Alaska Villages without running water or health aides: Federal officials hear about challenges
HOOPER BAY — A severe housing shortage that makes it hard to recruit needed community health aides. High turnover among
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Society (USA)
Alaska National Guard honors country’s first Iñupiaq two-star general
The Alaska National Guard has officially dedicated a helicopter hangar in Kotzebue to the country’s first Iñupiaq two-star general. Major
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Fairbanks restaurant passing off elk as ‘reindeer tenderloin’ gets hit with $50,000 in fines
A Fairbanks restaurant that knowingly sold New Zealand elk as reindeer pleaded guilty Tuesday after being criminally charged with violating Alaska
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Alaska village, long dry, in close vote on whether to allow a city liquor store
BETHEL – The Southwestern Alaska village of Emmonak split 133 to 119 in Tuesday’s voting for a city liquor store,
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Alaska’s perspective on heroin addiction
PALMER – Kim Whitaker took the story of her anguish over her daughter’s ongoing battle with heroin addiction straight to
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When Alaska fishing village residents can’t fish, normal life comes to an end
QUINHAGAK — Expensive fishing nets sit on the hardware store shelves, unsold. Families struggle to buy baby diapers, back-to-school clothes
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McHugh fire: Seward Highway remains open as fire officials watch for shifting winds
Growth of the McHugh Creek wildfire slowed Wednesday as firefighters worked to contain flames about a mile away from homes in Potter
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Populations on the rise in Alaska villages threatened by erosion, changing climate
Some Alaska villages perched on thawing and eroding permafrost may have to move soon to more solid ground inland, a
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Arctic-wide project aims to improve home water service
Turning on an indoor water tap is not always an easy feat in the Arctic. Remoteness, high costs and harsh
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Program helps Alaska students succeed in Yupik and English
Educators in Kwigillingok are preparing their students for bright educational futures – in both English and Yupik. They’re part of
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Words ‘Eskimo’ and ‘Aleut’ scrubbed from 2 U.S. laws, yet live on in others
U.S. President Barack Obama has signed a bill that removes the words “Oriental,” “Eskimo” and “Aleut” from two federal programs.
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Why the U.S. doesn’t need to wait for an Arctic port to boost maritime safety
Even though no one yet is offering to spend money to build a full-service U.S. Arctic port, some steps could —
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First liquor store in more than 40 years opens in Bethel, Alaska
BETHEL – After decades of political battles over booze in a region where attention is often focused on alcohol-fueled destruction,
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Blog: The Maine doorway to the Arctic
A few weeks ago, I took a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to the Arctic. Or at least that’s how some
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Could good mining jobs actually hurt Bush villages? Y-K Health Corp. thinks so
BETHEL – The biggest employer on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta has taken a stand against the biggest economic development project there,
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