Pioneer of Western Alaska journalism Rosemary ‘Rosie’ Porter dies at 85

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Pioneer of Western Alaska journalism Rosemary ‘Rosie’ Porter dies at 85

Rosie Porter is seen in the offices of The Tundra Drums weekly newspaper with reporters Peter Friend (left) and Richie Goldstein in Bethel sometime in the early 1980s. (James H. Barker/”Bethel: The First 100 Years, 1885-1985″) Rosemary “Rosie” Porter, remembered as a fierce advocate for the people of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta as owner and editor of The Tundra Drums newspaper, died in Anchorage on March 1, 2024 at 85 years old. Porter moved to Be…