Story49: “I Gave Myself Permission”
![Laureli Ivanoff stands on the beach in Unalakleet.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Laureli-Ivanoff-1200x900.jpg)
After 20 years away, Laureli Ivanoff returned home to Unalakleet, determined to share stories that celebrate life in rural Alaska.
In Unalakleet, BSSD Students Learn to Lead
![Students at the 2017 BSSD Youth Leaders retreat sit in a circle on the floor of the Unalakleet school gym to tell stories.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_1086-2-1200x900.jpg)
Students from around the Bering Strait School District gathered in Unalakleet for a weekend of workshops, games, storytelling and dancing.
Looking Back: 5, 10, 15 Years
![Laureli Ivanoff in Anchorage, Iditarod 2010](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Iditarod_LaureliAtStart_orig-1024x768.jpg)
From Iditarod pilots to chest-high snow drifts, here’s a quick look back at what early spring has brought to our mission in recent years (2000, 2005, and 2010).
Alumnae, Back at the Microphone
![Tara Cicatello in Studio A](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-10-08-tara-back-on-ak-country-002-2432px-1200x800.jpg)
There’s an infectious spirit of service at the heart of our mission; it’s been at the core of what we do, and how we view our role in rural Alaska, since our earliest days on the air in 1971. Like Les Brown (about whom we’ve written elsewhere in our November newsletter), the people who work […]