NOME — Russian hunters received $10,000 in humanitarian aid from Alaska’s North Slope Borough after they visited their distant Inuit relatives on Saint Lawrence Island for the first time in 14 years.

The hunters boated to the Alaskan island just south of the Russian border in late July and headed home to Russia’s Chukotsk Peninsula with the donation, which went toward supplies and fuel for the 70-mile journey.

Amy Fosket and Patrick DeFreest wed on Jan. 1, 2014 in the Chapel by the Lake in Juneau.

The bride is daughter of Ted and Gail Fosket of Juneau. She graduated from Juneau-Douglas High School, attended George Fox University and is employed at legislative finance.

The groom is son of Jim and Nancy DeFreest of Palmer, Alaska. He graduated from Palmer High School and is employed at Alaska Communications.

Alisa Pierce and John Ryan Kubota wed on June 1, 2014 in Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

The bride is daughter of David and Anne Pierce of Puyallup, Wash., formerly of Juneau. She attended Juneau-Douglas High School, graduated from Walla Walla High school and attended Walla Walla University.

The groom is son of Calvin and Barbara Kubota of Juneau. He graduated from Juneau-Douglas High School, attended Oregon State University and Pacific University and is employed at Cardinal Health.

FAIRBANKS — Henry the outreach reindeer likes to play in water sprinklers, sample lichen from the hands of children and prance around the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus on a leash.

Thanks to his charisma, bystanders come to him from all sides to see him. They leave more informed about the Arctic’s unique domesticated species thanks to Henry’s handler Jennifer Robinette.