-610: The process of being sold to new owners. The Arctic Sounder , the Bristol Bay Times and the Dutch Harbor Fisherman were sold to new publishers Jason Evans and Kiana Peacock. The Seward Phoenix Log and the Tundra Drums were sold to Edgar Blatchford. The Cordova Times was sold to Jennifer Gibbins, who was editor of the paper for the last year. ANI formerly published three additional newspapers,

280-463: The race on June 8. Blatchford has been a professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage since 1995, teaching in the Department of Journalism and Public Communications. Blatchford also served as Commissioner of the Department of Community and Regional Affairs (1990–1994) under Wally Hickel and Commissioner of Community and Economic Development (2003–2005) under Frank Murkowski . Blatchford

300-784: The remaining newspapers in August 2011. Blatchford worked as a member of Wally Hickel 's cabinet in developing the Community Development Quotas program aimed at providing educational and vocational opportunities to rural Alaskans in Bristol Bay and other western Alaskan communities. Blatchford was appointed commissioner of Community and Economic Development in January 2003 by governor Frank Murkowski. Murkowski cited Blatchford's prior experience as commissioner of Community and Regional Affairs under governor Hickel as

320-838: The university. Approximately 900 acres of land destined to become the site of the APU Kellogg Campus was acquired in 1973 from the DeWolf-Kellogg Trust. In November 1978 Alaska Methodist University was renamed Alaska Pacific University. In 2016, APU formed a partnership with the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium , indicating an intention to become a tribal college . Undergraduates can pursue liberal arts and sciences programs. APU offers nine graduate programs, eight master's degrees and one doctoral degree. There are also several graduate certificate options. APU also offers

340-561: The university. The three other buildings on the main campus are offices for the US Geological Survey 's Alaska Volcano Observatory , Alaska Public Media , and the Alaska Spine Institute. There are multiple housing accommodations on the main campus, divided by class year designations. All incoming freshman under 21 years of age are required to live on campus for their first two years. The Atwood Center

360-456: Was born in Nome, Alaska Territory in 1950 and relocated to Seward, Alaska in 1960. Blatchford graduated from Seward High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Alaska Pacific University , Juris Doctor from the University of Washington School of Law , Masters of Arts degree in journalism from Columbia University , Master of Public Administration from Harvard University , and PhD from

380-571: Was renamed to Alaska Pacific University in 1978, it is still affiliated with the United Methodist Church . The main campus is located adjacent to the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) and the Alaska Native Medical Center . The university was founded in the late 1950s as Alaska Methodist University by Peter Gordon Gould, an Aleut from Unga, Alaska . Gould became the first Alaska Native minister in

400-677: Was sold in 2003 to its competitor, the Valdez Star . The Bering Strait Record was founded in Nome, Alaska in 1997, but was closed by publisher Chris Casati in 2000. Alaska Newspapers, Inc. also publishes the quarterly magazine First Alaskans . The Alaska Bush Shopper is a monthly shopping guide for residents of Bush Alaska. Alaska Bush Shopper is distributed via mail to over 230 regional villages in addition to being included as an insert in ANI's weekly newspapers. ANI's other publications include

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