The informal group talking about a Native-oriented charter school in Juneau will create a formal committee to plan the school but won't submit an application this fall, members said Thursday at ANB Hall.

...string to strengthen it for the men's final between Shangin and Anthony Binion, a 15-year-old student at Effie Kokrine Charter School in Fairbanks. The string broke twice, forcing them to go four attempts before Shangin was declared the winner...

...he said. "I think it's cool." The Effie Kokrine Charter School opens Thursday with an emphasis on Alaska Native...should have happened a long time ago." The Effie Kokrine Charter School is the idea of Native educators, leaders and...

A bill passed by the Legislature and that is awaiting the governor's signature should help Alaska's small charter schools living on the financial edge.